Tom Horder

Call 2004
Email tom.horder@3pb.co.uk
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Crime

Tom defends and prosecutes serious criminal cases in both his own right and as a led junior. He has been instructed in complex white collar and missing trader frauds, cases involving serious violence (s.18, child cruelty), sexual assaults (sexual touching, assault by penetration) and a wide range of regulatory matters from aviation to animal welfare offences. Tom has particular experience of dealing with issues arising under the Proceeds of Crime Act and has represented clients in prison adjudications, parole hearings and in judicial review proceedings.

In July 2009 Tom was appointed to the Attorney-General’s Unified List of Prosecuting Advocates (Panel C).

Recent Cases

Recent cases of note include:

R v X - successful defence of a 13 year old accused of sexual assault by penetration.

HMRC v Carron-Brown - defence junior in case involving a complex ‘white collar’ VAT fraud.

R v Cleall [2009] EWCA Crim 66 - successful appeal against sentence that considered the approach to be adopted when sentencing mothers of young children to custodial terms.

R v Y - defending a taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting two passengers.

R v Rasiak - defending a well known footballer in driving matters.

R v Eunice Spry - defence junior in infamous case of a step-mother accused of extreme cruelty involving 35 counts over a 14 year period.

R v Whitely - successful application to stay proceedings as an abuse of process as a result of the Crown’s failure to seize and retain material evidence.