Adrian Kayne
Profile
Experienced as both a Junior and Leading Junior in the following principle practice areas:
- Fraud and Financial Crime
- Homicide
- Organised Crime
- Sexual Offences
- Confiscation
- Appeals
- General Crime
Mr. Kayne is currently engaged in the representation of the former Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands in ongoing criminal proceedings there.
Prior to moving overseas to accept those instructions, Mr. Kayne had enjoyed a substantial criminal defence practice in England and Wales. It is Mr. Kayne’s current intention to return to the United Kingdom at the conclusion of his assignment in the Turks and Caicos Islands in order to rebuild his former UK practice.
Prior to his departure, Mr. Kayne was considered by many solicitors to be an extremely able, highly experienced and well-regarded criminal defence advocate. He was known as a dedicated, industrious, diligent and hard-working advocate, recognised for his acuity and ability to marshal and present vast volumes of evidential material effectively. His early input into matters of preparation was often sought by those who used to instruct him in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Kayne had been accepting instructions to act as a Leading Junior counsel for many years. Throughout his career, he acquired considerable experience in how to act in the best interests of those accused of serious criminal offences, including serious fraud, money laundering, rape, murder, armed robbery and major drug conspiracies.
Expertise
R v M and Others, Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Criminal Side). Mr. Kayne has been engaged in ongoing criminal proceedings in that jurisdiction since October 2015.
R v A & Others at Manchester Crown Court – currently engaged in a trial which started in January and involves allegations of immigration fraud and money laundering – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v C & Others at Basildon Crown Court – currently acting for the principal defendant in a major counterfeiting conspiracy – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v S & Others at Ipswich Crown Court – money laundering the proceeds of a drugs conspiracy – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v H & Others at Bradford Crown Court – acted for a solicitor accused of laundering the proceeds of a Ponzi fraud in a prosecution brought by the SFO – Led Junior Counsel;
R v N & Others at Birmingham Crown Court – immigration fraud and money laundering – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v B & Others at Chelmsford Crown Court – acted for a chartered accountant accused of mortgage fraud and false accounting – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v D & Others at Liverpool Crown Court – acted for a company director in Operation Erasure, a Missing Trader VAT Fraud – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v F & Others at the Central Criminal Court – acted for a company director in a conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v M & Others at Blackfriars Crown Court – acted for a company director and principal defendant in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud and corruption trial – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v C & Others at Croydon Crown Court – a massive missing trader VAT fraud in which the loss to HMRC amounted to £140 million – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v M & Others at Birmingham Crown Court – a £20 million Virgin Media Fraud – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v U & Others at Manchester (Minshull Street) Crown Court – a missing trader VAT fraud – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v H & Others at Manchester Crown Court – multi-million pound excise duty and VAT evasion conspiracy – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v B & Others at Southwark Crown Court – Operation Mazurka; conspiracy to launder the proceeds of a missing trader VAT fraud involving over £200million of fraudulent trade – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v P & Others at Teeside Crown Court – conspiracy to defraud and associated money laundering – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v K & Others at Bradford Crown Court – money laundering the proceeds of class A drug trafficking – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v F & Others at Woolwich Crown Court – major conspiracy to launder £100 million of class A drug trafficking – Led Junior Counsel;
R v G & Others at Newcastle Crown Court – £80 million investment fraud prosecuted by the SFO – Led Junior Counsel;
R v J & Others at Liverpool Crown Court – Operation Divert; the largest ever missing trader VAT fraud prosecuted at the time – Led Junior Counsel.
R v M & Another at St. Albans Crown Court – Joint Enterprise Murder; the charge was dismissed following a successful Dismissal Application – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v T at the Central Criminal Court – Murder; issues included self-defence, unlawful act manslaughter and manslaughter by reason of loss of control – Led Junior Counsel;
R v N & Another at the Central Criminal Court – Joint Enterprise Murder – Led Junior Counsel.
Throughout his career Mr. Kayne has acted as a led junior counsel in a number of other Murder trials.
R v F & Others at Harrow Crown Court – police corruption conspiracy in which sensitive information was passed by a corrupt police officer to alleged members of an organised crime gang – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v T & Others at Nottingham Crown Court – major conspiracy to import and distribute wholesale quantities of class A drugs by an organised crime group – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v D & Others at Liverpool Crown Court – conspiracy to supply class A drugs – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v D & Others at Sheffield Crown Court – major conspiracy to supply wholesale quantities of class A drugs in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the North East – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v R & Others at Woolwich Crown Court – substantial conspiracy to supply class A drugs and firearms – Led Junior Counsel.
R v H & Another at Croydon Crown Court – Double Male Rape – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v H at Manchester (Minshull Street) Crown Court – rape – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v N & Others at Wood Green Crown Court – conspiracy to commit people trafficking for the purposes of prostitution – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v Anon. at Snaresbrook Crown Court – Rape – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v Anon. at Chelmsford Crown Court – a minor accused of a series of rapes and indecent assaults – Junior Counsel Alone.
R v IUH & Others at Manchester Crown Court – Leading junior counsel in contested confiscation proceedings in which the defendant’s alleged Benefit of £13.5million and Available Amount of £1.8million were successfully argued and negotiated down to £135,000.00 and £29,000.00 respectively.
R v B & Another at Kingston Crown Court – substantial conspiracy to evade excise duty; Crown’s Benefit calculation exceeded £5 million and there was a clear suggestion of substantial hidden assets – Leading Junior Counsel.
R v A.T. – The scope of section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999;
R v B R – Appropriate sentencing tariffs for people trafficking for the purposes of prostitution;
R (D.P.P.) v Camberwell Green Youth Court – Judicial Review of Youth Court Jurisdiction;
R (M) v Camberwell Green Youth Court – Judicial Review of Youth Court Jurisdiction;
AG’s Reference (No.36 of 2006) – Correct sentence in an intruder rape case;
R v A – Application of restriction orders under section 41 of the Mental Health Act;
R v E – Correct approach to the calculation of the notional determinate sentence and appropriate tariff in a discretionary life sentence.
R v M at Chelmsford Crown Court – blackmail – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v B & Anor. at Isleworth Crown Court – armed robbery – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v P at Leicester Crown Court – series of cash in transit armed robberies – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v M & Others at Northampton Crown Court – acted for a decorated army veteran in a conspiracy to import and distribute substantial amounts of class A drugs – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v M & Others at Woolwich Crown Court – kidnap, false imprisonment and GBH – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v B & Others at Luton Crown Court – conspiracy to supply class A drugs – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v D & Others at Kings Lynn Crown Court – major conspiracy to cultivate cannabis and associated money laundering – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v D & Others at Blackfriars Crown Court – conspiracy to commit violent disorder – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v W & Others at Kingston Crown Court – conspiracy to import wholesale quantities of class A drugs – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v G & Others at Maidstone Crown Court – conspiracy to rob – Leading Junior Counsel;
R v C & Others at Caernarfon Crown Court – conspiracy to distribute wholesale quantities of class A drugs in North Wales – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v D & Others at Kingston Crown Court – Operation Arnulf – the largest ever Flying Squad investigation into a series of armed robberies spanning 18 months and involving 30 defendants – Junior Counsel Alone.
R v D & Others at Derby Crown Court – conspiracy to supply class A drugs – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v H & Another at Wood Green Crown Court – conspiracy to supply class A drugs – Junior Counsel Alone;
R v T & Others at the Central Criminal Court – conspiracy to commit armed robbery – Junior Counsel Alone.