Hugo Daniel Lodge- Call: 1998

Mr Lodge made his reputation as a specialist jury advocate in serious criminal cases. He has developed an expertise in extradition and allegations of international fraud and money laundering. He is co-author of The Blackstone's Guide to the Terrorism Act 2006, published by Oxford University Press and he is also a published author on covert surveillance in Terrorist and serious cases.

Mr Lodge's recent Crown Court experience includes murder, large scale drugs importation, people and contraband smuggling, firearms, rape, and serious sexual assault cases. Mr Lodge is also instructed in DTI and trading standards cases. He is available for complex work in the magistrates' court, including licensing, confiscation and extradition.

Current cases include allegations of organised crime: large scale importation of cocaine from Colombia, 'Yardie' kidnap and shooting in Brixton, contraband, drugs and illegal immigration cases. He has been instructed in serious fraud matters with an international dimension. His experience includes successfully contesting matters under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Mr Lodge has a particular expertise in the law of online Gaming. He has been instructed by several leading City law firms to advise on aspects of double criminality, specialty and the precise application of the Extradition Act 2003.

Mr Lodge has an exemplary record of arguing for dismissal of cases prior to arraignment. He fights cases to the last, arguing points in the Court of Appeal and beyond if necessary. Mr Lodge has been instructed in two Attorney-General’s references prosecuted by Treasury Counsel.

Mr Lodge studied law at Downing College, Cambridge where he was Master of Moots and President of the University Law Conference. He trained in Treasury Counsel’s room at the Old Bailey.

Professional Associations:

Called to the Bar by Gray's Inn 1998
Member of the Criminal Bar Association.

Recent and reported cases:

Currently junior to Alun Jones QC in extradition and allegations of criminal conduct with an international element.

First on an indictment in sixteen handed 'luxury cars to Africa', Conspiracy worth £3 Million, June 2007.

Prosecuting a fraud case defended by a Silk at Southwark in September 2007.

Led by Courtenay Griffiths QC in a 'Yardie' kidnap, blackmail and firearms case at Middlesex Guildhall.

Defended A-G ref, reported (no 87 of 2003) [2005] 1 Cr App R (S) 68 (17).

Publications

Blackstone's Guide to the Terrorism Act 2006, Oxford
Covert Policing Review, 2007