Our Team

Steve Foster - Director

Steve Foster has been a criminal defence practitioner for over 30 years. Alongside Paul Coleman, he was instrumental in creating and developing a highly successful City of London practice for their previous firm.

Over the years, Steve has built an enviable reputation as one of the most sought-after professionals in his field. This has resulted in his direct instruction in some of the most high-profile and notorious cases ever brought before the courts, many of which have attracted international as well as national media attention.

Steve has an extensive and loyal client following. His proven track-record of fantastic client care coupled with consistently great results has also led to countless personal recommendations, not only from existing and former clients and their families, but other members of the legal profession.

As well as the Crown Prosecution Service and police forces nationwide, Steve has also gained a reputation for successfully advising those investigated and prosecuted by numerous regulatory bodies, including the Health and Safety Executive, Trading Standards and The Insolvency Service.

Leading Queens Counsel have endorsed Steve’s “attention to detail and meticulous manner in which he prepares his cases…”, that he shows “…a passion for his clients that is second to none” and that “nothing is ever too much trouble for him”.

Paul Coleman - Director

Paul Coleman is a solicitor with considerable experience and expertise in all civil, commercial and criminal matters. He is renowned as a lawyer who fights ferociously for his clients. He successfully managed the City of London office of his last firm, creating a varied caseload of clients from a number of sources including City of London institutions.

He previously worked in the field of financial and energy futures, experience which led to his direct instruction as part of the team involved in the successful defence at trial of a broker charged with conspiring to fix LIBOR, a former RBS equities trader charged with conspiracy to defraud the Inland Revenue as well as advising a number of foreign exchange traders under investigation by the FCA and the Department of Justice in the United States.

He has acted for both claimants and defendants in a number of proceedings before the High Court involving multi-million pound claims, as well as advising parties in relation to employment matters, which have involved amongst others a current Premier League football team.

Over the past few years, Paul has emerged as the ‘go-to’ lawyer for proceedings arising from mental health homicides and receives many recommendations from charities to act for bereaved families. He has a special interest in providing support and representation at inquests and pre-inquest hearings and has given talks on these subjects to healthcare professionals and charities amongst others. Paul also has extensive personal injury experience, acting for both claimants and defendants.