On the evening before a Crown Court was to hear an application to dismiss, the CPS abandoned its prosecution of…
Edward Henry KC is instructed to respond to the Attorney General’s reference in the Fordingbridge rape case, having previously appeared…
Following a four-day trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, Ben Brown’s client was acquitted of rape. The Defendant was accused of…
Tom Edwards represented a young man who was a student at the time of the allegation. The case was unusual…
Anthony James’ client was acquitted of two counts of sexual assault and one count of encouraging or assisting rape following…
Following a four day jury trial in the Supreme Court of the Falkland Islands, Sophie Evans’s client was acquitted of…
Chloe Birch’s client, an 18 year old of previous good character, was unanimously acquitted of two counts of rape after…
Ben Brown’s client, a serving soldier in the British Army, was acquitted of rape and assault by penetration following a…
Charles Hannaford represented Mr LP, who was convicted, following a trial, of sexually assaulting an employed member of Council staff,…
Ben Hargreaves represented DW, who was accused of a campaign of violence and sexual offences against his sister over a…
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…
An analysis of the law on fitness to plead and stand trial in the magistrates’ courts: Silas Lee reviews the…