NEWS We are pleased to announce that Chris Harper has been appointed as a Recorder by His Majesty the King on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor. Chris has been assigned to sit on Family cases on the South Eastern Circuit and will undertake [...]
NEWS Chris Harper represented a defendant accused of sexual assault in R v HGF [2026] EWCA Crim 570. The defendant had asked the police to preserve CCTV at an early stage, even before a complaint had been made, and reiterated that request in interview. [...]
NEWS Henrietta Paget KC and Paul Sharkey prosecuted a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court concerning the death of a vulnerable young woman following a night out in London. The victim, Zahwa Mukhtar, was deaf and training to become an accountant. During the [...]
NEWS On 14 April 2026 Richard appeared in the High Court of Montserrat when Vincent Cassell, former President of the Montserrat Football Association (‘MFA’) and Tandica Hughes, the former General Secretary, pleaded guilty to a number of substantive tax offences at the start of [...]
NEWS Katie Doherty, instructed by David Richter of Londonium Solicitors, represented a 16 year old vulnerable youth defendant in relation to six terrorism offences said to have been committed at the age of 14 (three offences of possession of terrorist publications contrary to section [...]
NEWS Foundry Chambers is delighted to announce that Ruby Kalms, Sophie Kenny and Tanya Murray have commenced their second six-pupillage and are ready to take instructions. We wish them well as they begin this exciting chapter in their careers. If you would like to instruct [...]
NEWS Patrick Dennis leading Pietro Matarazzo from the CPS prosecuted 8 defendants in a prison violence case. The defendants were alleged to have planned and executed an ambush against another inmate at HMP/YOI Cookham Wood wounding him with an improvised weapon. This was a [...]
NEWS Richard Jory KC and Patrick Dennis prosecuted a father and son involved in a road rage incident leading to the death of a four year old child. Owen Maughan admitted the manslaughter of Peter Maughan after ramming the vehicle in which he was [...]
NEWS Zarah Dickinson prosecuted Crispin Blunt, the former Conservative Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice for possession of Class A (methamphetamine) and Class B drugs (GBL, cannabis and amphetamine), that were found at his home address on [...]
NEWS Sir Robert Buckland KC to lead review into the murder of MP Sir David Amess. Sir Robert Buckland KC has been appointed to lead an independent review into the murder of MP Sir David Amess. The review aims to explore any missed opportunities [...]