Mountford Chambers delivers a nationwide and international service to clients, who are assured quality advice, advocacy and representation at all levels.
This was the lead trial arising from Operation Pontefract, which involved a large number of arrests and subsequent defendants in…
Five members of Mountford Chambers have appeared in one of the biggest kidnap cases of recent times. Barry Kogan, Tom…
Can “doing nothing” still amount to “something” in a criminal trial? The net for potential accessories present at the scene…
Jim Tilbury, who has previously written on modern slavery and people trafficking here and here, considers the latest important decision…
Jim Tilbury discusses recent developments from the Court of Appeal relating to s.45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, arising…
Tom Edwards looks at the impact of the shift from Joint Enterprise to Common Purpose in the five years since…
Ben Hargreaves explores the inherent challenges in the admissibility of sexual history in sex cases. Section 41 of the Youth…
Silas Lee, pupil barrister, reviews the statutory regime on witness anonymity. Anonymous witness orders are most commonly sought by the…
An analysis of the law on fitness to plead and stand trial in the magistrates’ courts: Silas Lee reviews the…