R v DM and Others at the Birmingham Crown Court [ongoing]: Representing one of charged with conspiracy to transfer firearms and ammunition.

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1 Stan Reiz Year of Call: 2001 Substantial experience in defending in cases involving allegations of serious crime and complex fraud. He is regularly instructed as Leading Counsel or on his own in cases of the highest gravity. Over the past year, Mr Reiz has advised individuals and companies on matters relating to the Money Laundering Regulations, the Bribery Act 2010, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Export Control Order 2008, which regulates the international trade of arms and ammunition. Recommended as a Leading Junior in Crime by Chambers & Partners in the editions and is regularly instructed to defend in cases attracting significant media attention. Recent cases where Mr Reiz was instructed to lead for the defence have included the successful representation of a defendant accused of conspiring to import 100kgs of cocaine, the representation of a defendant accused of conspiring to import machine guns whilst he was a serving prisoner and acting for the lead defendant in a 17 handed multi-million pound money laundering case. Organised Crime R v DM and Others at the Birmingham Crown Court [ongoing]: Representing one of charged with conspiracy to transfer firearms and ammunition. eighteen defendants R v Alexander Mullings & Others at the Central Criminal Court [2015]: Lead Counsel for first defendant accused of conspiracy to import machine guns and ammunition whilst a serving prisoner (7 week trial). R v Neil Ogden and Others at the Leicester Crown Court [ ]: Lead Counsel for the first defendant in a seventeen handed case involving allegations of drugs supply and money laundering. Mixed verdicts were returned following a trial and subsequent re-trial. Leave to appeal against conviction has been granted by the Court of Appeal (2 trials lasting 8 weeks and 3 weeks). R v SA and Others at the Isleworth Crown Court [2014]: Lead Counsel for a defendant accused of conspiring to import 100kgs of cocaine through a clearing agents in London. Following a 4 month trial which had to be aborted, an application for a stay of the indictment was made as a result of an alleged abuse of process. The application succeeded for SA. Other defendants were re-tried thereafter. R v SS and Others at the Central Criminal Court [2013]: Armed robbery during which a man was shot. R v HW and Others at the Derby Crown Court [2012]: 27 million conspiracy to evade duty on tobacco. Charge dismissed following a successful application based on insufficiency of evidence. R v MR and Others at the Birmingham Crown Court [2011]: 15 handed conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis at a national level (8 week trial). R v M & Others at the Woolwich Crown Court [2010]: Conspiracy to rob Graff jewellers at gunpoint of 40 million worth of jewellery. Defendant acquitted after a successful submission of no case to answer 5 weeks 1

2 into the trial. R v DR at the Central Criminal Court [2010]: Conspiracy to rob 10 million from Menzies at Heathrow million was actually stolen. The defendant was cleared of conspiracy to rob during a trial at the Central Criminal Court in Other defendants were eventually tried by a Judge alone in the first Crown Court trial without a jury in England and Wales. The Crown offered no evidence on the alternative count of conspiracy to steal in R v RB and Others at the Teesside Crown Court [2009]: 6 handed conspiracy to cultivate 1 million of cannabis and launder the proceeds of crime (4 week trial). Fraud and Financial Crime R v CS and Others at the Blackfriars Crown Court [ongoing]: Defendants accused of a multi-million pound investment fraud relating to the sale of rare earth metals. Trial estimated to last 3 months. R v JL and Others at the Southwark Crown Court [ongoing]: Representing one of fifteen defendants accused of conspiracy to defraud a mortgage lender of 40 million relating to the purchase of commercial properties. Trial estimated to last 3 months. R v KU and Others at the Southwark Crown Court [ongoing]: Representing defendant who worked for an immigration advisory firm accused of large scale immigration and tax fraud. Trial estimated to last 3 months. R v MI and Others at the Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court [ongoing]: Representing one of eleven defendants charged with money laundering designed to thwart confiscation proceedings. Trial estimated to last 8 weeks. R v MG and Others at the Birmingham Crown Court [ongoing]: Representing one of twelve defendants accused of mortgage fraud in respect of numerous properties. Trial estimated to last 3 months. R v SM and Others at the Birmingham Crown Court [2015]: Representing one of eighteen defendants charged with being involved in a money laundering arrangement relating to 35 million which was removed from the jurisdiction by a complex web of bank transfers and currency trades. R v Rizvan Mian at the Nottingham Crown Court [2014]: Representing company director of an escrow business accused of breaching the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 by transferring client money amounting to approximately 10 million which was alleged to have been obtained from MTIC fraud. R v Emenyonu and Others at the Central Criminal Court [2014]: Representing an alleged money launderer of a multi-million pound advance fee fraud involving victims in the United States of America. R v A and Others at the Bradford Crown Court [2013]: Company director cleared of conspiring to defraud HBOS of 1.5 million. R v S and Others at the Southwark Crown Court [2013]: Multi-million pound fine wine investment fraud. R v David Rolls and Others at the Harrow Crown Court [2013]: Successfully defended in a 3 million ticketing fraud and associated money-laundering. 2

3 R v B and Others at the Liverpool Crown Court [ongoing]: Dentist accused of conspiring to defraud the NHS cleared after the charge was stayed as a result of an abuse of process. R v O and Others at the Inner London Crown Court [2010]: Identity theft and DWP fraud leading to a substantial investigation and subsequent prosecution. R v I and Others at the Southwark Crown Court [2009]: Defendant was a solicitor accused of complicity in a mortgage fraud surrounding a 19 million property deal. Acquitted following a 10 week trial. R v C & Others at the Ipswich Crown Court [2009]: Conspiracy to evade 650,000 of duty on hand rolling tobacco (6 week trial). R v C and Another at the Basildon Crown Court [2008]: Defendant alleged to have undermined the Operator s Licensing system for HGVs by obtaining hundreds of licences fraudulently whilst operating a transport consultancy business (8 week trial). R v A and Others at the Croydon Crown Court [2006]: 13 handed conspiracy to launder proceeds of crime and defraud the clearing banks of in excess of 3 million. General Crime R v JF and Others at the Reading Crown Court [2015]: Defendant accused of wounding with intent having been involved in a group attack on male during which the victim was stabbed 7 times and nearly died. R v JS at the Isleworth Crown Court [2015]: Defendant alleged to have attacked one woman in a park and whilst on bail for that offence, raped a prostitute. R v B at the Harrow Crown Court [2012]: Archbishop alleged to have committed serious sexual offences against devout parishioners he promised to heal. R v CB and Others at the Wood Green Crown Court [2012]: Leading Counsel for a defendant acquitted of the offence of conspiracy to commit an arson which caused in excess of 4.5 million of damage to the M1 flyover at Apex Corner (8 week trial) R v O at the Snaresbrook Crown Court [2011]: Defendant acquitted of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm to a community support officer who had previously given evidence against him, by driving over him with a car. R v R and Others at the Southwark Crown Court [2011]: Prison officer at Inner London Crown Court charged with misconduct in public office and conspiracy to supply controlled drugs to prisoners. R v G at the Isleworth Crown Court [2010]: 16 year old defendant acquitted of 6 counts of rape at knifepoint and one count of sexual activity with a child. R v G at the Isleworth Crown Court [2010]: Defendant acquitted of offences arising out of the kidnapping of a young male who was put into the boot of a car and beaten. R v H & Others at the Snaresbrook Crown Court [2008]: Lead Counsel for the first defendant who was charged with 27 carjackings. Evidence predominately based on cell-site expert analysis. 3

4 R v R and Others at the Liverpool Crown Court [2008]: Defendants charged with false imprisonment and blackmail. The case involved complex allegations of financial crime in Sri Lanka (9 week trial). R v L and Others at the Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court [2007]: Kidnapping and torture of a 14 year old boy by a rival gang (7 week trial). R v B & Others at the Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court [2007]: KG Tribe case. Steaming gang responsible for 36 robberies on the underground and numerous stabbings of victims (6 week trial). R v A at the Ipswich Crown Court [2006]: Defendant accused of historic rape and indecent assault. R v O at the Southwark Crown Court [2005]: Mayfair Madam case involving an allegation of controlling prostitution and earning at least 2.1 million pounds from criminal conduct (2 trials). Homicide and Corporate Manslaughter R v EB and Others at the Leicester Crown Court [ongoing]: Murder of a man following an alleged group attack. R v Chen at the Central Criminal Court [2014]: Represented defendant charged with attempted murder of his aunt. He was accused of repeatedly stabbing her to the neck and body without any provocation. R v O at the Oxford Crown Court [2012]: Murder of a man whilst intoxicated. Issue was whether there was specific intent. R v J & Others at the Central Criminal Court [2012]: Alleged murder for gain ( 1 million life assurance) of a relative by the defendant who then set the house on fire to conceal the offence (6 week trial). R v M at the Central Criminal Court [2011]: Murder of a man in the car park of a public house. The victim was stabbed eight times with a pair of scissors. R v V and Others at the Central Criminal Court [2010]: Conspiracy to murder a man in an attempted honour killing using sulphuric acid. Public and Prison Law Human Rights [ongoing]: Representing a religious organisation who assert that the Misuse of Drugs Act encroaches upon their Article 9 right to religious freedom. Appeals and CCRC R v Ogden [ongoing]: Appeal against conviction relating to the meaning of converting criminal property. R v Sulal [2015]: Appeal against conviction based on the admission of bad character evidence. R v Newell [2015]: Successful appeal against sentence in relation to offences of armed robbery and aggravated burglary. R v Loveridge [2014] EWCA Crim 1209: Successful appeal against sentence in relation to a conspiracy to commit armed robbery. 4

5 R v Stewart [2013] EWCA Crim: Successful appeal against sentence for drugs and firearms offences. R v CB [2012] EWCA Crim: Prosecution appeal against a successful submission of no case to answer. R v Marsh [2012] EWCA Crim 3190: Application of Sentencing Guidelines for offences of wounding. R v Bashier [2009] EWCA Crim 2003: 1 million conspiracy to produce cannabis; Appeal against conviction and sentence. R v Kennedy [2009] EWCA Crim 346: 29 offences of burglary. Appeal against sentence allowed. R v Scilimati [2008] EWCA 3247: Conspiracy to burgle in excess of 90 properties; appeal against sentence. R v Howard [2008] EWCA 1748: Conspiracy to rob involving 27 carjackings ; appeal against sentence. R v R [2008] EWCA 265: False imprisonment; application for leave to appeal against sentence. R v Phillips [2008] EWCA 500 (appeared for the Respondent): Drug importation. R v Bees [2007] EWCA 3438: Conspiracy to rob and two counts of wounding with intent; appeal against the imposition of detention for public protection. R v Armstrong [2007] EWCA Crim 57: Appeal against conviction and sentence in a historical rape case. Both appeals allowed to an extent. R v Osobu [2006] EWCA Crim 2369: Possession of Criminal Property; appeal against sentence. 5