admin

John Waller secured a unanimous acquittal at his client’s trial for a serious stabbing.  It had been alleged by the Crown that the defendant had picked up two knives during a drink-fuelled argument with the complainant.  He then proceeded to attempt to stab the complainant in the chest which resulted in defensive wounds to…

15NBS enjoyed an exhilarating afternoon at Ascot with their good colleagues at Martin Murray & Associates & BAC Solicitors.  

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 Colchester….

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. The…

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 not…

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 the…

On the 17th November Chambers held a very successful party for all our defence solicitors and members, a big thank you to all those who attended you made it a magical evening. We would also like to thank all of those people involved in making the evening a big success.

Ann Mulligan presents at the 4th IAP North American and Caribbean Conference. In addition to the main conference Ann also presented a money laundering workshop for the Eastern Caribbean jurisdiction.

On 21st July 2016 John Waller successfully argued that an original sentence of 25 months was manifestly excessive and the Court of Appeal reduced the sentence to 18 months. The Appellant had been sentenced to a total sentence of 25 months imprisonment for Breach of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order and…