David Claxton advises and represents professionals, business people and businesses in relation to criminal and regulatory investigations, enforcement and prosecutions.

He has been recognised by the main Directories for his skill in matters of Business Crime & Fraud and Regulatory & Professional Disciplinary matters. They describe him as having:

“strengths [that] lie in his keen intellect, attention to detail and clarity of written and oral expression” (Legal 500 UK, 2017),

“strength in complex and obscure legal arguments” (Legal 500 UK, 2017),

“extensive knowledge of regulatory case law [that] combines with a sharp focus on the relevant issues (Legal 500 UK, 2018).

In the 2022 and 2023 editions of Legal 500, he is ranked as a leading junior in the category Business and Regulatory Crime.

David’s expertise covers:

Economic and Business Crime, including Fraud, Bribery & Corruption, Money Laundering & Proceeds of Crime, Sanctions, Tax & Insolvency)

Internal Investigations

Regulatory crime (including Health & Safety and Fire Law)

General Crime

Asset forfeiture (civil and criminal)

Regulatory & Professional Discipline

Inquests & Inquiries

Judicial Review

Extradition

Legal Professional Privilege (LPP)

David has appeared at all levels of court and tribunal in his main practice areas.

David has published and lectured on corporate crime, professional regulation, cross border jurisdiction, abuse of process and expert evidence in leading practitioner texts, trade publications and to professional audiences such as in-house regulatory lawyers and City law firms.

Anita Clifford is highly approachable and ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers UK for Money Laundering & Proceeds of Crime work, where she has been described as a fantastic rising star who is knowledgeable and reassuring in the delivery of her advice. She is also ranked in Chambers UK for Sanctions work. In 2024 Anita was shortlisted for Financial Crime Junior of the Year by Legal 500. In 2025 she featured in The Lawyer Hot 100 List of legal professionals in the UK.

Anita defends and prosecutes across the range of Chambers’ practice area. She has a particularly busy defence practice spanning serious drugs, firearms and violent offences.

Alongside her general Crime practice, Anita has a strong financial crime practice. She prosecutes and defends serious frauds and money laundering offences. She also regularly advises law firms and companies on anti-money laundering investigations and regulatory requirements, suspicious activity reporting and account freezing under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. She also advises on the United Kingdom’s financial Sanctions regime. Anita is interested in the interplay between human rights and proceeds of crime and is part of the counsel team in the significant case of R (World Uyghur Congress) v Home Secretary, HMRC and NCA [2023] EWHC 88 which was the first case to consider proceeds of crime in the context of supply chains affected by forced labour and has been described as a “landmark” case.

Instructed by the Council of Europe, she has undertaken anti-money laundering and anti-corruption projects in Georgia, Moldova, Czech Republic and Serbia. She has also contributed to anti-corruption workshops in Kenya and Zambia with the African Union.

Originally from Australia, Anita qualified after a year as a Judge’s Associate in the Supreme Court of Queensland. She was a solicitor from 2011 in private and government practice, with her early years spent at a prominent criminal and human rights firm, defending vulnerable clients and gaining exposure to death in custody Inquests.

Anita is a contributor to the Lloyd’s Law Reports: Financial Crime and co-author of a book on the Criminal Finances Act 2017 with Jonathan Fisher KC.

She has been appointed to the Legal Action Committee of an NGO, Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and supports several mentoring programmes aimed at diversity amongst aspiring barristers.