15NBS Chambers is delighted to announce the appointment of Martin Rutherford QC as Head of Chambers. He succeeds David Aaronberg QC, who has been sworn in as a Circuit Judge.
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Ruby Selva secured a unanimous acquittal in under 20 minutes following a trial at Southwark Crown Court. Her client was charged with sexual offences against a child when he was a child himself now facing trial as an adult. Her client’s defence was that the allegations were complete fabrications motivated by…
15 NBS congratulates the Head of Chambers, David Aaronberg QC, on his appointment as a Circuit Judge. David is to be sworn in by the Lord Chief Justice on 19th February and will be sitting at Wood Green Crown Court.
A defendant, G, was acquitted of 3 charges of making indecent images of children after the Judge ruled that he could not get a fair trial due to the late service of prosecution evidence. G, represented by Jeremy Lynn, instructed by Tony Meisels of Lewis Nedas, had been arrested as…
John Waller secured a unanimous acquittal at his client’s trial for a serious stabbing. It had been alleged by the Crown that the defendant had picked up two knives during a drink-fuelled argument with the complainant. He then proceeded to attempt to stab the complainant in the chest which resulted in defensive wounds to…
Following a 10 week trial at St Albans Crown Court, David Aaronberg QC and James Lofthouse secured the conviction of 4 men for conspiracy to murder. This was a complex case in which McLaughlin and Kerr were identified, charged and added to the indictment only a few months before trial…
Following a 12 day trial at Isleworth Crown Court John Waller secured the acquittal of his client who was being tried for Conspiracy to Pervert the Course of Justice. John’s client was said to have been trying to get her two young children to change their evidence at their father’s…
Kathryn Hirst successfully prosecutes ‘off-duty BA cabin crew employee who groped a sleeping passenger’: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5032181/Off-duty-BA-cabin-crew-47-groped-sleeping-passenger.html
John Greenan successfully prosecuted ‘bling king’ driver who now faces a 3 year prison sentence. The case was widely reported in the national media. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/arab-bling-king-fled-dubai-11312953 html
Patrick Maggs secured the acquittal of a young defendant found by police to have a loaded firearm under his bed. The jury accepted that the defence of duress applied and that the gun had been forced upon him against his will. Patrick was instructed by Traymans LLP
