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Katie Stephens
Family
13/05/2025

Katie Stephens completes Pro Bono Pupil Pledge

Many congratulations to Katie Stephens, a pupil barrister within our Family Group, who has completed Advocate’s Pupil Pledge through her work in providing advice prior to a TOLATA trial. In a world where equal access to justice continues to be a...
Ben Close & Matthew Cullen
Crime
12/05/2025

60+ Years’ Jail Time Imposed on Organised Crime Group after Successful Prosecution by Ben Close & Matthew Cullen

Ben Close and Matthew Cullen successfully prosecuted five defendants who were part of a crime group distributing hundreds of kilos of cocaine across the UK.  Amongst drugs seized police also recovered a loaded firearm, hundreds of thousands of...
April Beech
Crime
12/05/2025

April Beech secures sentence reduction at the Court of Appeal

The Defendant was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court in February for two counts of Possession with Intent to Supply Class A Drugs. April was granted leave to appeal and appeared before Lord Justice Green...
Child Care Conference
Events
09/05/2025

Anatomy of a Care Case: The Modern Approach – Child Care Conference, 10 June

We are delighted to confirm the agenda and open registrations for our Child Care Conference which will take place in Chambers on the afternoon of Tuesday, 10th June 2025. We very much hope you will be able to join us and our Chair for the...
Amanprit Kaur & Angus Thomas
Business & Property
01/05/2025

On Demand Webinar- Rising from the Ashes: A Case Study on Relief from Sanctions

On May 1st Amanprit Kaur and Angus Thomas delivered their Business & Property Juniors Webinar- Rising from the Ashes: A Case Study on Relief from Sanctions. This session can now be watched on demand below: Whilst every effort has been taken to...
Charles Blatchford
Crime
01/05/2025

Charles Blatchford Achieves Not Guilty Verdict for Juror Following Prosecution for an Offence Under the Juries Act

Charles Blatchford, instructed by Mr Asad Khan of Hussain Solicitors, recently secured a Not Guilty verdict for a client prosecuted for an offence under the Juries Act- juror carrying out research. The prosecution arose from allegations that the...
Dan Jacklin
Regulatory
30/04/2025

Resurrecting a dead horse? PACE Code B and local authority enforcement powers

Defence arguments have a habit of resurrecting themselves as one generation of lawyers takes up the baton from the previous generation. In this article, Dan Jacklin explores a recent spate in defendants raising the issue of noncompliance with PACE...
Elizabeth Hodgetts
Employment
25/04/2025

Elizabeth Hodgetts represents MoD in its successful defence of race discrimination and victimisation claims

Elizabeth Hodgetts, instructed by the Government Legal Department, represented the Ministry of Defence in its successful defence of race discrimination and victimisation claims arising out of a sequence of events over 18 months. The claimant was...
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