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James Claughton

Associate · Olliers

EnglandCriminal Defence, Pre-Charge Investigations

About

James Claughton is an Associate Solicitor at Olliers who joined the firm in 2020. He specialises in pre-charge investigations and regulatory and complex fraud matters, and also handles inquiries, inquests, POCA and drugs cases; he qualified as a solicitor in 2022 and was promoted to Associate Solicitor in 2023.

Practice areas

Criminal DefencePre-Charge InvestigationsRegulatoryFraudInquests & InquiriesAsset Recovery / POCADrugsAppeals & Ancillary Orders

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Expertise

Pre-Charge DefenceComplex FraudRegulatory InvestigationsInquiries and InquestsPOCA / Asset RecoveryDrugs OffencesRepresentation of company directors in regulatory prosecutions

Education

  • Law with Business, University of Liverpool
  • Masters in Legal Practice

Admissions

  • Qualified as a solicitor (2022)