NEWS 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 [...]
NEWS 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 [...]
NEWS 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 [...]
NEWS 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, [...]
NEWS Foundry Chambers would like to congratulate Paul Sharkey on his recent appointment as a Deputy District Judge. + Back to News
NEWS 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 [...]
NEWS The Court of Appeal handed down judgment on 26 March in the case of Regina v Paul Moss [2019] EWCA Crim 501, upholding a decision of the Crown Court at St Albans to certify a confiscation order for enforcement in Spain. In an important judgment [...]
NEWS Four defendants were charged with GBH, Affray, and Common Assault. Racheal represented defendant three who was charged with GBH and Affray. All defendants were alleged to have carried out an unprovoked and sustained attack on two members of the public outside a London nightclub, knocking [...]
NEWS Leaving the EU without a deal on 29 March is not the “legal default”, as has been repeatedly, but wrongly, asserted. The UK can only leave the EU in accordance with domestic constitutional requirements. The Supreme Court, the highest judicial authority responsible for interpreting our [...]
NEWS David Harounoff together with Christopher Sallon QC, successfully defended Professor Kenneth Ife, who was charged together with members of his family, with the manslaughter and false imprisonment of his son. Professor Ife, a distinguished economist who represented Nigeria at UN economic forums and had audiences [...]