15NBS Chambers is pleased to announce that Amanda Hamilton has joined Chambers. Amanda was previously a tenant at Furnival Chambers and has 19 years’ experience as leading and junior counsel for the defence and prosecution in all areas of crime. In particular she specialises in cases involving serious sexual allegations, murder,…
Beth secured the acquittal of a man accused of luring a victim into his property, locking him in and sexually assaulting him. The jury reached its unanimous not guilty verdict after just 40 minutes.
15NBS Chambers is pleased to announce that Damian Van Duyvenbode has joined Chambers. Formerly of Argent Chambers, Damian further strengthens our criminal team.
After a 5-week trial prosecuted by Queen’s Counsel and a junior, Kyri secured the unanimous acquittal of SM who had been charged with joint possession of a sawn-off shotgun, silencer and ammunition. SM had been seen on CCTV to take a box containing the firearm and carry it into the…
Kyri represented ST, who was charged with possession of an ‘ammunition supermarket’ of 17 different types of ammunition, including expanding bullets and hollow point ammunition, as well as sniper rifle ammunition together with more mundane bullets. The items were stored at the address of ST’s cousin with ST’s DNA on…
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.