Pictured: Philip Bown
Philip Bown, a highly experienced criminal and fraud barrister,
has been appointed full time in-house counsel with the
Business Defence department at leading specialist law firm
Cartwright King.
Having been head of Chambers in Birmingham and Leicester, Philip
joined the criminal defence team at Cartwright King in 2010 to
enable the firm to provide continuity of representation for clients
from police station through to Crown Court.
Following the expansion of the firm's business defence
department, Cartwright King now has a team of 30 specialist fraud
lawyers dealing with cases across the Midlands, Yorkshire and the
North. This growth means that the business defence team can
support, and reap the benefits of, dedicated in-house counsel.
The team in turn can also call on its 17-strong Higher Court
Advocacy team which represents clients in Crown Court and the Court
of Appeal - effectively the firm's own in-house barristers'
chambers.
Philip will be providing advice, preparing defences and
representing clients across the firm's East Midlands offices. He
will be an integral part of the case team and readily accessible to
clients at all stages of the judicial process whilst still
retaining his professional independence
Having a barrister as part of the defence team provides distinct
advantages for the firm's clients. This includes close tactical
control, a team approach to analysing evidence and preparing the
defence, focused and prompt instruction taking and unrestricted
access to their barrister.
"The old fashioned approach of the barrister being distant,
aloof and unapproachable reachable is simply not acceptable," said
Mark Wilson, head of Business Defence at Cartwright King. "Our
clients want to be able to phone or email anyone on the team who is
working on their case including their barrister and get an answer
straight away. This way, clients are fully covered with a tight
team fighting for them and all under one roof."
Cartwright King is now recruiting for additional barristers to
join the firm's Business Defence team.