Edward Elton
Teams: Crime & Regulatory (General Crime, Asset Recovery & Money Laundering, Licensing, Court Martial & Service Law, Trading Standards, Health & Safety, Food Safety, Environment, Judicial Review)
Year Called: 2000
Inn: Gray's Inn
Qualifications: LLB (Hons)
Appointments: CPS Grade 3 Prosecutor,
Memberships: Western Circuit,
Criminal Bar Association
Edward Elton's practice is divided between regulatory crime, other serious crime, associated confiscation work, Courts Martial and motoring law.
Regulatory:.
Edward appears in prosecutions brought under the Health and Safety at Work Act, COSHH and in cases brought under the Trading Standards Regulations. He appears in prosecutions brought under the Regulatory Reform (Fire safety) Order and related legislation as well as the Environmental Protection Act. He has appeared at Police Disciplinary Adjudications, has advised on Firearms Act matters and has defended a number of cases brought by the RSPCA.
Crime:
Edward is instructed to defend in cases covering all areas of serious crime. He defends in serious matters of fraud and other matters of dishonesty, including those of complicated or high value aspect, drug offences and all matters of violence. He has both prosecuted and defended matters brought by the Department of Work and Pensions and by Local Authorities in matters under the Fraud Act.
He regularly prosecutes drugs offences, matters of violence and other serious matters for both the Crown Prosecution Service and the Revenue and Customs Protection Office. He has prosecuted fraud and associated Proceeds of Crime Act offences alone, or as a led junior, in which role he is particularly adept at reducing complicated facts into digestible schedules.
Courts Martial:
He has defended in many Naval and Army Courts Martial, both here and abroad, in which he is assisted by his five years' experience in the British Army. He has also appeared before the Court Martial Appeal Court.
Confiscation:
He is highly experienced in confiscation matters arising from the Proceeds of Crime Act and the earlier legislation, including conducting detention and forfeiture applications. He is also adept at drafting Restraint Orders.
Motoring Offences:
He has considerable experience defending offences under the Road Traffic Act, particularly matters of speeding, including s172 matters: drink driving offences and dangerous driving cases, including cases alleging causing death by dangerous driving.
He is particularly skilled at mounting highly technical defences in the Magistrates' Court and the Crown Court. He is experienced in judicial review arising from motoring matters.
VAT Number: 802384843