NEWS 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 [...]
NEWS 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 [...]
NEWS 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 [...]
NEWS 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 [...]
NEWS 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 [...]
NEWS 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 [...]
NEWS Foundry Chambers were delighted to host the representatives from the London Boroughs Legal Alliance on 5th November 2019. Alexandra Healy QC and Ellis Sareen delivered a seminar on recent developments in criminal law and members engaged in discussions on the potential ramifications of [...]
NEWS On 17 October 2019, Racheal Muldoon was invited back to Christie’s Auction House’s academic institution, Christie’s Education London, to present her annual specialist lecture to students on the Art, Law and Business Masters course. Racheal addressed contractual, criminal and copyright issues arising in the [...]
NEWS Chambers has been recognised for its excellence by again being ranked in Chambers & Partners as a leading set in Crime Individuals ranked include : Crime Alexandra Healy QC Richard Jory QC William Hughes QC Mark Bryant-Heron QC Nicholas Dunham Henrietta Paget Claire Wardell Financial [...]
NEWS Jason Sugarman QC leading Stephen Ferguson of 2 Bedford Row instructed by Gary Bloxsome, Co-Head of Dispute Resolution and Jennifer Richardson of Blackfords LLP were instructed to act for the former Managing Director of one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The case was originally listed [...]