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Crime
05/03/2026

Zaheer Afzal’s Client Acquitted in Conspiracy to Supply Cocaine Case

Zaheer Afzal represented ABG, one of 23 defendants charged as part of Operation Kingsman. Operation Kingsman was an investigation by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit into a year-long conspiracy to supply multiple kilos of cocaine across the...

Lee Marklew KC
Crime
05/03/2026

Lee Marklew’s KC client acquitted in manslaughter case

Lee Marklew KC represented one of two defendants charged with manslaughter. The prosecution alleged that the client, together with his fourteen-year-old son, had carried out a revenge attack upon the deceased after he had assaulted the son in the...

Crime
03/03/2026

Third Party Interests in Confiscation & Forfeiture Proceedings

Join Henry Skudra for a webinar, delivered in partnership with MBL Seminars, tackling one of the most challenging and fast-evolving areas of proceeds of crime. Whether as part of the defence case or seeking simply to assert rights in assets, third...

Shaniqua McKenzie
Employment
02/03/2026

Shaniqua McKenzie Represents Claimant in High-Value Disability Discrimination and Victimisation Claim

Acting through the Free Representation Unit, Pupil Barrister Shaniqua McKenzie represented the Claimant in a high-value disability discrimination and victimisation claim under the Equality Act 2010, concluding in one of the charity’s highest recent...

Anya Newman
Business & Property
02/03/2026

When Injunctions Go Wrong: Discontinuance and Indemnity Costs

Anya Newman recently secured an indemnity costs order for the respondent in a case involving a discontinued injunction application. The Applicant, a property developer, had applied for an urgent injunction that would have required the destruction of...

Kirsty White
Business & Property
27/02/2026

THG Plc v Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd  [2026] UKSC 6 – Restoring the Status Quo and Wider Implications 

In this article, Kirsty White discusses the Supreme Court’s decision in THG Plc v Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd [2026] UKSC 6, confirming that unfair prejudice petitions under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006 are not subject to...

Christopher Buckingham
Business & Property
26/02/2026

Notices, Restrictions and the Inherent Jurisdiction of the High Court

This article considers a number of cases in which the High Court has exercised its inherent jurisdiction in respect of registered titles to land, including a recent decision (in which the writer appeared as counsel for the successful applicant) to...

Raghav Trivedi
Business & Property
23/02/2026

The Process of Bankruptcy – 6 Essential Modules

Raghav Trivedi is to deliver a six-part webinar series for MBL Seminars Ltd, offering a structured, practical introduction to the bankruptcy process from start to finish. The modules cover: Each session will combine core legal principles with...