Chloe Lennon

Notable Crime cases

R v SS [2024], Reading Magistrates Court.

Chloe made a successful submission of no case to answer for a defendant charged with harassment causing fear of violence (against his ex-girlfriend) and harassment (against the ex-girlfriend’s new partner). This argument was made following both the ex-girlfriend and the new partner giving evidence as part of the Crown’s case.

R v MM [2024], Stratford Magistrates Court.

MM was a 15 year old looked after child who had previously been made subject to a RO. MM pleaded guilty to three robbery offences, two kidnapping offences, fraud by false representation, and possession of a Class B drug. Following trial, MM was convicted of possession of a bladed article. In mitigation, it was successfully argued that MM was not a “persistent” offender. MM was sentenced to a 12 month YRO.

R v NA [2024], City of London Magistrates Court.

Secured the acquittal for a client charged with careless driving. The client, a private minicab driver, had been involved in a collision involving a cyclist. Instructed by SBG solicitors.

R v IG [2024], Westminster Magistrates Court.

Secured an acquittal for a vulnerable young asylum seeker who had been accused of common assault (against a TFL worker) following trial.

R v BS [2024], Stratford Magistrates Court.

BS was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The Crown offered no evidence against BS following Chloe raising the failures to comply with PACE Code D and issues regarding continuity of evidence.

R v NH [2024], City of London Magistrates Court.

NH (a man of good character who had been made subject to a non-conviction Restraining Order over 10 years ago) was found not guilty of breach of Restraining Order after trial.

R v SM [2024], Worthing Magistrates Court.

Despite SM’s offending being deemed to cross the community order threshold (and the prosecution arguing that the offending in fact crossed the custody threshold), following mitigation on the offence specifically and SM’s personal circumstances, SM received a £225 fine and disqualification from driving until retest for the offence of dangerous driving.

R V SG [2023], Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court, defending.

Chloe successfully persuaded the bench not to impose the minimum mandatory term for a second bladed article offence by arguing that there were particular circumstances relating to the index offence, the previous offence (committed before June 2022), and the offender which would make an immediate custodial sentence unjust in all the circumstances. SG was sentenced to a suspended sentence.

R v BE & LW [2023], Huntingdon Youth Court.

Chloe successfully secured 12 month Referral Orders for both BE and LW, who pleaded guilty to a number of serious offences (including dangerous driving and burglary offences), despite the Crown asserting that detention & training orders were appropriate. The Legal Advisor informed instructing solicitors that he was ‘impressed with the way [Chloe] pipped everyone off and had the magistrates in the palm of [my] hands’. One of the youths informed instructing solicitors that ‘my barrister was brilliant’.

R v LH [2023], Stratford Magistrates’ Court, defending.

Chloe successfully defended LH, who was charged with one count of possession of a bladed article and one count of driving while disqualified. Instructing solicitors said the following: ‘Chloe got a great result for LH today, not guilty for both DWD and bladed article, very happy client and this message from the partner below “I really can’t thank you enough for sending Chloe to us she was amazing and so professional”’.

R v OK [2023], Harrow Crown Court.

Chloe successfully prosecuted a contested appeal against conviction for dangerous driving.

R v MD [2023], Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court.

MD was accused of two counts of assault by beating of his elderly parents and breach of a Restraining Order as at the time of the alleged offences MD was subject to a Restraining Order. At trial, Chloe made a successful submission of no case to answer in respect of the alleged assault against MD’s mother. MD was subsequently found not guilty of assaulting his father.

R V LP [2023], Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court, defending.

LP was accused of one count of assault by beating (strangulation) of his partner at the time. LP had called 999 on himself. LP was acquitted.

R v MG [2023], Guildford Crown Court, prosecuting.

Chloe prosecuted a contested appeal against conviction of MG, who had appealed against his conviction for harassment of his ex-girlfriend.