Don Ramble

Year of Call: 1998

Education / Qualifications

1997: LL.B. University College, London
1998: Bar Finals, Inns of Court School of Law

 

Specialist practice areas

Financial crime
Serious & organised crime
Asset Forfeiture & Confiscation
Crime

Profile

Don is a Grade 3 CPS prosecutor and approved counsel for the Fraud Prosecution Service.

He has extensive experience in the Crown Court in cases relating to fraud, drugs, s.18 GBH, public order offences and people trafficking.  He has prosecuted complex cases relating to money laundering, fraudulent trading, conspiracy to facilitate illegal entry and conspiracy to supply drugs.  Don is also experienced in restraint and confiscation proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Professional Memberships

Criminal Bar Association

Young Fraud Lawyers' Association

Proceeds of Crime Lawyers’ Association

South Eastern Circuit

Kent Bar Mess 

 

Cases of note

R v Blomfield T20097249 (Crown Court)
Prosecution of a man charged under section 16A of the Firearms Act 1968. The defendant had forced his way into a millionaire’s residence and terrorised the cleaner and owner’s young son.

R v Anderson T20097272 (Crown Court)
Trial at the Old Bailey of a man who repeatedly stabbed his victim.

R v Zekari T20090510 (Crown Court)
Prosecution of a “trusted courier” charged under section 327(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 with concealing criminal property, namely £1,403,080 in cash.

R v Williams, Newman and Newman T20087340 (Crown Court)
Led in a case involving three defendants charged with conspiracy to control the activities of prostitutes for gain.

R v Hunter T20087241 (Crown Court)
Prosecution of a man who attacked his victim with a hammer causing a fractured skull.

R v Jarvis and Evans T20060527 (Crown Court)
Led in a complex case relating to a conspiracy to defraud creditors in the car industry.

R. v. Shilling, Shilling, Langley, McClune, Shaw and Smith T2006 7200/7218 (Crown Court)
Led in an organised crime case concerning a conspiracy to disguise criminal property, namely stolen machinery, stolen plant and stolen commercial vehicles.

R v Selling and Brockwell T20050188/0209 (Crown Court)
Prosecution of two men charged with possession with intent to supply the equivalent of 7 kilograms of cocaine at 100% purity, with an estimated value of between £1.5 and £2.5 million. A confiscation order was later made against the main defendant in the sum of £470,000.