Sharron Boyce

Practice Areas

Sharron has extensive experience in the preparation of complex, serious and lengthy criminal cases for trial. Sharron has particular expertise with historic sexual offence allegations and weighty frauds. She takes a proactive approach to police investigations to ensure the preservation of important and pertinent evidence.

She has represented clients in several lengthy fraud trials throughout her career including Operation Hilmar, Operation Cotton and Operation Rosewood and prosecutions by the CPS, SFO, FCA, and NCA.

Sharron has a particular skill in the analysis of financial documents and money trails. She is precise, methodical and organised in her approach to financial documentation often negating the need to instruct experts.

More recently her practice has evolved into advising clients in relation to Account Freezing Orders and related civil litigation including letters of claim to banks who refuse to release accounts/funds.

She also advises clients in relation to section 22 POCA applications and provides salient, detailed and accurate advice in relation to those applications.

Career

Qualified FCILEX 2001

Joined Brett Wilson LLP 2013

Professional Memberships

Sharron is a member of the Female Fraud Forum (FFF), Fraud Lawyers Association (FLA) and the Defence Extradition Lawyers’ Forum (DELF).

Work Highlights

Notable cases include:

Serious Crime

R v IR [2023] – attempted murder of ex-partner in broad daylight. Case involved a Newton Hearing and instruction of a forensic psychiatrist.

R v AB [2021] – section 18 GBH on ex-wife. Case involved instruction of several experts.

R v FJ [2019] – successful defence of a doctor accused of ABH.

Fraud

R v AS [2023] – theft of fundraiser funds, suspended sentence secured.

R v JH [2023 ongoing] – cryptocurrency fraud valued at over £1million. Detailed and complicated analysis of the evidence undertaken to support a basis of plea.

FCA v RA [2023] – successful defence of client accused of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering. Allegation centred around a ‘binary options’ fraud with losses of £1.2million.

R v MW [2019] - prosecution were persuaded to drop a number of charges from a 17-count indictment alleging perverting the course of justice, forgery and fraud.

R v RK [2019] – successful defence of RK in one of the first Bitcoin fraud prosecutions (over £1million) where the evidence spanned over 150,000 pages. Following the submission of expert evidence and after the third trial listing, the Prosecution offered no evidence.

Sexual Offences

R v JB [2022] – following protracted efforts the Prosecution offered no evidence on the day of the application to dismiss hearing. Case involved a young student who had been charged with indecent exposure following him being refused entry to a night club.

R v AS [2021] – successful defence of an indictment containing serious sexual offences. Case involved intricate disclosure issues surrounding an undisclosed video interview with the complainant which contradicted her account.

Extradition

USA v CU [2022] – extradition sought following arrest of requested person to answer charges of fraud arising from a ‘romance scam’.

Lithuania v MS [2022] – represented the requested person who had left the country before he had been formally charged. Case involved instruction of a Lithuanian lawyer to comment upon sentencing practice and procedure.

Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings

Sharron has gained extensive knowledge of POCA proceedings and has had great success in settling onerous and complicated claims. In the Operation Cotton case she successfully avoided a hidden assets finding of £10 million.