Martin Cavanagh was today convicted of murder at the Central Criminal Court. He strangled his estranged wife, Sophie Cavanagh, having sent her a WhatsApp message begging to sleep with her one last final time for £100. He managed to persuade her to spend one last day with him by concocting a story that he was [...]
Michael Newbold, led by Jonathan Kinnear QC, was successful in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in the case of Ahmed v Crown Prosecution Service [2018] EWCA Civ 2543 in which judgment was handed down on 15 November. Mr Ahmed was the subject of a £16m confiscation order and, following his failure to satisfy the [...]
Richard Jory QC, leading Lesley Bates of 23 Essex Street, prosecuted UKBF officer Simon Pellett and two others who had been involved in the importation of £3.4m worth of heroin and cocaine and numerous firearms. On 6th October 2017, in a joint operation between the National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Service in the UK, [...]
Nick Dunham and Szilvia Booker, from Foundry Chambers, successfully prosecuted seven members of a gang who scoped out and held up, at gunpoint, staff at the HG Wells public house. Two lookouts, posing as customers, gave the others the go ahead to raid the premises, dressed in boiler suits, just before closing time on Sunday, [...]
Prosecution’s case collapses against client, represented by Szilvia Booker. Ragi Ali was accused of violent disorder by driving a vehicle into pedestrians and participating in a gang reprisal attack on the streets of Harrow
Three weeks ago, I concluded my final speech in a murder at the Central Criminal Court and was allowed to tell the jury at the end of it that, because of a longstanding previous engagement, I would not be able to return to the case. The longstanding previous engagement was my leaving the independent Bar [...]
Chambers is delighted to announce that Sophie Stannard has accepted an offer of tenancy following the completion of her pupillage. We are very pleased to welcome Sophie to chambers. Her website profile can be found here Sophie Stannard
On 16th October 2018, Racheal Muldoon gave a specialist lecture to students on the Art, Law and Business Masters course at Christie’s Auction House’s academic institution, Christie’s Education London. Racheal addressed criminal, contractual and copyright issues arising in the art, antiquities and auction house sectors, with a particular focus on Money Laundering. The principal aim of [...]
The rescue of 18 Albanian migrants from a small boat off the Kent Coast in Summer 2016 led the National Crime Agency to uncover the activities of an international organised crime network involved in a substantial people trafficking operation. The two-year investigation brought together the NCA, UK Border Force, UK Immigration Enforcement, HMRC, French Law [...]
Jason Sugarman Q.C. and Szilvia Booker were invited to deliver a plenary workshop on Human Trafficking and Slavery at the 36th International Symposium on Economic Crime.— at Jesus College, Cambridge. The event was attended by delegates from all over the globe, representing experts, legal professionals and businesses focusing this year on unexplained wealth, and how it is pursued, prosecuted [...]