David Harounoff instructed by SJ Law Solicitors appeared for the defendant said by the prosecution to have arranged a ‘Medieval duel to the death’ between her lover and ex-husband. The case attracted considerable media attention on both sides of the Atlantic. An appeal against conviction has been mounted. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/05/uk-woman-forces-lovers-medieval-duel-murder/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7979251/Woman-jailed-life-lover-killed-ex-husband-duel.html

Foundry Chambers' members, Mark Seymour leading James Partridge have just concluded over 2 years’ work successfully prosecuting to conviction a total of 30x Defs through 5x lengthy trials in 2018/19 for Perverting the Course of Justice.  The case revolved around the corrupt activities of a Field Monitoring Officer called Martin Crean employed by EMS to [...]

Foundry Chambers' members, Alexandra Healy QC and Alisdair Smith have successfully prosecuted Ian Paton of the murder of his partner by strangulation. For more information on the case, please see the below link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-51400994

Rose has been awarded the prestigious Pegasus Trust Outgoing Scholarship to work in Uganda for three months this summer. She will be based at the Supreme Court and High Court in Kampala, under the management of the Chief Justice. Her work will include legal research for the Judiciary, most notably the Chief Justice, to assist [...]

Foundry Chambers is delighted to announce that Anu Mohindru has been appointed Queen’s Counsel in the 2019 competition. Anu will receive his appointment on Monday 16th March 2020 at The Palace of Westminster.

Nadeem Afzal was convicted of exposure contrary to section 66 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in what the sentencing Judge described as “one of the worst cases of exposure I have come across”. He was sentenced to 12 months’ custody suspended for two years and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order preventing [...]

Jason Sugarman QC was invited to the Seychelles for two weeks by Frank Ally, Attorney General of the Seychelles to advise and assist with setting up an advocacy training programme for the Attorney General's prosecution team. Whilst in the Seychelles, Jason met with many Judges and Counsel involved in the Criminal Justice System there. Jason [...]

Emma Magson was convicted of the murder of her partner at Leicester Crown Court in November 2016 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years.  On 10th December 2019, the Court of Appeal heard Miss Magson's Appeal against conviction on the basis that new evidence supporting the partial defence to murder [...]

Benjamin Waidhofer, instructed by Daniel Cundy (Partner) and Naureen Shariff (Senior Associate) of Blackfords LLP successfully resisted an application for an Account Freezing Order at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The target of the application had been informed by cover of email timed at 3.30 pm that an ‘on notice’ application was being made and would be [...]

David Smith has just successfully prosecuted three members of a group of individuals operating a 'drugs line' in the North London area between October 2018 and May 2019 in a police operation conducted by the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Crime, Proactive Team based at Wood Green. All three men were convicted of conspiracy to supply cocaine [...]