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Following Lucy Letby’s sentence on Monday 21st August 2023, the Government has reacted to renewed calls for offenders to be…
Rachel Pain secured unanimous acquittals for a defendant charged with threats to kill, battery, and theft following a three-day trial…
The defendant and his daughter were party to a conspiracy to supply cannabis and to transfer criminal property knowing that…
Ben Brown secures acquittal for a defendant charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm following a 4-day trial at Winchester Crown…
Tom Edwards recently represented a defendant on a private basis charged with possession with intent to supply cannabis. Five…
The Defendant suffered an epileptic seizure whilst driving and lost control of his car and collided head-on with an elderly…
Whole Life Orders imposed upon those convicted of murder have always been reserved for an exceptional category of horrific cases. …
Rape Crisis defines “Spiking” as: “when someone puts alcohol or drugs into another person’s drink or their body without their…
While making submissions at half time becomes an increasingly rarer exercise, certainly for this practitioner, when the chance arises it…
Alphege Bell secures unanimous aquittal in a homicide case where a man was killed, transported and then set on fire…
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…