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Regulatory Offences

Regulatory offences can include offences committed by a company director, prosecution for failing to register a House in Multiple Occupation, environmental breaches and health and safety breaches by employers or businesses. They can include cases brought by a professional body or local authority, such as Trading Standards, the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency.

Gerard Maye, Criminal Defence Solicitor

Regulatory Matters

If you have been accused of, or are connected with, a criminal offence regarding a regulatory matter, instructing an expert lawyer is the first step in successfully defending your case. Prosecutions can be made against individuals or businesses, and require an expert knowledge of the regulatory issue in question. Our team of criminal defence lawyers have many years’ experience in defending individuals in cases involving regulatory offences.

We understand that not only your personal life, but also your professional reputation and livelihood may be impacted by false allegations. As well as putting together the strongest possible case for you, we will support you to minimise the risk to yours and your business’ reputation.

If you need help from an expert and would like to talk to someone in confidence about your options, contact Gerard Maye or call 020 74067560.

Our Criminal Defence Services

Fraud

Our criminal defence team is highly experienced in complex financial and corporate investigations, civil fraud litigation as well as criminal prosecutions.

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Regulatory Offences

If you have been accused of, or are connected with, a criminal offence regarding a regulatory matter, instructing an expert lawyer is the first step in successfully defending your case.

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Confiscation Proceedings

Matters involving Confiscation Proceedings are a specialist area of the law, and can carry serious consequences for the defendant.

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Sexual Offences

If you are accused of or connected with a sexual offence, it is vital that you seek the very best advice at the earliest stage.

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Violent Cases

We have successfully defended the reputation of many clients who have been linked to cases involving serious crime, including multi-handed cases of violence.

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Our approach

Gerard Maye is a leading specialist in Criminal Defence work and is one of the most respected lawyers in the South East. Gerard has been recognised for excellence by Chambers UK and the Legal 500 for criminal work.

His priority is to deliver exceptional service to clients at all times and provide support at a time when it’s needed most.

Gerard realises that he is called upon at a distressing time in a person’s life, for example when you have been arrested by the police, lost your job, been involved in an incident and his aim is to provide reassurance and support as well as professional help. We always recommend that disputes – litigation, court proceedings – are avoided if at all possible and encourage people to seek legal help at an early stage, which may save time, costs and emotional distress.

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020 74067560
enquiries@gerardmaye.co.uk
5th Floor Holborn Gate
330 High Holborn
London
WC1V 7QH
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