Thirty years at Scotland Yard, retiring as a Detective Chief Superintendent who commanded a 1,350-strong specialist crime taskforce — Gerry leads Connaught Law's investigations capability with the operational depth of serious crime, financial crime and counter-terrorism command.
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Core Expertise
Intelligence-led operations, violent crime, critical incidents and high-risk case management.
Money laundering investigation, asset seizure and confiscation, and the disruption of trafficking and firearms networks.
CT operations, threat assessment, public order command and security coordination at the highest levels of state.
Law-enforcement collaboration across ten countries, from the USA and Australia to Pakistan and Kenya.
Scotland Yard Command Career
Gerry's three decades at the Yard included command of the London Crime Squad, the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit and Scotland Yard's Violent Crime Directorate, culminating in command of the Specialist Crime and Operations Taskforce — 1,350 staff. He coordinated security for high-profile events at Buckingham Palace and St James's Palace, and held senior command positions for presidential visits.
Organised & Financial Crime
His investigative specialisms map directly onto the work clients bring to a law firm: money laundering detection, asset seizure and confiscation procedures, drugs trafficking and firearms criminality, undercover and covert operations coordination, and the evidential integrity that makes investigation findings stand up in court.
CredentialsProfessional Qualifications
Gerry holds Senior Investigating Officer certification, Counter Terrorism Security Coordinator authorisation, RIPA authorising officer credentials, and qualifications in the management of major and linked series crime, major incident management, senior public order command and surveillance. He is also a published author and associate lecturer in criminology and psychology — practice and academy in one CV.
Beyond the UKInternational & Parliamentary Standing
He has presented at the House of Commons, the United Nations in New York and Geneva, and the European Union Parliament, and has built law-enforcement partnerships with governments and agencies across the USA, Sweden, Denmark, India, Pakistan, Kenya, Somaliland, Somalia, Turkey and Australia.
Related at Connaught LawWhere a legal matter needs real investigative capability — tracing, evidence, security — Connaught Law brings Scotland Yard command experience to your side of the table.