Tom Parker

15NBS is committed to keeping Chambers as normal as possible in these challenging times and would like you to know that our responsibility to legal representation is still at the forefront of our work and commitment. 15NBS takes the Health and Welfare of all its Members and staff very seriously…

Justin McClintock has secured the acquittal of a defendant accused of a stabbing at a Wetherspoons Pub in south London. Justin successfully resisted a Res Gestae application from the Crown before making a successful submission of no case to answer on the stabbing charge at the conclusion of the prosecution…

John Greenan along with his partner Alessandra are taking on the challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro Africa’s highest mountain at 5,895 metres (19,341 feet) above sea level. They are doing this to raise money for the John King Brain Tumour Foundation (registered charity). The Foundation aims to raise much-needed funds…

Chambers has achieved a hard-fought but ultimately sombre victory with the acquittal of a Defendant charged with causing the death of an elderly couple by dangerous driving. The Defendant was accused of racing with a co-defendant (who pleaded guilty). As the co-defendant overtook the Defendant at excessive speed, he lost…

James Lofthouse defended GO, a 24-year-old man who was initially charged with s18 wounding with intent, following a drunken attack in which he repeatedly struck his partner with a broken champagne flute, causing multiple slash and puncture wounds. At the PTPH, James persuaded the CPS to accept a plea to…

Martin Rutherford QC and Matthew Hardyman have successfully defended ‘JS’ after five weeks of trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, instructed by Rob Perkins of Football Law Associates. JS initially faced allegations of murder and aggravated burglary, but Mat Hardyman successfully applied to dismiss the murder allegation, highlighting an inherent weakness…

John Waller successfully defended his client who was accused of Rape on a fellow RAF recruit. John’s client was the first defendant in an alleged joint enterprise. The Crown alleged that the complainant was too drunk to consent during the alleged rape by the two defendants. The case was complicated…

Tim Banks appeared at the Birmingham Crown court to represent a client “S” charged with Conspiracy to Possess a Firearm with Intent to cause fear of violence. A civil dispute had arisen between various Directors of two National construction companies. The prosecution alleged that one of the Directors, who was…

Patrick Maggs defends in R v Gemma Watts, an unusual case where a female defendant was accused of a series of sexual assaults on 4 complainants beneath the age of 16. A reduced package of pleas was negotiated with the Crown leading to the least possible sentence within the Sentence…