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Fraud and Business Crime

Solicitor advocate Paul Schofield is a partner in the Blackburn office and the business crime department's lead practitioner. One enthusiastic client states: "He had a very calm and extremely professional approach to my case, always working on my behalf and immediately following up anything important to myself or the case."

Paul Schofield is a solicitor advocate who sources agree has "a good solid practice with a number of heavy cases" and is a "safe pair of hands."

Chambers 2012




Paul Schofield is very professional, helpful, responsive and supportive'.

Legal 500, 2011




Paul Schofield is not just a really impressive, quality lawyer, but also a very genuine and decent man.

Chambers Guide 2011




Paul Schofield is the leading light in Lancashire. Fellow practitioners respect him for the fact that: 'regardless of method of funding, he gives each client a great deal of personal attention and goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure the case is prepared fully to his exacting high standards.'
Paul Schofield is noted for 'bountiful experience and consistently solid performance'.

Chambers Guide 2010




"The highly industrious team never cuts corners and contains really talented individuals."
Clients praise the team for being "extremely thorough, responsive and reassuring."

It covers the full spectrum of fraud work, including MTIC frauds, boiler room frauds, money laundering and confiscation proceedings.
"Meticulous and sensitive", Paul Schofield heads the special casework unit and is renowned for "always putting his wealth of experience in serious fraud to effective use."

Chambers Guide 2009




"The cases have invariably been prepared for trial to the highest possible standard.  I can say that no firm does its criminal work to a higher standard".

A High Court Judge (in support of Farleys' membership of the Serious Fraud Panel)




"One of the Northwest's busiest and most effective criminal practices, dealing with all matters including prison law and environmental crime. The department has a special casework unit with extensive expertise in high profile serious fraud/complex crime receiving national media attention".

Chambers Guide 2008




"Farleys is another contender handling a mix of regulatory and general crime matters. Peers consider the 'mentally agile' Paul Schofield to be the firm's big hitter".

Chambers Guide 2006, 2007




"The criminal team at Farleys deal with every aspect of criminal law, from basic work to the most serious fraud and VHCC cases. The 'first rate' and 'astute' Paul Schofield is the main player here".

Chambers Guide 2005




"One of the Northwest's busiest and most effective criminal practices".

Chambers Guide 2003, 2004




"I am quite satisfied from my own knowledge of them as solicitors, that their work is consistently of a high standard and that the criminal department under their partner Mr Paul Schofield has the necessary skill, experience, capacity and integrity."

A Crown Court Judge



Chambers UK Criminal Defence Service Community Legal Service

Farleys Solicitors LLP is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Members of the Law Society, Law Society Personal Injury Panel (SRA), Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL), Children Panel (SRA), R3 - Association of Business Recovery Professionals, Resolution, Association of Lawyers for Children, Child Concern, Inquest Lawyers Group, Criminal Law Solicitors Association, Legal Services Commission's Appeal Committees Members of the Law Society Criminal Litigation Panel, Members of the Legal Services Commission Specialist Fraud Panel, Members of the Legal Services Commission VHCC (Very High Cost Case) Panel, Probate Section of the Law Society, Employment Lawyers Association, The Accident Claims Panel, East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, Insolvency Lawyers Association

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