15NBS is delighted to announce that it has been moved up to Tier 3 for Crime in the 2024 edition of the Legal 500 UK Bar Guide. Individually, 3 silks and 14 juniors have been ranked. With ‘excellent high-calibre advocates at all levels’ 15NBS is widely praised as a ‘thriving’…
Stephen Akinsanya writes in this months edition of Fighting Knife Crime. His article can be found below or here.
Everyone at 15NBS Chambers wishes Justin McClintock the best of luck at tonight’s Legal 500 UK Bar Awards taking place at London Hilton, Park Lane. Justin has been nominated for Crime & Extradition Junior of the year 2023. The awards are determined based on The Legal 500’s market-leading independent research…
On the 1st September 2023 Tana Adkin KC began her appointment as Chair of the Criminal Bar Association. The members and staff at 15NBS are incredibly proud of Tana and wish her every success in this role
Robert Evans is instructed by CPS Homicide Team to prosecute a man charged with death by dangerous driving, after a woman was killed when a parked bus was shunted into her. The trial continues at the Central Criminal Court. Press coverage: BBC NEWS
15NBS Chambers is delighted to congratulate Tim Starkey for being The Times Lawyer of the Week. Tim prosecuted John Lyon, who was given life imprisonment with a minimum term of 15 years for a campaign of rapes spanning 20 years. The former school caretaker, who targeted seven children, was warned…
The defendant was charged with the murder of a man who suffered a fatal stab wound at a party in Woodford Green, East London. The man, known as rapper ‘Hypo’, whose real-name was Lamar Jackson, died as a result of his injuries at the party in Woodford Town Football Club on 3 June 2022. Mr Jackson was a high-profile individual having previously…
At Oxford Crown Court John Waller successfully prosecuted a professional “chop shop” where the value exceeded half a million pounds. The Crown’s case was that the defendants garage was not a legitimate business and was used for a large scale network of high end vehicles to be broken down into…
John Waller has secured the acquittal of his client in a case of significant violence and controlling and coercive behaviour. The Crown relied on multiple recording’s of alleged violence and anger directed at the complainant and multiple photographs of injuries. The Crown also relied on text messages which the Crown…