Martin is a partner in the Crime and Regulatory Team. Specialising in criminal defence since qualifying in 1995, with a particular focus on:
- road traffic offences- including exceptional hardship arguments, special reasons and defence at trial,
- sexual offences- including applications to vary and remove SHPO’s and indefinite notification requirements,
- fraud and money laundering- including POCA proceedings of all sorts (variation of confiscation orders, cash forfeiture and account forfeiture included), and
- Housing Act offences- including HMO criminal and civil proceedings.
Martin also acts in:
- professional and regulatory investigations and proceedings,
- in proceedings before tax tribunals, and
- in claims of all sorts against the Police
Martin is a skilled and very experienced magistrates Court advocate who is a familiar face at Oxford Magistrates Court, his local Court and regularly appears in Magistrates Court throughout the South, Southwest, the West Midlands and London.
Martin has been an MLRO since 2025 and at Knights since 2017. He is also the firm’s COLP.