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Rebecca Wade KC & Philip Beardwell
Crime
22/11/2024

Rebecca Wade KC, leading Philip Beardwell, successfully prosecuted man for manslaughter and ABH

The accused, Benjamin Wallbanks, first attacked a man outside the Pink nightclub in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, in September 2021, delivering a single blow that rendered him unconscious. Just eight weeks later, Wallbanks repeated the same act on Benjamin...
Ben Close & Tom Walkling
Crime
15/11/2024

Ben Close and Tom Walkling appear in monkey torture case

On 13th November 2024, two defendants were sentenced for their part in sharing material depicting the torture of monkeys, and commissioning a torture video, utilising torture methods upon which they had voted with the ‘winner’ choosing the...
Ben Close
Crime
11/11/2024

Ben Close appointed as a Recorder

We are pleased to announce that, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Ben Close has been...
Charles Blatchford
Crime
01/11/2024

Charles Blatchord secures suspended sentence for man charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving

Charles Blatchford recently defended RH a night-shift worker who fell asleep at the wheel of their car, before crashing into a motorcyclist and causing significant, life-changing crush injuries. RH admitted to not sleeping properly in the two nights...
Darron Whitehead
Crime
29/10/2024

Darron Whitehead prosecutes student accused of murdering her newborn baby

Darron Whitehead, led by David Mason KC of No5 Barristers Chambers, prosecuted a Coventry University student accused of killing her newborn baby. The student, who had kept the pregnancy hidden, gave birth to the child in her student accommodation...
Rebecca Wade KC
Crime
21/10/2024

Rebecca Wade KC profiled on King’s Counsel Appointment Website

Rebecca Wade KC took Silk in 2023 and has had her profile added to the KC Appointments website, a site which annually publishes information regarding a small number of recently appointed KCs. You can read this very insightful and detailed overview of...
Callum Church
Crime
16/10/2024

Callum Church represents defendant in case that was subject of “Catching a Killer: A Stab in the Dark” Documentary

Callum Church, led by Michael Gomulka of 25 Bedford Row, represented a defendant who pleaded guilty to two counts of assisting an offender. The defendant, 18 years old at the time of the offence, had provided accommodation, clothes and a phone for...
Ben Douglas-Jones KC
Crime
02/10/2024

Ben Douglas-Jones KC prosecutes former doctor for carrying out non-therapeutic male circumcisions

Ben Douglas-Jones KC, leading Charlene Sumnall of 5 Paper Buildings, is prosecuting a former doctor for carrying out non-therapeutic male circumcisions for religious reasons in an unduly cruel, unsafe and unsanitary way and for injecting babies with...
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