Ariel specialises in civil fraud investigations and litigation. He has represented claimants and defendants in cases involving freezing orders, search orders and delivery up and computer imaging injunctions. Ariel has executed many search orders and has also acted in a supervisory role during the execution of search orders by other law firms. Ariel has also represented clients in cases requiring the tracing into and recovery of assets unlawfully obtained from clients by way of fraud and subsequently restrained by the Police and Crown Prosecution Service through criminal restraint orders made against fraudsters under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; cases involving other asset recovery techniques; cases involving harassment and restraining injunctions under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997; breach of fiduciary duty and breach of confidence claims; and theft and misuse of trade secrets claims. Ariel has also advised various clients in relation to investigations undertaken by the NHS Counter Fraud Service. Ariel also acts for clients in general commercial disputes.

Ariel has given lectures to a number of charities on the issues of fraud, asset recovery and managing the risk of fraud in the charities sector.

Ariel is on the committee of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association (YFLA). Besides his legal qualifications, Ariel has a Masters in Fine Art from Central St Martins and prior to becoming a solicitor Ariel completed a graduate training scheme for a large multi-national company and worked for that company as a manager for a number of years.
 

KEY EXPERIENCE

• Acted for a client and successfully obtained a multi-jurisdictional harassment injunction.
• Acted for various clients and successfully obtained Norwich Pharmacal relief against telecommunications companies so as to obtain the identity of individuals posting defamatory articles on a website and on another occasion unlawfully intercepting emails.
• Acted for clients in various contractual and commercial disputes and successfully negotiated a number of out of court settlements.
• Acted for a client in a High Court claim for procurement of breaches of contract, breaches of duties of confidence, procurement of breaches of duties of confidence, infringement of database rights, and injunctive relief and delivery up of all documents belonging to the client.
• Acted for a client in an ongoing High Court claim for breach of contract.
• Acted for a major credit card company in recovering the proceeds of a substantial fraud. Obtaining Norwich Pharmacal relief against a number of banks and successfully tracing into the proceeds of the fraud and assets purchased with the proceeds; including several high value sports cars. Procuring the release money and the sports cars restrained under a Proceeds of Crime Act restraint order.

career history

Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya
Qualified, Mishcon de Reya
Staffordshire University, BA (Hons) Fine Art; Central St Martins MA Fine Art