Adam Vaitilingam QC
Degree: MA (Cantab)
Year of call and Inn: 1987; Middle Temple
Appointments: QC 2010; Recorder 2005 (Crown and County Courts)
Professional Membership: Western Circuit
Practice:
Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2010, Adam Vaitilingam prosecutes and defends in all types of serious crime. He is currently instructed in cases of murder, manslaughter, fraud, rape and drugs importation.
As a junior he was involved in many technical cases involving breaches of health and safety, environmental, animal welfare and copyright regulations, and continues to accept instructions in similar cases.
Adam has been involved in teaching advocacy and human rights law, and has lectured in Russia, Mauritius and Hong Kong on behalf of the Council of Europe and the British Council.
Current and recent cases of interest include:
R v P – Murder; revenge killing in “love triangle”;
R v L – Murder; killing of pensioner during a robbery;
R v N – Murder; killing of infant child by mother;
R v W – Manslaughter; killing of security guard during an armed robbery;
R v D – Attempt murder; attack after sexual assault triggered flashbacks of abuse;
R v S – Attempt murder; revenge attack over 15-year old grudge;
R v C – Attempt murder; attack on ex-partner and new boyfriend;
R v W – Fraud; six million pound defrauding of FTSE company;
R v W – Fraud; eight million pound insurance company fraud;
R v SH – Fraud; multi-million pound pyramid selling scheme;
R v G – Fraud; high-value contractor fraud at Devonport nuclear submarine base;
R v B – Drugs; high-value conspiracy to import;
R v S – Rape; cases of date rape, stranger rape, marital rape and offences involving children.
Civil work
Adam acts for Claimants and Defendants in civil cases involving, particularly:
- High value fraud and other commercial disputes;
- Serious personal injury, usually those involving brain damage and other catastrophic injury.
Reported Cases
Higgs (copyright infringement) 2009 1 WLR 73;
Simpson (attempted murder) 2008 1 Cr App R (S) 111;
Richards (deception) 2007 Cr App R (S) 80;
Gouldthorpe (attempted murder) 2004 1 Cr App R (S) 38;
Edmond (judicial review) 2006 RTR 18
Publications:
- Author of Financial Times Guide to Business Law.
- Author of the Rough Guides to Jamaica, Barbados and Antigua.
Albion Chambers, Broad Street, Bristol BS1 1DR
T: 0117 927 2144
F: 0117 926 2569
adam.vaitilingam@albionchambers.co.uk
Clerks:
Crime: Bonnie Colbeck
T 0117 311 0301
Civil: Michael Harding
T 0117 311 0302
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