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Court of Appeal accepts Tom Little QC’s submissions on whether a Defendant must be at their s51 sending hearing
The Court of Appeal have finally determined the question of whether a represented Defendant must also be personally present at his section 51 sending to the Crown Court in order for proceedings in the Crown Court to be lawful. Tom Little QC appeared for the…
Tom Little QC appointed by the Judicial College as a tutor for Criminal Law Training
Tom Little QC has been appointed for a four year term following an open competition of Circuit Judges and Recorders to train the judiciary as a Tutor for the Criminal Training Team with the Judicial College. Tom will play an active part in the delivery…
Tom Little QC instructed to prosecute the Sarah Everard murder and kidnap case
Tom Little QC has been instructed to prosecute the Sarah Everard murder and kidnap case. Tom appeared today in front of the Recorder of London at Wayne Couzens’ first appearance at the Old Bailey. A provisional trial date of 25th October 2021 was set with…
Tom Little QC successfully defends DPP in the high profile EVAW judicial review challenge relating to rape prosecutions
The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) this morning handed down an important judgment in a long-running and high profile judicial review challenge brought by the End Violence against Women Coalition against the DPP. Tom Little QC represented the DPP in this complex litigation involving allegations…
Tom Little QC appears as Counsel to the Inquest in the M62 shooting by Police
Tom Little QC has been appointed as Counsel to the Inquest touching the death of Yassar Yaqub who was shot and killed by an armed Police Officer on 2nd January 2017. The incident took place on a slip road at junction 24 to the M62….
Tom Little QC and James Thacker successfully prosecute serial rapist sentenced to life imprisonment
Following a 13-day trial that culminated on 10th December 2020 William Trotter (‘WT’) was unanimously convicted by a jury at Croydon Crown Court of the abduction and rape of a lone and vulnerable 17-year-old female. WT followed the female as she alighted a night bus…
Tom Little QC obtains conviction against Aman Vyas for murder and multiple stranger rapes
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…
Tom Little QC, James Thacker and Tom Rainsbury represent Marie McCourt in the Divisional Court
Marie McCourt, the mother of Helen McCourt, who was killed by Ian Simms in 1988 is seeking permission to judicially review the decision of the Parole Board to release Ian Simms on the grounds that the incorrect legal test was applied, the decision to release…
Tom Little QC in important case setting out the key principles on obtaining and searching mobile telephones of complainants
Tom Little QC was instructed by the CPS in the Court of Appeal in two unlinked appeals which were listed together so that the Court of Appeal could provide clear guidance on the correct approach for the Police and the CPS on when to obtain…
Tom Little QC appears in judicial review challenge of Lord Chief Justice’s decision to stop all jury trials because of COVID-19
Tom Little QC appeared in a judicial review hearing in the Divisional Court before Rafferty LJ and Sir Michael Supperstone (DAT v The Crown Court & Leeds & The Lord Chancellor, the DPP and The Lord Chief Justice). The claim was based on three grounds….
Tom Little QC obtains double murder conviction following double jeopardy application
Tom Little QC successfully prosecuted Michael Weir at the Old Bailey for 2 separate murders committed in 1998. They were the murders of Leonard Harris and Rose Seferian. Michael Weir had originally been convicted in 1999 of the murder of Leonard Harris. That conviction was…
Tom Little QC prosecutes William Kydd for the murder of a vulnerable woman
Tom Little QC successfully prosecuted William Kydd for the murder of a vulnerable woman in her 70s. He attacked the victim in her own home and then set fire to the property.
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