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Birds Solicitors is a specialist criminal, regulatory and prison law firm that is frequently instructed in large fraud cases. It is defending a former solicitor who is accused, in a private prosecution, of fraud linked to a property transaction worth more than £10 million.
The firm’s expertise is not limited to financial cases. It deals with other complex and serious crimes including murder and drug offences. It recently represented a solicitor who was charged with the attempted murder of a police officer, using a kitchen knife. The solicitor was found not guilty by reason of insanity and received a hospital order, as he was found to have been suffering from a psychotic episode at the time of the incident.
Birds is one of a handful of firms used by the climate change activists Extinction Rebellion and has represented hundreds of protesters arrested during demonstrations.
★ Commended for financial crime & fraud & regulatory
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