Barnaby Hone was instructed to defend in a complex confiscation cases, where the prosecution argued that the defendant’s benefit was £5 million and his available amount was £6 million.
The prosecution claimed that the defendant’s multiple companies should be included in both the benefit and the available amount.
Barnaby argued that the corporate veil had not in fact been pierced in relation to the companies being used to make up the assets and benefit figures by the Prosecution. Barnaby was able to agree a confiscation order with the Crown, in the value of £1,000.
Barnaby Hone is a barrister with specialist expertise in all types of asset recovery and financial crime (both criminal and civil). He works on all circuits in England and Wales, as well as being regularly instructed on international matters. He is regularly instructed as a Junior alone or as a leading Junior in complicated matters. He represents Defendants, third parties, and a range of law enforcement agencies (including the SFO, HMRC and the NCA).
Barnaby also appears in professional discipline matters at all levels for both regulators and registrants. In particular appears of healthcare, legal and financial professionals. Barnaby prosecutes and defends in regulatory and financial crime matters, which have an asset recovery element. This includes being instructed on a series of high-profile private Prosecutions for the Royal Mail Group and he is regularly instructed by the Environment Agency. He is ranked in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500, Band 2 & Tier 2, for his expertise within asset recovery matters. Barnaby has contributed to publications on International Asset Recovery and Terrorism Finance.
