Case studies

As part of my work supervising the creation of the Serious Fraud Office annual report I would write a behind-the-scenes case study detailing that year’s flagship prosecution.

These long and detailed pieces were written from one-to-one interviews with SFO lawyers and investigators, QCs and police officers. They were unique in the criminal justice system in providing a detailed and readable description of the complex day-to-day work of a government law department. They grew out of a desire at the SFO to correct the many public misunderstandings (and media misrepresentations) about how serious fraud is prosecuted and, in particular, why investigations and the resulting trials take so very long to complete and seem so fraught with technical difficulties.

Just click on the excerpts below to go to a full pdf version of the story as published.