Henry, instructed by Dan Stowers at Shoosmiths, and Neil, instructed by Paul Haycock at Irwin Mitchell, secured the acquittal of their Defendants following a lengthy trial at Southwark Crown Court.
The jury found the two men represented by Henry and Neil, and a third Defendant, not guilty of conspiring with various agents to agree bribes in relation to 27 separate overseas contracts for their company, Sarclad Ltd.…
Darren Snow, instructed by Zach Jones of the Royal College of Nursing Exeter secured the acquittal of band 6 nurse JC on 7 of 8 charges before the Nursing & Midwifery Counsel, alleging that he had consumed patient medication and stolen further medication for his own consumption whilst working as a charge nurse and acting ward manager.…
Louise McCullough instructed by Jo Kaucher of Blackfords Solicitors secured a speedy acquittal on four counts of Fraud by abuse of Trust.
Louise was instructed to represent a Manager at Surrey and Borders NHS Trust who was accused of abusing her position by approving invoices up to her personal approval limit of £5000 where cumulatively the invoices totalled in excess of this and should (under the Trust’s Standing Financial Instructions (“SFI’s”) have been put out to competitive tender.…
Laura Herbert, instructed by Magdalena Motyl of Bark & Co solicitors, represented a victim of modern day slavery, who gave evidence which helped successfully convict his traffickers, in Extradition proceedings. She asserted that the District Judge at Westminster was wrong to find the Appellant a ‘fugitive’ when he was a victim of human trafficking from Poland to England because a victim of such an act cannot properly ‘consent’ to their own trafficking.…
Sian Beaven, instructed by Malcolm Tebb of Kesar & Co Solicitors,represented a client at his parole hearing. He was serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence for sexual activity with a child. In 2013 the client was released on licence but was subsequently recalled to prison having breached the terms.…
Briony Molyneux, instructed by Carl Johnson of Stephensons Solicitors, appeared last week before a disciplinary panel of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants representing an accountant who had been charged with misconduct for writing to HMRC in ‘inappropriate terms.’
The letter was allegedly suggesting a course of action that would amount to creating false accounts and misleading clients.…
Charter Chambers invites applicants for 3rd 6th Pupillage.
CV with covering letter to Ian Payn, Chambers Director, Ian.Payn@CharterChambers.com.
Closing date 30th June 2019.…
Tasmin Malcolm, instructed by Keima Payton of Payton’s Solicitors and led by Graeme Wilson, secured unanimous not guilty verdicts in relation to two counts of attempted murder before Leicester Crown Court.
The case concerned a ‘hit and run’ which took place on the Eyres Monsell estate of Leicester in November 2017.…
Sexual Offences Act 2003, Section 11 (1) (c) – Sexual activity in the presence of a child
Case of R v B and L: [2019] 1 Cr. App. R. 35; [2018] EWCA Crim 1439; [2018] 6 WLUK 820
Download full case here: 498 R v B and L.…
Ben Rowe, instructed by Harjinder Saundh of Thompsons Solicitors successfully represented a Registrant in (what was listed as) a week-long Fitness to Practise hearing before the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The Registrant, who was already subject to an existing ‘Conditions of practice’ order following a previous drug error faced three new charges of serious misconduct.…