Peter Rouch was called in 1972 and took silk in 1996. He is a Recorder of the Crown Court and is on the Serious Fraud Office list of approved counsel.

His practice is serious crime which includes fraud and regulatory offences for large corporations.

Recent notable cases include: 

Vanthopolous & others (Southwark Crown Court – defending). At the time, the largest single importation of cigarettes into the UK (loss circa 28 million). 

Thornhill & others (Bristol Crown Court – defending). Large scale importation of cocaine (value circa 65 million). 

Chowdhury & others (Reading Crown Court – defending). Microsoft fraud trial – largest ever copyright fraud. 

Syed & others (Kingston Crown Court) – defending). Money laundering (part of the London Bureau de Change cases) 

Vong (Manchester Crown Court – defending). Computer chip fraud. 

Nolan & others (Kingston Crown Court – defending). Heathrow robbery (33 million).

 B&Q (Bournemouth Crown Court) – Regulatory offences