Beth Crocker represented KT, a local business owner, accused of playing his part in a conspiracy to defraud the London Borough of Southwark. Funds were being syphoned off by a corrupt employee at Southwark and credited to the business rates accounts of business owners in exchange for cash. Further sums…
Beth Crocker represented FT who was stopped at Birmingham airport with 4.4kilos of cocaine in her suitcase. FT was stopped having spent a week in Jamaica. She denied all knowledge of the drugs in her case but interrogations of her telephone revealed suspicious communications with persons in Jamaica and the…
Following a three day trial at Isleworth Crown Court the Jury unanimously found the defendant not guilty of GBH. Briefly, the Crown alleged that the defendant was the aggressor in a neighbour dispute over loud music. The Crown alleged that the defendant had brought “knives to a punch up” and…
Chambers is delighted to announce that Michael Hillman has accepted an invitation to join Chambers. Chambers is also pleased to announced that Helen Dawson and Stuart Dingle have joined Chambers after the successful completion of their pupillages.
Neil Ross and Justin McClintock successfully defended in a 7 day trial involving a large scale fight in the middle of a busy public road. Evidence was heard as to how a belt and a broken bottle were used as weapons, with six men and women needing hospital treatment by the end. The…
By Jeremy Lynn, 15NBS Chambers As a barrister I have a keen interest in whether my client has Legal Aid: I want to know at the outset whether, and by whom, I am going to get paid. Since the introduction of the Graduated Fee Scheme we…
Justin McClintock has conducted the successful defence of a defendant accused of false imprisonment and robbery. It was suggested that Justin’s client had, as part of a gang, forced his way into a flat where a number of individuals were attacked with machetes / swords. It was further alleged that…
James Lofthouse, instructed by CPS SE Complex Casework Unit as sole prosecution counsel, secured a conviction for murder at Lewes CC. The Defendant and his victim were partners who also ran the Battle Tackle fishing equipment shops. Having denied murder on the basis of loss of control, and following the…
Helen McCormack has secured the conviction of a woman who made up to 130 false reports of crime to the police , many of them against a man with whom she had a short relationship. She was also convicted of stalking him and two of his subsequent girlfriends. The case received significant…
John Waller successfully defended a teenager accused of a joint enterprise robbery in which a taxi driver was struck around the head with a bottle of vodka. The Jury were receptive to Mr Waller’s robust submissions that the complainant was unaware of who had struck him with the bottle and that…