Andrew Turnock
Partner
Switchboard: +44 (0)1782 205 000
24Hr Emergency No: 07699 726180
Assistant: Ann Chell
Practice areas
Andrew specialises in criminal defence and, as a duty solicitor he heads up the 16-man police station team at Beswicks Solicitors.
He is an experienced Magistrates and Crown Court advocate and an expert trial lawyer.
Working with the Beswicks commercial and litigation team, Andrew is also responsible for the defence of serious fraud and white collar crime.
Specialisms
- ASBOs
- Appeals
- Business or commercial crime
- Confiscation orders or seizure of assets
- Copyright theft
- Corporate manslaughter
- Drug Trafficking and major importation
- E-crime
- False accounting
- Illegal immigration
- International and organised crime
- Large scale public order offences
- Money laundering
- Proceeds Of Crime Act prosecutions
- People trafficking
- Serious fraud, VAT, Customs & Excise, DTI investigations
- Speeding, 172 Notices and drink-driving offences
- Terrorism
Recent cases
- Acted for 17 England football supporters charged with violent disorder in Manchester City Centre.
- Successfully defended drink-drive case at trial where it was argued Police had failed to observe breath test procedure correctly at the Police station.
- Represented defendant at trial who was acquitted of affray following successful legal argument on recent case law.
- Acted for defendant involved in large scale counterfeiting, theft of copyright and industrial sabotage.
- Successfully defended courier driver acting in the course of his business in due care and attention trial at Manchester City Magistrates Court involving the death of a pedestrian.
Professional
- Duty Solicitor
- Criminal Law Solicitors Association
Personal
- Skiing
- Swimming
- Boxing fan
- Thrill seeker…….
