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David Owusu-Yianoma (1992)

Team

Crime

Education

LL.B. (Hons.)

Practice

David’s principal area of practice is in the field of criminal law where he specialises in fraud, commercial crime, money laundering and other areas of serious and organised crime. He has wide ranging experience, predominantly in the Crown Court and Court of Appeal.

Profile

His cases have included conspiracies to defraud major banks and other financial institutions, large scale importations of drugs into the UK, organised crime involving kidnap, false imprisonment and blackmail and crimes of serious violence, including, murder, armed robberies, gang rape and grievous bodily harm. He was recently instructed as junior counsel in one of the first ‘phishing’ cases to come to court in the UK. On several occasions he has been instructed to conduct leading junior work.

Between 2003 and 2005 David sat on the Council of the Inns of Court’s disciplinary tribunals. In 2005 he was appointed to sit on the Bar Standards Board’s, Conduct and Qualifications Committees, which deal with disciplinary and regulatory matters affecting the profession.

He is a registered pupil supervisor.

His interests are listed as property development, photography, and travel.

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association
South Eastern Circuit

Reported Cases

R. v. Sakavickas No. 1 [2004] EWCA Crim 685
R. v. Gula-Ndebele [2006] EWCA Crim 937
R. v. Sakavickas No. 2 [2007] EWCA Crim 1671