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Is the criminal justice system in England & Wales fit to deal with fraud - now over 40% of all recorded crime? Not surprisingly, perhaps, Clare Montgomery KC doesn't think so but, after 40+ years at the criminal bar, she also brings constructive suggestions for improvement in her conversation with colleagues, Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC, also of Matrix Chambers, in a recent episode of Double Jeopardy: the Law and Politics Podcast.

This article is an edited transcript of Episode 17 of Double Jeopardy: the Law and Politics Podcast, recorded on 12 December 2022: https://anchor.fm/double-jeopardy-podcast/episodes/Episode-17-Clare-Montgomery-KC---Getting-Away-With-Fraud-e1s48uo In addition to Clare Montgomery KC (https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/member/clare-montgomery/), co-hosts Ken Macdonald KC (https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/member/ken-macdonald/) and Tim Owen KC (https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/member/tim-owen/) have spoken, in different episodes (https://anchor.fm/double-jeopardy-podcast), to other leading practitioners and Judges, including Baroness Brenda Hale, Dominic Grieve KC, Professor Kathleen Stock, Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, Dinah Rose KC, former Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland KC and Lord David Pannick KC.

Is the criminal justice system in England & Wales fit to deal with fraud - now over 40% of all recorded crime? Not surprisingly, perhaps, Clare Montgomery KC doesn't think so but, after 40+ years at the criminal bar, she also brings constructive suggestions for improvement in her conversation with colleagues, Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC, also of Matrix Chambers, in a recent episode of Double Jeopardy: the Law and Politics Podcast.