We recognise that clients demand specialist knowledge from barristers who are technically astute, excellent in court and aware of wider commercial issues and personable.
A strong team of King's Counsel and experienced Junior Counsel regularly appear in cases of both murder and manslaughter across the Midlands Circuit and nationally. Members of the criminal barrister team are instructed by both defence solicitors and the Crown Prosecution Service (including the Complex Casework Unit). Many of the cases undertaken by the team attract national media coverage.
Members of the team have appeared in key Court of Appeal cases dealing with important aspects of murder and manslaughter from the anonymity of witnesses to the availability of partial defences to murder. The team also possesses significant collective experience of homicides involving the deaths of young children and babies.
Whatever the background to the case, members of the team provide strong, focused advocacy in court together with first-rate legal knowledge. The advice can be provided from the very earliest stages of a case. The team is committed to providing the highest level of service and representation in these demanding cases.
Andrew Rourke, Dan Shriane, Su Turner Gilbert, Dan Zouch, Hannah Rae and Megan Shorney.
In R. v H [2023] EWCA Crim 850 the Court of Appeal held in the context of a rape conviction that alleged prosecution disclosure failings in respect of the complainant’s...
The jury has returned verdicts in the “TikTok murder trial” where Christopher Millington KC and Jonathan Barker represented Mahek Bukhari. Find out more: BBC News Sky News
Jonathan Barker secures suspended sentence for businessman involved in the international sale of unauthorised covid-19 test kits during the global coronavirus pandemic. The prosecution agreed not to proceed with an...
Ben Douglas-Jones KC, leading James Rowbottom of Matrix, instructed by Philippa Southwell of Southwell and Partners, acted for the Appellant in Henkoma [2023] EWCA Crim 808. H had been a...
We would like to offer huge congratulations to Jennifer Josephs who has been shortlisted in the Crime and Extradition Junior of the Year category at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. This...
Ben Douglas-Jones KC, leading James Robottom (Matrix), instructed by Philippa Southwell of Southwells, secured a victory for the Appellant in R v AJW in the Court of Appeal. The Court...
We are delighted to announce the addition of three highly respected barristers to the St Philips Chambers criminal group: Ben Douglas-Jones KC (dual tenant with his London Chambers 5 Paper Building), Marcus...
Jennifer Josephs, led by Michelle Heeley KC of Number 5 Chambers, prosecuted the case involving the death of 9 year old child, Alfie Steele. His mother, Carla Scott, and step-father...
The Defendant had driven his car into a crowd of young adults on the pavement outside a takeaway in Oswestry. The Crown’s case was that he had done so deliberately...
We are delighted to confirm that Clare Rennie has joined St Philips Chambers as a tenant following the successful completion of her pupillage. Clare joins our Criminal and Regulatory Groups,...
St Philips Barristers are regulated by the Bar Standards Board.
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