William Davis

Practice Profile

William Davis has considerable experience of serious crime, fraud and confiscation both as leader and junior. 

He is a Recorder of the Crown Court, and secretary of the CBA Education and Training Committee. Widely experienced in complex and demanding criminal cases, he is appreciated for his hard work and enthusiasm, his confident and incisive courtroom style, and meticulous advisory work.

Appointments:

• Recorder of the Crown Court
• CPS Panel Advocate - Grade 4
• CPS Specialist Panel - Rape & Serious Sexual Offences - Grade 4
• CPS Specialist Panel - Fraud - Grade 4
• CPS Specialist Panel - Serious Crime - Grade 4
• CPS Specialist Panel - Counter Terrorism - Grade 4
• CPS Specialist Panel - Proceeds of Crime - Grade 4
• SFO Panel of Counsel - List B
• Regulatory List of Specialist Advocates in Health & Safety and Environmental Law - List A

• R v. Biomy & Yusuf [Inner London] 2020

  Gangland Revenge Killing

  William Davis was Junior Prosecution Counsel (led by Brian O’Neill QC) in a gang-related murder, carried out in revenge for the attempted murder of the main Defendant by members of a rival gang.

  News report here.

• R v Jalal Uddin [C.C.C.] 2019

  Murder of wife by stabbing

  Danny Robinson QC led William Davis in this prosecution for murder of a Defendant who stabbed his wife at least 58 times in an attack described by the pathologist as involving “extreme” force.

  News Report Here.

   

• R v Muhammed Hussain [C.C.C.] 2019

  Murder

  William Davis was Junior Prosecution Counsel (led by Louis Mably QC) in prosecution for murder of a Defendant who stabbed his neighbour after a confrontation in the street. 

  News report here.

   

• R v Anwar Hussain & ors [Southwark] 2019

  MTIC Fraud

  Jonathan Polnay led William Davis in this long running MTIC fraud involving five companies and tax losses of around £13M. There were multiple trading chains supported by a wealth of forged documentation, and the proceeds of the fraud were transferred offshore via banks in Eastern Europe and Hong Kong. 

• R v. McLeod & ors [Croydon] 2018

  £700K fraud against the Redundancy Payments Service

  William Davis led in the prosecution of a group of accountants who committed a £700K fraud against the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS), a government agency that makes payments to workers owed money when their employers become insolvent. The Defendants arranged for 105 false applications to be submitted, in some cases supported by false identifies and forged documents. This was the first ever prosecution for fraud against the RPS. In a separate investigation, William Davis again led in the prosecution of Lennox McLeod for a VAT fraud committed during the same period as the RPS case. The defendant took over the VAT affairs of a company after the death of its director and falsely claimed over £100K in VAT refunds.

  HMRC press release here:

   

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