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A comprehensive overview of landmark cases, successful appeals, and significant legal
victories that demonstrate excellence in criminal defence and regulatory law.
2024
Defended at the early stages of a case of theft of a piece off art (a toilet made from solid gold and worth £5 million) called ‘America’ from Blenheim Palace.
2024
Defended in the lead EncroChat case (Operation Embossed II) at Manchester Crown Court. Involved complex cryptographic expert evidence.
2023 – 24
Defended in Sheffield Crown Court a case involving the importation of £1.59 billion worth of Cocaine into the UK from the Netherlands, hidden inside frozen chicken.
2024
An appeal to the Court of Appeal Civil Division, against the IPT’s finding that the National Crime Agency were entitled to apply for a Thematic Equipment Interference warrant in order to access material intercepted from an entire telecommunications network – EncroChat – with a usership of 60,000.
2021
An appeal against the making of a multi-million pound hidden assets confiscation order. Successfully challenged the calculation methods and unfair default terms.
2021
Successfully appealed convictions for terrorism offences involving a 16-year-old with Aspergers Syndrome. First case where psychiatric evidence was deemed admissible on the issue of ‘reasonable excuse’ for collecting terrorist materials.
2019
Successfully defended a solicitor against a substantial wasted costs order. The Lord Chief Justice quashed the order, accepting the argument that the solicitor was not a party to the criminal proceedings.
2021
Led the defence team in the then biggest account forfeiture order application in English legal history. Successfully negotiated the return of over €3 million to the client.
2019
Successfully persuaded the prosecution to discharge a Restraint Order and to take No Further Action against a client who had worked as a cash in transit operative, accused to stealing millions of pounds in cash from ATMs.
2019
Successfully secured an acquittal for a client accused of involvement in a multi-million pound money laundering conspiracy, who had been found in possession of large amounts of cash, cash counting machines, and cash ledgers.
With a proven track record in high-stakes criminal defence and regulatory
matters, Thomas Schofield KC brings unparalleled expertise to every case.
