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Peter Haynes KC
Crime
27/06/2024

Peter Haynes KC to represent Joseph Kony at the International Criminal Court

Former President of the International Criminal Court Bar Association, Peter Haynes KC has been assigned to represent Joseph Kony, the Commander-in-Chief of the Lord’s Resistance Army.  Kony, a Ugandan militant and warlord, was the first person to...
Peter Haynes KC
Crime
24/06/2024

Peter Haynes KC represents Appellants before the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission

The Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (POAC) has given judgment in Arumugam & Others v The Secretary of State for the Home Department in a case of political, historical and legal significance. The POAC, who determine whether terrorist...
Jennifer Josephs
Crime
21/06/2024

Jennifer Josephs successfully prosecutes in multi-defendant case involving the supply of millions of tablets of counterfeit Xanax

Jennifer Josephs, leading Rupert Jones of Citadel Chambers, successfully prosecuted a multi-defendant case involving the production and supply of millions counterfeit Xanax tablets in Wolverhampton Crown Court. There were 10 Defendants who either...
Kevin Hegarty KC & Ben Close
Crime
13/06/2024

Father & son who hired assassin for revenge face life sentences

Kevin Hegarty KC and Ben Close successfully prosecuted 2 men for conspiracy to murder, after hiring an American hitwoman to carry out a killing. CCTV footage showed the would-be killer waiting for a member of the victim’s family to arrive home, and...
Crime
22/05/2024

Charles Blatchford defends in drink driving case at Hull Magistrates Court

Image: Hull Live Charles Blatchford represented a defendant who was initially arrested for drink driving with a roadside breath test at over 3 times the legal limit.  At the police station he was so impaired through intoxication that he was unable...
Ben Douglas-Jones KC
Crime
07/05/2024

Haden & Others [2024] EWCA Crim 344 – Confiscation Postponement

Ben Douglas-Jones KC (leading Christopher Jeyes, John McNally, Andrew Taylor, Bethan Evans, Justin McClintock, Umar Shahzad, Nicholas James, Emma Coverley, Rebecca Freitas and Michael Cranmer-Brown) was assigned by the Registrar in to represent the...
Lee Marklew KC
Crime
02/05/2024

Lee Marklew KC successfully prosecutes in historic sex offence case

Lee Marklew KC prosecutes in case where the defendant was sentenced to a total of 27 years imprisonment consisting of a custodial term of 20 years and an extended licence period of 7 years. This followed a 2 week trial at Birmingham Crown Court where...
Peter Haynes KC
Crime
18/04/2024

Peter Haynes KC succeeds in High Court extradition appeal

Peter Haynes KC, leading Ben Joyes of 9 Bedford Row, succeeds in a High Court Appeal against the extradition of a Romanian citizen. In Gigo v Romania, an appeal was made to the High Court by way of judicial review from an order for extradition...
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