15NBS Chambers

Justin McClintock has secured the acquittal of a defendant charged with sexual assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The prosecution case was that the complainant had been sexually assaulted before being struck over the head with a whisky bottle. Significant inconsistencies in the prosecution evidence were exposed during cross-examination,…

David Aaronberg QC and Dominic Benthall have successfully prosecuted Sohail Qureshi, a Glasgow businessman who masterminded a 2004 conspiracy to defraud NatWest Bank of £20 million.  After ten years on the run, Qureshi was extradited from the United Arab Emirates in October 2013 and convicted unanimously by a Southwark jury…

After two months defending at Derby Crown Court, Beth Crocker secured the only acquittal in a four defendant trial dominated by a fierce ‘cut throat’ defence. The defendants were charged with conspiring to defraud Premier League football clubs by obtaining invoices for advertising space on behalf of a bogus client, in…

The members of 15NBS have been at the forefront of the action taken by the Bar, solicitors and others within the legal profession against the attack upon legal aid by the current Government. The financial cuts across the system, both enacted and proposed, are part of an ideological battle against…

15NBS Chambers is pleased to announce that Alex Goudie has joined Chambers. Alex was previously at Argent Chambers.

Patrick Moran, instructed by the CPS Organised Crime Division, has successfully concluded complex confiscation proceedings involving the notorious “lawyer” Giovanni Di Stefano.  The order made against the Defendant included a finding that he had hidden assets of £1 million.  At a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on 20th March 2014,…

Tim Banks successfully represented a senior prison officer charged with assaulting a prisoner and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. It was alleged that the officer instructed three junior prison officers to falsify paperwork in order to “cover up” two separate assaults on the prisoner. The case involved defence…

Justin McClintock yesterday secured a unanimous not guilty verdict for a university student charged with burglary following a six-day trial at Reading Crown Court. The trial raised complex issues regarding the scope of joint enterprise and the effect of alcohol on ‘specific intent’. A conviction would have had devastating consequences…

We are delighted to announce that Jodie Woodward has accepted an invitation to join Chambers following the successful completion of pupillage.

Helen McCormack recently successfully prosecuted a man who followed a woman into her home in Stratford, East London and there subjected her to a terrifying ordeal in which she was raped and subjected to other sexual indignities. His victim initially fought back bravely, including biting her assailant’s hand, but was…