Gary Beech and Michael Swan were convicted of the murder of Ian Tomlin. Ian Tomlin had been growing increasingly unhappy at the drug dealing going on within his block of flats. He was killed as he attempted to confront the two men, who beat him with a baseball bat and stabbed him repeatedly in the [...]
Foundry Chambers are delighted to announce that Elizabeth Lowe has been appointed as a Circuit Judge. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed her to the South Eastern Circuit, based at Croydon Crown Court with effect from the 13th May 2019.
Chambers was delighted to host and deliver its Criminal Litigation update to members of the LBLA. Michael Newbold, Ellis Sareen, Bethany Condron and Ed Gordon-Saker spoke on topics ranging from bad character, disclosure, hearsay and general case preparation. Members of Chambers are always happy to provide seminars and bespoke training on a range of expert [...]
On 25th April 2019 William Hughes QC was interviewed live on HLN Atlanta (formerly CNN2) by lead anchor Christie Paul in respect of the soon to be broadcast documentary series "Vengence: Killer Lovers". William is featured in an episode devoted to the murder of Georgina Symonds by Peter David Morgan in January 2016. The case [...]
Tom represented a man of good character charged with two offences of wilful neglect of a person for whom he cared who, the prosecution asserted, lacked capacity contrary to s.44 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 The defendant was allegedly witnessed by four neighbours leaving his patient unsupervised in a car for up to two hours on [...]
Rose Slowe was interviewed live on LBC Radio by Maajid Nawaz on Sunday 7 April 2019, about her most recent publication on why a no-deal Brexit is not the legal default. She was asked to discuss the interplay between General Principles of EU Law and domestic constitutional requirements, as determined in the Miller litigation, in [...]
Szilvia Booker defended a young client, accused of being the ‘weapon courier’ in a multi-defendant conspiracy to rob heard at Inner London Crown Court. Szilvia was successful with a submission of no case to answer, which led to his acquittal. Szilvia was instructed by Macmillan Williams solicitors
Foundry Chambers would like to Congratulate Mr Alastair Smith on his appointment to the list of Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health and Safety Environmental Law Panel B. This panel prosecutes on behalf of a number of bodies including the Health and Safety Executive, Environmental Agency, Care Quality Commission and The Office for Nuclear Regulation.
Foundry Chambers would like to congratulate Paul Sharkey on his recent appointment as a Deputy District Judge.
In the latest trial relating to manipulation of the Euribor benchmark interest rate to which over $150 trillion of financial products are referenced, Carlo Palombo and Colin Bermingham were convicted and Sisse Bohart was acquitted. Bermingham was sentenced to 5 years and Carlo Palombo to 4 years imprisonment on 1st April. This was a re-trial [...]