15NBS Chambers

John Waller secured the unanimous acquittal of his client who had been charged with a serious aggravated burglary. Despite a very strong prosecution case John was able to persuade the jury that there was considerable doubt. The prosecution alleged that the client was one of four men (some of whom…

The issue of whether a defendant may advance self-defence on a charge of Obstruct PC (contrary to s.89(2) Police Act), in circumstances where the officer is acting within their duty, has long been an area of significant legal ambiguity and uncertainty. This state of affairs has stemmed from an apparent…

Ruby Selva appeared at the Colchester Court Martial representing a client charged with a sexual offence against a minor. The case involved detailed cross examination of the minor and also associated adult witnesses. The case was sensitively but firmly put. At the conclusion of the Prosecution case she successfully argued…

After a week long trial before the Recorder of Chelmsford, Jeremy Lynn and Kyri Argyropolous have secured the acquittal of a father and son from a travelling family who were accused of Possessing a Firearm with Intent, Affray, Criminal Damage and Assault. The Prosecution case was that the son had…

Michael Hillman has secured the acquittal of a defendant who had gone missing from a psychiatric unit where he had been sectioned. He was accused of trying to abduct two girls aged 7 and 10  whilst fashioning a crack pipe from a bottle of Courvoisier. He was unanimously acquitted at…

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.

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…