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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...

Jenny 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...

Ben Close & Robert Ward
Crime
09/04/2024

Ben Close and Robert Ward successfully prosecute film producers in 5 month trial

Ben Close and Robert Ward have successfully prosecuted two brothers, who were each sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of conspiring to make fraudulent claims for Film Tax Relief and VAT.  The defendants represented...