Vivien Cochrane is a solicitor and Partner at Shearman Bowen. She has spent her career exclusively practising in criminal defence and has had experience defending in cases across the full spectrum of the criminal law. Vivien is frequently instructed in cases with complex factual backgrounds and with novel points of law and has a particular expertise in defending in large-scale and high-profile investigations. She is an expert on the law of legal professional privilege in criminal proceedings and is an Honorary Lecturer at Queen Mary University School of Law. Will Hayes is a barrister and Senior Associate at Kingsley Napley. He has a wealth of experience representing individuals and corporate clients in all types of criminal cases and at every stage of proceedings, with a particular focus on white-collar crime, internal investigations and cases with an international dimension. He is an expert on the law of legal professional privilege and regularly advises on complex privilege issues in a wide range of criminal cases and internal investigations.
This book should be essential reading for criminal lawyers. * Martin Rackstraw, Law Society Gazette *