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Members of Chambers upgraded on the CPS Advocate Panel list
We are delighted to announce that several members of Chambers have been upgraded on the CPS Advocate Panel list. Giles Bedloe and Jennifer Newcomb upgraded to Level 4 in the fraud specialist panel for the CPS. Laura Hibberd upgraded to Level 3 on CPS list….
Stephanie Hayward appointed to CPS RASSO List
Stephanie Hayward has been appointed to the Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) List. This specialist list is reserved for advocates who demonstrate the experience and ability to undertake cases which exhibit the characteristics of this type of offending and who have established a reputation…
Jennie Oborne represents Appropriate Authority in police misconduct proceedings arising from the murder of Christie Frewin
Jennie Oborne represented the Appropriate Authority in the two-week misconduct hearing arising from an IOPC investigation. Ms Frewin was tragically murdered by her former partner 12 hours after contact with police officers. On Thursday 3rd November, two officers were found to have committed gross misconduct in…
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…
Violent Offender Orders – their underuse and the potential consequences of their underuse
Max Melsa was instructed to represent Bedfordshire Police as an Interested Party in the Inquest of Harper Denton and comments upon the role of Violent Offender Orders If you have never come across Violent Offender Orders (‘VOOs’), then you can be forgiven. However, they are…
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 •…
Jennifer Newcomb secures convictions of two former Directors of £37m ‘ethical’ green investment schemes
Jennifer Newcomb, instructed by the Serious Fraud Office, alongside Nichola Higgins and led by Amanda Pinto QC, secures convictions of two former Directors of £37m ‘ethical’ green investment schemes. Yesterday jurors unanimously convicted 2 Defendants of conspiracies to defraud 2,000 investors and pensioners in three…
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…
Thom Dyke secures not guilty verdict in attempted murder
In September 2021, police attended a hotel in Surbiton following reports of an incident. The complainant told officers her partner had beaten her and strangled her, telling her “now is your time to die”. She told police he licked the blood from her face and that…
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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