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John Aldis
Business & Property
10/03/2026

John Aldis successfully appeals adverse possession application

John Aldis successfully appealed the First Tier Tribunal’s dismissal of his direct access clients’ adverse possession application (Dobson v Unsted [2026] UKUT 93 (LC)). Upper Tribunal Judge Cooke’s decision has general application to lawn...
Rebecca Wade KC
Crime
09/03/2026

Rebecca Wade KC’s client acquitted of murder

Rebecca Wade KC represented Mohammed Rayhan who was found not guilty of murder and possession of an offensive weapon in Operation Ensham, following a trial lasting just under five weeks at Manchester Crown Court. Rebecca Wade KC was instructed by...
Glyn Samuel
General News
06/03/2026

Glyn Samuel to be Sworn in as Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Birmingham

On Monday 9th March 2026, Glyn Samuel will be sworn-in as the new Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Birmingham, replacing HHJ John Edwards. A deputy chancellor is one of two judges in the Diocese dealing with Ecclesiastical and canon law,...
Iqbal Mohammed
Business & Property
06/03/2026

Iqbal Mohammed successfully defends defamation claim

Iqbal Mohammed was instructed to advise on, and act in, claims brought in the High Court against his client. Iqbal’s client (‘CD’) was sued by her former Taekwon-Do teacher, who claimed £25,000 for defamation, malicious falsehood and...
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...
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