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Michael Goodwin KC  joined Michelle Sloane Partner at RPC and Zoe Gascoyne (Zoe G.) Head of Offshore Corporate & Wealthy Operations, Fraud Investigations Service HM Revenue & Customs in a panel discussion at this year's "Tax Controversy Leaders Conference". On...

Michael has once again been ranked as a Leading King's Counsel by the Legal 500 (2025) and Chambers & Partners (2025) professional directories. Michael is ranked in General Crime and Fraud as a Leading King's Counsel and specialist barrister. Those clients who...

Michael Goodwin KC has successfully prosecuted 7 defendants who planned & executed a gang related revenge shooting on the King's Coronation weekend. The triple shooting took place in Peckham, South London. Following a trial at the Old Baily the defendants were...

HMRC drop ‘Paradise Papers’ linked investigations for Michael Goodwin KC’s clients

Michael Goodwin KC has successfully prosecuted former Kent Police Sergeant Michael Stanley, for his part in the setting up and operation of an elaborate and massive £44m Ponzi fraud. Following an extensive investigation and the forensic analysis of a business which...

Michael Goodwin KC's client, a partner in a top flight accountancy firm, was found not guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court Michael's client along with two others, were accused within a business crime context of jointly cheating the public revenue of £1.2M of...

Michael Goodwin KC's client found not guilty of murder This was a high profile and sensitive case. Following the obtaining of defence psychiatric evidence the prosecution was persuaded to accept that Michael's client had been acting under a diminished responsibility....

Following an 8 day appeal against conviction hearing, Birmingham Crown Court found Michael Goodwin KC's client not guilty verdict of fraud. Harman Banger, a former Councillor and Cabinet Member of Wolverhampton Council, had been charged together with his wife with...

Michael Goodwin KC has appeared in the inaugural episode of RPC's vlog series titled "The Oracle" which provides a comprehensive insight into key reforms and emerging regulatory challenges. The vlogs are tailored for those practising in financial crime, accountants...

Michael headed a team of barristers from Red Lion Chambers on 10 January 2024, who provided bespoke business crime training for JMW Solicitors. The training focused on recent developments in serious fraud, money laundering, civil forfeiture and private prosecutions....

  Michael Goodwin KC has been appointed to the editorial team of the 2024 edition of Archbold: Criminal Pleading, Evidence & Practice. Archbold is the leading criminal court book for the Crown Court and has been published in print and eBook formats. Further...

Michael edits the Red Lion Chambers “Serious Crime Bulletin”- a quarterly brief of recently decided cases and news spanning serious crime cases including homicide, firearms, drug and sexual offences. The bulletin will provide a snapshot of prominent decisions and news...

Michael Goodwin KC has been instructed to defend a company director charged with a complex Carbon Credit Investment Fraud, money laundering and fraudulent trading allegations. The trial is fixed in November 2024. Michael is instructed by Dan Martin (Partner-Business...

The prosecution had branded Shaye Groves obsessed with serial killers, having stabbed her boyfriend whilst asleep more than 19 times in the heart and chest area. At trial the jury heard evidence about a collection of knives and weapons kept in the bedroom, as well as...

Michael successfully prosecuted London based  Brixton drill rapper Jyrelle O'Connor (aka ‘Loski’) for firearms offences. Following a five week trial at Croydon Crown Court, Jyrelle O'Connor was convicted by a jury of possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition,...

Chaired by Michael Goodwin KC, this webinar provided practitioners with an update on the following: Inching Closer: The Expansion of the Failure to Prevent Model: a review of the Law Commission’s recent options paper for the reform of corporate criminal liability, and...

Michael Goodwin QC has secured the acquittal of his client, who was tried at Maidstone Crown Court for offences of serious violence. The prosecution had alleged a campaign of sustained physical violence, abuse, and persistent battering within a domestic context. The...

Michael Goodwin QC co-authored with Simon Davison (Director of Investigations at AnotherDay) & Tom Davies (Red Lion Chambers):Crypto fraud: an evolving legal landscape. The article which has been published in the New Law Journal discusses the growing problem of...

Michael Goodwin QC was invited as a panelist at the FIREX International Conference (Excel Centre in London) on 17 May, 2022. Michael was joined by Fire Specialist Colin Todd (CS Todd and Associates) and Nick Gianferrari (BLM Solicitors) in a the group discussion...

Blockchain: Revolutionary technology… or the perfect opportunity for fraudsters. Michael Goodwin QC delved into the legal landscape of crypto fraud with "Taxing Matters" host Alice Kemp at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP. Michael comments: "Crypto is fast becoming a...

Michael Goodwin QC co-authored an article with Daniel Martin (Partner at JMW LLP) & Anita Clifford (Red Lion Chambers) discussing the introduction of a failure to prevent economic crime offence. Michael considered: the mounting support for the introduction of a...

Michael Goodwin KC together with Michael Bowes KC (Outer Temple Chambers) and Thomas Daniel (2 Bedford Row) was instructed by the Serious Fraud Office to prosecute 2 former Serco employees for allegations of fraud. Both individuals faced fraud charges over allegations...

Michael Goodwin QC alongside Simon Davison (AnotherDay) & and Tom Davies (Red Lion Chambers), explore what businesses need to know when it comes to crypto fraud. Michael advised that conducting pre-transactional due diligence for crypto investments, in the same...

Michael Goodwin QC has co-authored a piece with Michelle Sloane of RPC writing for The Accountant Online. The authors examine HMRC and the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce recent ramping up of operations to identify and investigate any and all misuse of the government’s...

Michael Goodwin QC Chaired on behalf of the Red Lion Chambers - Serious Crime Group, a webinar on Disclosure Legal Developments & Practice. The panel also included Aneurin Brewer and Anita Clifford, both members of Red Lion Chambers. The topics covered in this...

Michael was this week featured in Compliance Week discussing that the Financial Conduct Authority has used its powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act to force fintech firm QPay Europe to forfeit £2 million (U.S. $2.5 million). The firm was alleged to be linked to a...

Michael Goodwin KC’s client, acquitted of business crime offence at Southwark Crown Court. This followed a four year investigation by the Met’s complex fraud team into the contractors responsible for fire safety at Grenfell Tower. Michael's client was one of ten...

As the Grenfell Inquiry slowly comes to an end, Government will soon begin the task of assessing the recommendations in the Inquiry reports. Fire and Rescue Services will be under pressure to carry out more inspections. Inevitably prosecution cases will rise in the...

Head of Education and Training at RLC, Michael Goodwin QC said: “Coming from a non-legal background where I was the first member of my family to go to university, I understand the barriers faced by those looking to the Bar for a future. It is for me a real privilege...

Michael Goodwin QC joined Adam Craggs (partner), Michelle Sloane (partner) and Alice Kemp (solicitor) of RPC LLP, in a panel discussion providing practical guidance on Private Prosecutions looking at when, why and how to bring one. Private prosecutions are...

Michael Goodwin QC has reviewed "Smith, Hogan, & Ormerod's Text, Cases, & Materials on Criminal Law" 13th Edition by David Ormerod and Karl Laird for the Law Society Gazette. He commented that the "must have" criminal guide was a "polished text" and "easy to...

Michael Goodwin QC has been appointed to the Council of the Inns of Court Disciplinary Pool. Michael will sit as a chairperson for Disciplinary Tribunal Hearings, Fitness to Practice Hearings and Inns’ of Court Conduct Committee Tribunals for the Bar Tribunal &...

Michael was instructed by the Serious Fraud Office in the fifth Deferred Prosecution Agreement ["DPA"], approved by Mr Justice William Davis on 4th July 2019: SFO v Serco Geografix Ltd. This DPA was applied for and approved on 4th July 2019 at Southwark Crown Court by...

Michael Goodwin acts as Regional Coordinator for Young Citizens, MockTrials on Saturday 17th November at Guildford Crown Court. Michael Goodwin organised and ran the South of England heat for the Young Citizens Mock Trial Competition, which saw over 100 students from...

Michael Goodwin was a guest panelist at a discussion on “Diversity at the Bar – is it really accessible for all" Michael appeared with Karon Monaghan QC (Matrix Chambers), Riaz Hussain QC (Atkin Chambers) , Benjamin Burns (Education Policy Analyst from the Bar...