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Stephanie Hayward interviews Tom Little KC about David Carrick, Wayne Couzens and the Casey Review
This podcast contains references to sexual violence. In February, David Carrick received 36 life sentences for an ‘unrestrained campaign of rape and abuse of women’. A week later, Wayne Couzens pleaded guilty to 3 offences of indecent exposure, reported days before Sarah Everard was taken….
Tom Little KC shortlisted as Barrister of the Year by The Lawyer Magazine
Chambers is delighted that following a string of successful and high profile trials and appeals in the last year that Tom Little KC is one of only eight barristers shortlisted by The Lawyer Magazine as Barrister of the Year. The winners will be announced at…
Life Imprisonment with a minimum term of 32 years for police officer who raped multiple victims
On the 7th of February 2022 Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb sentenced David Carrick at the conclusion of a two day sentencing hearing. Carrick was prosecuted by Tom Little KC and Claire Harden-Frost of Deka Chambers. In her sentencing remarks the Judge praised the women who had…
Met Police Officer pleads guilty to 71 serious sexual offences
David Carrick, an officer of the Metropolitan Police has been convicted of committing 49 offences. He was prosecuted by Tom Little KC and Claire Harden-Frost of Deka Chambers. The convictions are for offences that span 17 years and encompasses offences of rape, attempted rape, sexual…
Tom Little KC obtains double jeopardy conviction for murder and rape dating back to 1975
In 1976 Dennis McGrory was acquitted of the murder of his common-law niece who was 15 years old at the time of her murder in 1975. At that time there was no ability to conduct DNA comparisons. However, in 2019 following the advances in scientific…
Lord Chief Justice allows Attorney General’s Reference on a point of law relating to the Colston Statue Case
Tom Little KC was instructed to represent the Attorney General in Reference No 1 of 2022 on a point of law relating to the directions that were given to the jury in the high profile Colston statute case. The Lord Chief Justice in a judgment…
Crown Court CTL rulings were unlawful
Tom Little KC representing the DPP succeeded in persuading the Divisional Court that Crown Court Judges were acting unlawfully in expressing a view as to the merits of the current industrial action by the Criminal Bar Association and had failed to take a case specific…
Inquest into the death of Yassar Yaqub
The inquest into the death of Yassar Yaqub started today (20th September). Mr Yaqub was shot dead by police in a car in which he was a passenger near junction 24 of the M62 motorway on the 2nd January 2017. Tom Little KC and Patricia Londono are Counsel…
Wayne Couzens’ whole life order upheld by the Court of Appeal
Tom Little QC appeared for the Attorney General, the Solicitor General and the Crown Prosecution Service in all four unrelated cases involving five notorious offenders including Wayne Couzens. The applications were heard by a five judge constitution of the Court of Appeal comprising the Lord…
Legal 500 Bar Awards – Shortlisted
Chambers is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted in 5 categories at the Legal 500 Bar Awards. Chambers, Members of Chambers, and our Director of Clerking have all received nominations. Categories: Personal injury set of the yearPersonal injury junior of the year •…
Tenant convicted of murdering his landlords sentenced to life imprisonment
A man who murdered his landlords was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum 33 year tariff. Daniel Briceno Garcia (46) was renting a room at an address in Stockwell brutally murdered his landlord (60) and landlady (66) who lived at the same address by…
Ali Ali sentenced to a whole life order for murder of Sir David Amess MP. Tom Little QC leading Jonathan Polnay of 5KBW for the Prosecution
Following a trial at the Old Bailey before Mr Justice Sweeney in which Tom Little QC led for the Prosecution Ali Ali was convicted on 11th April 2022 of the murder of Sir David Amess MP. The defendant had tricked his way into meeting Sir…
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