NEWS William Hughes QC successfully defended "JJ" in relation to allegations of Child Cruelty dating back to the late 80s and early 90s in a trial that took place at Aylesbury Crown Court. William was instructed by Claire Hewitt and Rob Borwick of ABV Solicitors. + Back to [...]
NEWS Detective constables Sharon Patterson, 49, and Lee Pollard, 47, forged documents, concealed evidence and lied about investigations out of laziness and cynical disdain for victims, the Old Bailey heard. Alexandra Healy QC said their behaviour went 'beyond incompetence' and could not be put down to [...]
NEWS Foundry Chambers are delighted to announce that Mr Jonathan Davies will be appointed as a Circuit Judge. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed him to the South Eastern Circuit, based at Kingston Crown Court with effect from 8 April 2019. Jonathan Norval Davies will be [...]
NEWS Jason Sugarman QC leading Rachel Wilson, in house- counsel at Blackfords LLP and instructed by Gary Bloxsome of Blackfords LLP represented a client charged with tax evasion utilising an off-shore account in Cyprus. The funds in the account were not declared to HMRC. The client [...]
NEWS Racheal Muldoon hosted an all-day legal workshop alongside Mark Harrison, Head of Heritage Crime at Historic England. This high-profile event was held at Historic England’s London HQ on January 24th 2019. The programme centred on educating attendees about the importance of identifying cases as heritage [...]
NEWS Richard Jory QC writes in the January 2019 edition of Counsel Magazine about the connection between gambling addiction and the commission of serious criminal offences. https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/gambling-addiction-and-its-connection-to-serious-offending + Back to News
NEWS Professor Nicola Padfield QC, Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and long standing door tenant at Foundry Chambers, provides a detailed interview in the latest edition of Counsel Magazine. The article and interview can be read here: https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/interview-nicky-padfield-qc + Back to News [...]
NEWS Martin Cavanagh was today convicted of murder at the Central Criminal Court. He strangled his estranged wife, Sophie Cavanagh, having sent her a WhatsApp message begging to sleep with her one last final time for £100. He managed to persuade her to spend one last [...]
NEWS Michael Newbold, led by Jonathan Kinnear QC, was successful in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in the case of Ahmed v Crown Prosecution Service [2018] EWCA Civ 2543 in which judgment was handed down on 15 November. Mr Ahmed was the subject of a [...]
NEWS Richard Jory QC, leading Lesley Bates of 23 Essex Street, prosecuted UKBF officer Simon Pellett and two others who had been involved in the importation of £3.4m worth of heroin and cocaine and numerous firearms. On 6th October 2017, in a joint operation between the [...]