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Intro Bounce Back Loans, or BBLs (not to be confused with the more commonly known Brazilian Butt Lifts) became available during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Banks offered loans to businesses with a maximum borrowing limit of £50,000, with each loan being guaranteed by the Government. The Bounce Back Loan Scheme released…

Kyri Argyropoulos led by Icah Peart KC and instructed by Kunle Balogun of Achom & Partners, secured the unanimous acquittal of Q, a teenage boy, on charges of murder and possession of a lock-knife. Q was part of a group of teenage boys who attended a party in Highbury Fields…

Stephen Akinsanya, instructed by Kunle Balogun of Achom and Partners successfully represents Defendant charged with aggravated burglary following an incident involving 2 assailants forcefully entering a property with Zombie Knives. The issue was one of identification following the initial description of the assailants, and phone attribution. After a 5-day trial…

Rupert’s 20 year old client was indicted with 3 counts of rape and, in the alternative, 3 counts of sexual activity with a 15 year old girl. He was also alleged to have physically assaulted the same complainant. At the time of the alleged events Rupert’s client had very recently…

Tana Adkin KC leading Rani Dulay of 1MCB and instructed by Len Furlong of LF Law represented Moussa Traore, who was acquitted for the second time following a trial for Manslaughter. The case arose out of an incident close to Waterloo Station in October 2022 when a fight started outside…

Robert Evans, instructed by David Siebler of CPS London South, prosecuted a four-week trial in which the jury heard circumstantial evidence linking Davis Davanni-Agbepa (a music recording artist who had worked with Cardi B) and Kaius James-Palmer (a former footballer) to an aggravated burglary/home invasion robbery in February 2024. The…

Tana Adkin KC and Beth Crocker instructed by Alex Graham of Heckford Norton Solicitors represented a 21 year old man convicted of a “one-punch Manslaughter” following an England Euro 2024 football match.  The defendant’s single punch caused the rupture of a vertebral artery in the neck and virtually instant death. In…

Rupert Hallowes, instructed by David Smith of Frame Smith Solicitors, secured the acquittal of his 22-year-old client who had been indicted with rape. The allegation dated back to June 2019 when Rupert’s client was 17 years of age and the complainant (someone with whom he had previously had consensual sexual…

In a guest blog for the Bar Council, Tana Adkin KC shares highlights from the Women’s Forum. The drive for women’s equality is not just about equity, it is vital right now in our politically polarised and troubled world as a pathway to economic growth and global peace. That fact…

Sophie Evans successfully argued that her client’s sentence was manifestly excessive. Sophie’s 19 year-old client, AH, was charged with possession of a bladed article in a public place. He pleaded guilty at the first available opportunity. In September, he was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court to a period of 20…