Tom Parker

YS was arrested for PWITS x2 in November committed whilst on bail for the same offence a few months earlier in April. He was tried together on both sets of matters.  YS’ defence was that of Modern Slavery to both sets of matters.  Recent caselaw meant that an expert report…

  Following an unsuccessful application to stay the proceedings as an abuse of process on the basis that until 2018 the CPS policy was not to prosecute such offending (in relation to which application Rupert was led by Martin Rutherford QC), the Defendant pleaded guilty to three offences and was…

Kyri Argyropoulos defends solicitor accused of injecting blood into supermarket food. LE was accused of 3 counts of Contaminating Food under s38(1) of the Public Order Act.  LE visited branches of Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose supermarkets on Fulham Palace Road and injected a number of food items with liquids including…

Chloe Carvell represented three defendants charged with assaults against police officers (included kicking, spitting and hitting an officer with a wooden stick to the back of the head) at the West Ham vs Eintracht Frankfurt Europa League semi-final football match. All defendants avoided immediate custodial sentences (two were sentenced to…

Rory Field attended the first reading of the Whistleblowers Bill in the House of Commons by Mary Robinson MP, followed by a roundtable in the House of Lords. Rory regularly works after Court with a small team of expert lawyers assisting the charity Whistleblowers UK. Recently they assisted the all-party…

We are delighted to announce that Markus Findlay has been successful in his pupillage to tenancy application. To find out more information on Markus and his practice, please contact the clerks   

Members of 15NBS Chambers will not be accepting returns in relation to publicly funded AGFS cases from 11 April 2022. Chambers will observe the Criminal Bar Association protocol and will ensure that instructing solicitors are kept informed of the position in respect of individual cases at all times. The CBA…

Ruby secures acquittals at Isleworth Crown Court for her client who was charged with various sexual offences against his wife. This case involved combing thorough large amounts of unused material to find and deploy the undermining points. The case could not have been won but for the dedicated and continuing…

The case centred on evidence obtained by law enforcement agencies’ successfully accessing the EncroChat network as part of ‘Operation Venetic’. The crowns case was that FY was responsible for distributing AND collecting large amounts of class A drugs (in excess of 100 kilos) from around the United Kingdom. The defence…

Kyri Argyropoulos instructed by Robert Layton & Co secured a unanimous acquittal for his client after the jury deliberated for just 29 minutes. SS was described as being the organiser “at the apex of the pyramid” in a firearms conspiracy involving a 9mm semi automatic pistol fitted with a silencer…