02/08/2020
Tom Little QC successfully prosecuted Aman Vyas before Bryan, J and a jury in one of the first socially distanced criminal trials and which lasted four weeks at the Croydon Crown Court. The offences all took place in the Spring of 2009 and involved increasingly violent stranger rapes on lone woman at night in Walthamstow. Vyas left the UK in July 2009 2 days after the case featured on the BBC’s Crimewatch. He was not able to be extradited back to the UK until last year.
Bethany Hutchison considers a judgment handed down on 1 July 2025, by the Court of Appeal in Re S (Placement Order Contact) [2015] EWCA Civ 823 (“Re S”), giving detailed consideration to the issue of inter-sibling contact post-placement order. The guidance is much welcomed by…
In the week the Hague Convention came into force, whilst the domestic courts heard an important appeal on Covid refund claims, Anirudh Mandagere and Tom Collins bring us all the latest news both internationally and nationally. And as always, members of Deka Chambers are at…
On 1 July, chambers was delighted to welcome leaders and members of the CPS Homicide Unit for a training and social evening. First Senior Treasury Counsel and Joint Head of Chambers Tom Little KC, was able to draw upon his experience of prosecuting some of…
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