Verity Quaite

Verity accepts instructions in all areas of crime, both prosecuting and defending.

Verity is a CPS Level 2 Panel Advocate and has represented HMRC and the Home Office in forfeiture and condemnation proceedings. She has experience defending in the Youth, Magistrates’ and Crown Courts. She regularly appears in POCA proceedings and has experience appearing in taxi licence appeals on behalf of both the appellant and local authorities.

Verity has a particular interest in financial crime. She is a Corporate Crime Contributor for Lexis PSL [Verity Quaite | Meet the Experts | LexisNexis],has written an article on the new failure to prevent fraud offence [Will a new failure to prevent fraud offence address the UK’s most commonly committed criminal offence? | BARRISTER MAGAZINE], is a member of the Female Fraud Forum and former committee member of the North West Fraud Forum.

She has worked in house at Fieldfisher and was part of the team representing ENRC when the SFO closed its longest running investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption without bringing charges [link: ENRC Ltd – Serious Fraud Office (sfo.gov.uk)]. At Fieldfisher, she gained experience of disclosure heavy cases, including work on the Post Office Inquiry [link: Homepage | Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry (postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk)], defending individuals charged with fraud relating to Covid loans and companies/directors facing prosecution by Companies House.

Verity also has experience in corporate governance. She spent six months on secondment to the Ethics & Compliance department of a multi-national corporation, where she was responsible for managing and conducting internal investigations into over 40 allegations, ranging from Employment law issues to allegations of criminal offences such as theft, bribery and corruption.