Mark Kimsey

Head of Chambers

Call: 1990

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Appeals:  Mark conducts criminal appeals on behalf of the defence and the prosecution.

Criminal Defence: Mark defends in all areas of criminal law.

Criminal Prosecution: Mark prosecutes in all areas of criminal law.

 

Mark Kimsey has been Head of Chambers since its inception. He is a highly respected specialist Criminal Practitioner, whose practice incorporates mainly defence work and the prosecution of serious sex offences.

He has specialized in contracted cases since the inception of the VHCC scheme as both leading and junior counsel.

His practice incorporates all areas of crime, but his particular specialties include white-collar fraud (Serious Fraud Office, HM Customs and Excise), Proceeds of Crime, drug conspiracies (Intrusive surveillance) and all offences of violence.

He is regularly instructed in a wide variety of work including murder, kidnapping, rape, armed robbery and attempted murder.

He regularly defends Courts Martial and also prosecutes on behalf of the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).

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Notable Cases:

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MONEY LAUNDERING

R-v-XIN LI

Money laundering conspiracy valued at over £7m – directly connected with the contravention of the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988 and the Trade Marks Act 1994. DVD Factories were said to have been set up for use by an illegal Chinese immigrant workforce. [The largest seizure in Western Europe, to date, of counterfeit DVDs.]

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CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY CLASS A DRUGS

R –v-H & C

Leading counsel in a large scale drug’s conspiracy in Sheffield Crown Court, which defined the rules on disclosure by the House of Lords

R-v- Mitchell & others

Leading counsel in a large scale drug’s conspiracy at Newport Crown Court, which involved extensive intrusive surveillance evidence.

R –v- Mitu Ahmed & others

Junior counsel in a large-scale drug’s conspiracy at Bradford Crown Court, which involved extensive intrusive surveillance evidence.

 

 

RAPE

R –v- Lambert

The Prosecution of historic sexual offences carried out by an instructor of a riding stables over a substantial period of time.