Sophie Stannard considers new guidance for bladed article sentences
NEWS Bladed Articles & Offensive Weapons Definite Guideline Sophie Stannard's note of the new blade and offensive weapon guideline + Back to News
Henrietta Paget prosecutes child rape
NEWS Henrietta Paget prosecuted a 19-year-old man for the rape of a vulnerable fourteen year-old girl. The conviction marked the culmination of a difficult Child Sexual Exploitation investigation, on which Henrietta has been working closely with the police and CPS all year. The defendant [...]
Mark Seymour and Benjamin Waidhofer secure acquittals following a 5-year investigation into an alleged £9 million pension liberation fraud.
NEWS Mark Seymour and Benjamin Waidhofer, instructed by David Janes and Victoria Gregory of Janes Solicitors, represented the lead defendant at a trial which was due to last for 6 weeks at Swansea Crown Court. The case focussed upon allegations of dishonest and false [...]
Libyan extraordinary rendition case settles
NEWS The Attorney General today informed Parliament that a settlement has been reached in the civil damages claim brought by Abdul-Hakim Belhaj, former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, a proscribed terrorist organisation linked to Al Qaeda, and his wife Fatima Boudchar against [...]
Richard Jory QC argues case regarding Attorney General’s consent in Court of Appeal
NEWS Applications for leave to appeal convictions arising from a large scale drugs conspiracy and related money laundering offences were resisted successfully by Richard Jory QC, instructed by the CPS Organised Crime Division. The Applicants sought leave following their convictions at the Central Criminal [...]
Merry van Woodenberg speaks at English Law Summit in Kazakhstan
NEWS Merry van Woodenberg is speaking at the English Law Summit in Almaty, Kazakhstan today. Merry is part of a delegation including representatives of the British Embassy, the Law Society and the Bar Council. Merry will be speaking on the topic of 'Recent Trends [...]
James Partridge has joined Chambers
NEWS We are delighted to announce that James Partridge has accepted an invitation to join Foundry Chambers. James specialises in criminal defence work of all types. While much of his work recently has been in relation to serious sexual offences, he practises across the [...]
Rose Slowe, a pupil at Foundry Chambers, has just co authored a new book on Human Rights… Congratulations!
NEWS We are pleased to announce the publication of “a major, timely and welcome contribution to the literature on European human rights law”, co-authored by Rose Slowe, a pupil at Foundry Chambers: Greer, J. Gerards, and R. Slowe, Human Rights in the Council of Europe [...]
Sex Lies and Videotape
NEWS It's easy to be critical now that its known that the current Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders is stepping down later this year, but the much criticised policies of her tenure, marked by the concentration of resources on investigating historic sex allegations, [...]
Racheal Muldoon joins Chambers
NEWS We are delighted to announce that Racheal Muldoon has accepted an offer of tenancy in Chambers following the successful completion of her pupillage. We wish Racheal the very best in her future career with Chambers. A profile for Racheal will be uploaded on [...]