Liverpool-based Quinn Melville is a criminal defence practice that is regarded as one of the region’s leading fraud specialists. Nick Melville, the firm’s senior partner, who has 30 years’ experience as a criminal defence lawyer, heads the fraud and serious crime department. An acknowledged expert in serious fraud matters, he has represented clients in a £23 million bank fraud at Southwark Crown Court that lasted five months, and the largest mortgage fraud in Wales, involving properties worth in excess of £300 million, which lasted six months. He has also appeared in numerous tax, excise duty, VAT and land banking fraud trials.

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Melville’s department has successfully conducted many murder cases, conspiracy to murder and large-scale drugs and guns conspiracies. In the past year or so the firm has achieved at least five acquittals where clients have been charged with murder. An £80 million cocaine importation was successfully defended at the Old Bailey and no confiscation proceedings followed.

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Commended for financial crime & fraud & regulatory (business law)

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