PARTNERS
Philip L Kelly is regarded as a 'leader in crime'. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1980, qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Criminal Proceedings) in April 1994 and became a member of the Specialist Fraud Panel in 2000. He has vast experience in advocacy and in the preparation of criminal defence cases, some of which have attracted national and international notoriety.

As a specialist in fraud and business crime he is a Specialist Fraud Panel Supervisor. Areas of expertise include defending proceedings and investigations instituted by the Serious Organised Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Department of Trade and Industry, HM Revenue and Customs and the Health and Safety Executive.

Cases include fraud, corruption, money laundering, conspiracy, false accounting, fraudulent trading, tax, VAT and duty evasion, serial murder, murder, armed robbery, and international drugs importation.

He is a member of the Specialist Fraud Association, the Solicitors Association of Higher Courts Advocates, the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association, the Criminal Law Solicitors Association and the Law Society. He speaks conversational French.

Colette H Kelly was called to the Bar in 1980 and practised from the East Anglian Chambers, Colchester until she re-qualified as a solicitor in 1986. She qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts All Proceedings) in 1995.

As a former barrister her speciality is advocacy. She has conducted trials in the Youth Court, Magistrates Court and Crown Court and has also undertaken appeals in the Court of Appeal.