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Mr Asil Nadir Begins Giving Evidence At The Bailey Mr Asil Nadir, the former chief executive of Polly Peck International today began to give evidence in the current trial at the Central Criminal Court (The Old Bailey). Bark & Co have been acting for Mr Nadir since 2010.

Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir was a “broken man” who had no hope of a fair trial when he left the UK in 1993, he has told the Old Bailey.

Mr Nadir, 71, is accused of stealing nearly £150m from his Polly Peck empire but denies all charges.

He denied he fled to northern Cyprus because he was guilty of fraud which he was being prosecuted for. He returned in August 2010 to face the charges.

Mr Nadir said the firm was put it into administration despite his protests.

‘Tremendous future’
Mr Nadir denied the company, Polly Peck International (PPI), had been insolvent.

Within Fraud: civil , tier 4
Bark & Co has a ‘growing reputation, reflected in the quality and value of the cases it undertakes’. Recent work includes acting for Moblix Limited in a significant Court of Appeal decision regarding the means of knowledge test in the context of an MTIC fraud. Giles Bark-Jones is ‘a formidable and tenacious lawyer, prepared to go that extra mile’; and Andrew Lynch is ‘a leading specialist in taxation litigation’.
Within Fraud: white-collar crime , Bark & Co is a first tier firm,
Bark & Co has ‘become a powerhouse in the field of white-collar crime’, with practice head Giles Bark-Jones ‘one of the leading fraud lawyers of his generation’. The team is currently acting for the former CEO of Polly Peck, Asil Nadir, in an SFO prosecution regarding allegations of theft amounting to over £300m. Alison Hill is also recommended.