ZOE MARIA NICOLA

About Zoe Maria Nicola.

Zoe has extensive experience in representing those facing the most serious of allegations, including Deprivation of Citizenship, Terrorism, Murder, Manslaughter, Rape, Sexual Offences, Money-Laundering, Fraud, Confiscation proceedings, Firearms Offences, Violent Offences, Robbery, multi handed drug importations, multi handed conspiracies and Death by Careless Driving. 

Zoe qualified in 2002 and since that date has had conduct of numerous high-profile criminal cases. Her area of expertise and interest lies in Terrorism and fraud matters and she excels at the forensic and detailed analysis required when dealing with accounting, forensic and cell site data. Zoe has had conduct of numerous fraud matters, and also represented those clients pursued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Further, Zoe has been regularly instructed to defend in serious sexual offences.

Zoe has previously been instructed by an international corporate client in a European multi-jurisdictional mutual assistance money laundering investigation, where a settlement was ultimately secured. This, in part, involved advice on European arrest warrants. More recently Zoe was involved in several multi handed drug & county lines cases and the representation of an interested party in the London Bridge Inquest into the deaths arising from the London Bridge and Borough Market Terror attack of 3rd June 2017.

Zoe is accustomed to liaising with all arms of law enforcement agencies on daily basis. She is also familiar with digesting vast volumes of evidence including forensic, banking, cell site, telephone, expert and also witness statements and exhibits and thereafter preparing summaries, briefs to Counsel, drafting advice to clients, drafting and editing witness statements, obtaining proofs and instructing experts. Zoe also regularly attends court.

Email: z.nicola@lpevans.com

Mobile: 07957426815

 
 
 

Noteable Cases.

  • TERRORISM

    R v H & H & Others (2001 - 2003)

    An IRA terrorism case involving two brothers charged with conspiracy to cause explosions in London and Birmingham (targets BBC Television Centre Ealing & Birmingham). The bomb was part of a Real IRA bombing campaign, the last of its kind on the UK mainland.

    R v M & Others (2006)

    A terrorism case involving the arrest of Bradford Students for offences contrary to S57 & S58 Terrorism Act 2000 relating to the downloading of ‘extremist’ literature. His conviction was subsequently quashed by the Court of Appeal. Acquittal secured.

    R v A (2006)

    Terrorism case directly connected to the 2006 transatlantic liquid bomb plot involving a charge of S38 Terrorism 2000 (acquitted). (Matter concluded 2010). Acquittal secured.

    R v M & Others (2006 - 2008)

    A multi handed terrorism case involving charges relating to receiving terrorist training and linked to 7/7 bombings charged contrary to Section 6 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

    R v K & Others (2008)

    A terrorist matter involving a man accused of soliciting the murder of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

    H2 v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (2013)

    Ongoing SIAC case involving international terrorism and illegal rendition – H2 is currently indicted on federal charges in the State of New York.

    R v H & Others (2016)

    A case prosecuted under Terrorism legislation and involving allegations of funding a proscribed terrorist organisation in Syria.

    R v A (2013)

    Murder of a soldier, relying upon a novel defence of 'under the Queen's peace'. Investigation by SO15, Counter Terrorism Command & Counter Terrorism Division of the CPS.

    London Bridge Enquiry (2019) Central Criminal Court

    Involved in the representation of an Interested Party at the inquest into the deaths of 8 individuals (and three attackers) killed on London Bridge and Borough Market on 3rd June 2017.

  • DRUGS

    R v A & Others - (2019)

    A multi handed £65 million drugs conspiracy to manufacture steroids

    R v A & Others - ( 2021) - Kingston Crown Court

    A multiple count indictment relating to a conspiracy to supply Class A drugs as part of a county Lines operation.

  • FRAUD

    R v G (2009)

    Bank Fraud involving the prosecution of 9 Co-Defendants for conspiracy to steal and false accounting and involving the examination of voluminous accounting and telephone data. Acquittal secured.

    Public Prosecutors Office Netherlands v Lycamobile (2011)

    A matter brought by the National Public Prosecutors Office for Financial and Economic and Environmental Offences and the Prosecution Service Criminal Assets Deprivation Bureau in the Netherlands regarding possible tax violations. Settlement secured.

    R v A – Central Criminal Court (2012)

    A 10 week multi-handed million-pound Cisco fraud.

    R v S (2012)

    Bank Fraud involving 2 Co defendants and involving the forensic analysis of banking documents, bank transactions and mobile phone data. Substantive disclosure issues involved. Acquittal secured.

    R v M & Others (2016)

    A conspiracy to defraud prosecuted by the London Borough of Redbridge (but also involving the London Borough of Tower Hamlets) concerning a fraud involving a large number of false claims to Housing Benefit and other ‘in work’ benefits by a large number of people. The total loss calculated as being in excess of £1,600,000. Confiscation proceedings followed under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

    R v H- Southwark Crown Court-(2018)

    A £6 million conspiracy to Cheat the Public revenue by setting up payroll service provider companies and diverting funds, owed to HMRC, to a network of bank accounts in the UK, Dubai, Jersey & Switzerland and to UK and offshore companies.