The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in the eagerly awaited case of R v Golds, in which a 7 judge constitution of the Supreme Court considered the meaning of the word ‘substantial’ in the context of the partial defence to murder of diminished responsibility. The Supreme Court unanimously accepted the Prosecution’s analysis of the previous case law on the meaning of the word substantial. Tom Little, who was led by David Perry QC, appeared for the Prosecution in Golds.
The judgment is available here.
We have some wonderful rankings and testimonials for our barristers in the 2025 edition of Legal 500, launched last week. We were delighted that our clerking team also received a great deal of recognition too: We were also thrilled to be shortlisted for Clerking Team…
On 20th September 2024 HHJ Melissa Clarke, sitting as a High Court Judge, handed down Judgment in this case. Giles Mooney KC, instructed by Angela Batchelor of Irwin Mitchell, appeared for Mr Wilson at the quantum trial which had been heard over 5 days in…
Once again this week we find ourselves in the position of thanking our readers for their kind words about us to the directories. In the recently published edition of the Legal 500 members of the team are listed in Aviation and Travel and in Personal…
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