Tom Parker

Chambers are delighted to announce that Tana Adkin KC has been shortlisted for The Legal 500 Crime & extradition Silk of the year and Robert Ward has been shortlisted for The Legal 500 Crime & extradition Junior of the year. Celebrating excellence across England and Wales’ legal chambers, these Awards…

Tana Adkin KC, speaks to Will Tolcher, Global Bar Editor of The Legal 500. In this episode, Tana and Will discuss the state of the criminal justice system in England and Wales from courts to prisons, the health of the criminal Bar, English criminal law’s adjustment to a post-COVID and…

James Scobie KC (Garden Court Chambers) and Ruth Zentler-Munro were instructed and greatly assisted by Vanessa Wiggins of Bark & Co Solicitors, to represent JM a young man of previous good character, who was wrongly accused of having planned to execute a rival drug dealer, UM, in cold blood. The…

John Waller secured the acquittal of his client following a 6 day trial at Winchester Crown Court.  John’s client had been accused of the grooming and rape of his cousin over a 10 year period.  The case was complicated by the complainants autism and a significant family history. The Jury…

  Following a 9 week trial at Woolwich Crown Court, Rupert Hallowes and Stuart Dingle secured the unanimous acquittals of two brothers who had been accused of participating in a two year conspiracy to import Class A drugs worth £50m. Four defendants stood trial, the fifth conspirator having pleaded guilty…

Justin’s client was accused of being party to a killing that took place in Elephant and Castle in 2020. The jury found Justin’s client not guilty of murder following a 7 week trial in which she did not give evidence. Justin’s client was found guilty of lesser offences of false…

Joseph Carr represented one of four defendants charged with conspiracy to convert criminal property between 2016 and 2019. It was alleged that over the course of several years each defendant deposited the cash proceeds of class A drug trafficking into various bank accounts, which was subsequently ‘layered’ through inter-account transfers,…

15NBS Chambers is very pleased to welcome, after a successful pupillage process, two new pupils. Esther Berry Benton will commence her pupillage October 2024 and Ishaq Usama in April 2025.   We look forward to welcoming them both to chambers.

Robert Ward, led by David Etherington KC (Red Lion Chambers), acted on behalf of a defendant charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of a 16 year old boy in a park in Chelmsford. The defendant was 18 at the time of the incident. The case involved cross-examination of child…

After a 5-day trial at Isleworth Crown Court, James Bull successful defends client charged with Controlling and Coercive Behaviour, ABH, Assault by beating, Non-Fatal Strangulation and Threats to Kill.   The Defendant was acquitted on all counts despite the production of an independent prosecution witness.   The jury returned unanimous…