Latest News and Events from our Barristers and Chambers

Tim Banks secures Court-Martial acquittal, preserving his exemplary record as a defence  advocate. P, a member of the military was accused of sexual assault against a female soldier. The case is the ninth defence trial Tim has conducted in a Court Martial Centre; this matter having taken place in...

Every year the AWB hosts its pupillage advice clinic just in time for aspiring barristers to submit their applications. This year Chloe Ashley – who is currently undertaking a 12 month pupillage under the supervision of Timothy Banks – has been invited to speak about her experiences as a pupil at the Criminal Bar....

Members of Chambers and the clerksroom would like to congratulate Brian St Louis on his appointment as Queens Counsel.

John Waller secured the unanimous acquittal of a defendant who faced trial for the armed robbery of a dry cleaners in Acton.  It had been alleged that he had entered the commercial premises with a hand-held angle grinder and threatened to cut off the proprietors hands if he did...

Kathy Hirst succeeds in resisting Attorney General’s Reference in relation to an unduly lenient sentence. Kathy successfully persuaded the Court of Appeal that categorisation of a case of sexual assault by penetration could be in the lowest category of the sentencing guidelines where the basis of plea impacted on...

John Waller secured the liberty of ‘H’ for the second time in 4 months.  ‘H’ was subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) which prohibited him from entering certain public toilets.  John successfully defended ‘H’ in June for breaching this order and for a new offence of Voyeurism,...

Martin Rutherford QC and Ruth Zentler-Munro secure acquittal of the so-called ‘Train Banksy’ who the Crown alleged was an international ‘Graffiti King’, who had committed dozens of offences in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and mainland Europe causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage. The Jury took just...

Siobhan Molloy  has concluded the successful prosecution of a predatory child sex offender. The defendant was sentenced to 28 year prison sentence. The case is reported below: https://surrey.police.uk/news/predatory-man-sentenced-to-28-year-imprisonment-for-multiple-child-sex-offences/