NEWS Kate Hare, instructed by Natasha Patel of Lloyds PR Solicitors, represented a defendant facing trial at Isleworth Crown Court for putting someone in fear of violence contrary to section 4 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. The bulk of the prosecution evidence [...]
NEWS Katie Doherty, instructed by IBB Law, recently secured a double acquittal of a vulnerable 17-year-old for 2 charges of possession with intent to supply class A drugs, after successfully raising a defence under s.45(4) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The National Referral [...]
NEWS Benjamin Waidhofer, instructed by Claire Hewitt and Hanisha Godhania at ABV Solicitors represented AN, charged with (1) conspiracy to fraudulently import cannabis into the UK, (2) being concerned in the supply of cannabis; (3) possession with intent to supply cannabis; and (4) money [...]
NEWS Zarah Dickinson completed the successful prosecution of a defendant for a series of serious non-recent sexual offences against two young boys between 1975-1980 when he was a Church Youth Group Leader. He was convicted of 5 indecent assaults against the two victims on [...]
NEWS An exceptional 11 members of Foundry Chambers have been appointed to the Serious Fraud Office’s panels of external counsel, cementing its reputation as an outstanding chambers for advice and advocacy in cases involving complex financial crime. QC Panel Alexandra Healy QC, John McGuinness [...]
NEWS In the R v Rowlett [2020] EWCA Crim 1758 [2020] 12 WLUK 342, John McGuinness QC leading James Gwatkin appeared in the Court of Appeal for the appellant in an appeal against sentence concerning the legality of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO). [...]
NEWS Benjamin Waidhofer represented the first defendant in a multi-handed case of cannabis cultivation on a ‘commercial scale’. As counsel for the first defendant, he led the defence application to stay the proceedings as an abuse of process on the basis that the prosecution [...]
NEWS David Smith and Natalie McNamee have recently completed the prosecution of a case arising out of a shooting at Isleworth train station on 17th December 2018. Two defendants were convicted of attempted murder, and a third of attempted GBH, after one defendant shot the [...]
NEWS The Court of Appeal today rejected various grounds of appeal by two traders at Barclays Bank who were convicted for their part in the manipulation of the Euribor benchmark interest rate, against which over $150 trillion of financial products are referenced. In all, [...]
NEWS Congratulations to Daisy Kell-Jones and Toby Pleming on being called to the Bar, as announced in The Times today + Back to News