Tim Hunter

Tim Hunter practices in all areas of criminal law, prosecuting and defending across a wide range of cases, undertaking both privately and publicly funded casework.

Tim has extensive experience advising in large, multi-handed cases involving technical, complex, sensitive and voluminous evidence in the areas of financial crime, terrorism, drugs, human trafficking, kidnapping and serious sexual offence cases. With a busy and successful practice, he predominantly leads case teams and has a wealth of experience including matters arising under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, PII, and evidential features in particular telephone and cell-site evidence. He also advises on and drafts representations to prosecuting authorities regarding the discontinuance of anticipated proceedings.

Tim has experience and is currently instructed in other areas, in particular:

• Private prosecutions – extensive experience advising on anticipated proceedings and bringing matters to trial. He has particular expertise in private prosecutions arising out of fraudulent insurance claims in the travel industry.
• Advisory work in relation to ongoing and anticipated criminal proceedings in Jersey.

Tim is happy to accept instructions on a Direct Access basis.

Examples of recent work includes:

• Operations Shareship and Coadminster: Prosecuting large scale drug trafficking arising out of ‘EncroChat’ investigation.
• Operation Concho: Leading counsel prosecuting twenty-six handed County Lines allegation.
• Jet2 Holidays v Royle: Private prosecution relating to fraudulent holiday illness claim.
• Operation Shipshapely: Leading counsel prosecuting allegations of trademark and related money laundering offences.
• v Kapur: Leading counsel defending in a thirteen handed money laundering allegation.
• Operation Cyclaman: Leading counsel prosecuting nine handed allegations of kidnapping and false imprisonment.
• Operation Tritia: Prosecuting large scale ‘Smishing’ fraud and related money laundering offences.
• v N & Others: Leading counsel defending allegations of multi-jurisdictional money laundering.
• Operation Ranji: Leading counsel in large scale ‘county lines’ investigation.
• Operation Disney: Leading counsel prosecuting allegations of VAT fraud and money laundering.
• Tui Limited v Coiro & Falzon
• Operation Zypher: Leading counsel prosecuting ten handed case involving the fraudulent obtaining of finance agreements on high value cars.
• v Hameed and Others: Leading counsel prosecuting in nationwide ‘Phising’ fraud involving eight trials and 24 defendants and ancillary multi-jurisdictional confiscation proceedings.
• v Fischer and Others: Leading counsel prosecuting the largest UK counterfeit coin currency case.
• v Kumar and Others: Leading counsel prosecuting fourteen handed immigration fraud.
• v Idies and Others: Prosecuting illicit pharmaceutical production and unlicensed sales of prescription drugs.
• R v. W: Counsel defending company director charged with fraudulent insurance claims.
• v B: Counsel defending a police officer charged with causing death by dangerous driving.