Latest News and Events from our Barristers and Chambers

In a robbery of G4S security guards in February last year phone footage uploaded to YouTube depicted a cash box being snatched by the robbers on Cricklewood Broadway as they tried to make off in a stolen BMW. A member of the public took matters into his own hands and…

Maja Wilkins successfully applied to have pre-caution comments excluded under section 78 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. The defence of good reason was advanced at trial. The jury deliberated for less than an hour before delivering a unanimous not guilty verdict, preserving her client’s good character.   Maja was…

Jeremy Lynn has just obtained a rather good result for a Defendant charged with two attempted murders and possessing a bladed article – the machete that he used during the attack. The incident itself was captured on CCTV and the Defendant could be seen repeatedly striking both victims with the…

Justin McClintock has concluded the successful defence of a client charged with evading millions of pounds of tax owed on cigarettes. Justin successfully argued that the evidence against his client was not sufficient to establish that he knowingly assisted in the evasion of duty and that a reasonable jury could…

Following cross-examination of the complainant, who was 14 years of age at the time of the alleged incidents, by Rupert under the section 28 procedure in April 2021, and then a 4 day trial which commenced on 6th February and concluded on 9th February 2023 at Lewes Crown Court, Rupert’s…

In the same week in January 2023, Markus Findlay secured two acquittals in two Crown Court trials for Hollingsworth Edwards Solicitors. In the first matter, Markus appeared at Isleworth Crown Court where his client faced one count of domestic burglary. The Prosecution relied upon forensic evidence and details of the…

Justin McClintock has concluded the successful defence of a man accused of participating in serious violence at the end of an anti-lockdown protest in Hyde Park (originally reported by the BBC). Following a 12 day trial at Southwark Crown Court the jury unanimously acquitted the defendant of both violent disorder…

15NBS Chambers are now accepting pupillage applications for October 2023   Please email your application (https://15nbs.com/join-us/) to pupillage.applications@15nbs.com   The closing date midnight on 8th February 2023   If you have any queries please email sue.wright@15nbs.com  

Brian St Louis KC and Ruth Zentler-Munro represented Jyrelle O’Connor (aka ‘Loski’), who was tried at Croydon Crown Court on an indictment alleging; conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm with intent, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, and as a lesser alternative, simple possession of the firearm…

Anoushka Twining secured an acquittal in an assault on an emergency worker allegation dating back to November 2021. The assault was said to have occurred in the aftermath of a third stop involving the defendant and the same officers that week, a matter the defence took issue with, and that…