Darren Snow, instructed by Keith Shepperd, of Thompsons Solicitors represented health care assist JOC at this inquest before Mr Andrew Walker, Senior Coroner for North London at Barnet Coroners Court earlier this month. The Deceased was a mental health patient held under the Mental Health Act on a secure ward at Chase Farm Hospital.…
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Custodial Sentence Mitigated Against
Megan Fletcher, instructed by Emily Wright at Blaser Mills Solicitors, represented a defendant at the Crown Court. The defendant was facing a count of possession of a false identity document with improper intent under the Identity Documents Act 2010, Section 4, amongst other offences.…
England Boxing Regulatory Appointment
Darren Snow has been appointed by England Boxing to sit as a panel chair on their safeguarding review panel. Darren’s appointment builds upon Chambers’ growing reputation as one of the leading chambers in regulatory work, not only as respected advocates but also as legal assessors and panel chairs before a wide range of regulators.…
Oliver Renton appears at inquest for a child linked to the death of a fellow pupil by cheese sandwich
Oliver Renton appears at inquest for a child linked to the death of a fellow pupil by cheese sandwich. Follow the link to the BBC web site here for more details. More background to the case can be found in this article in The Guardian.
… Operation Kimball – Great Yarmouth County Lines Trial concludes at Norwich Crown Court
Darren Snow, instructed by Alison Muir and Charlotte Winchester of MCP Solicitors represented the second defendant, Sebastian Arenas Valencia in this 7-week county lines trial, recently concluded at Norwich Crown Court before His Honour Judge Shaw. Defence Counsel from London and the local Norwich Bar worked closely together throughout the trial and the sentencing, which took two days.…
Events organiser acquitted of drugs and money laundering
Dr Andreas O’Shea, instructed by Baldeep Bambra of SVS Solicitors successfully defended Kenny Mensah at Woolwich Crown Court on 10 counts of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply and money laundering. He was acquitted on all counts.…
Cleared of Firearm Charges
Dr Andreas O’Shea, briefed by Dante Leccacorvi of Whitelock and Storr Solicitors, represented Aston Sterling at Blackfriars Crown Court. The defendant’s house was burnt down by his now deceased uncle on the 19th April 2017. 7 days later he went to the property with a friend, Aaron Thomas.…
Molyneux Briefed in Multi-National Fraud
Briony Molyneux was recently instructed by Shahid Khan of Advice Wise Solicitors to appear at Kingston Crown Court as Junior Counsel for the 1st Defendant on a highly complex fraud, revolving around the provision of student visas and false documents, as well as money laundering charges.…
Robinson Successfully Prosecutes Retired Priest
Claire Robinson led by Kate Lumsdon QC successfully prosecuted a retired Roman Catholic priest, Fr Francis McDermott, for historic sex offences against two boys and four girls in the 1970’s. The defendant exploited his position as a priest to strike up friendships with Catholic families in his parish.…
Jo Morris admitted to the International Criminal Court
Jo Morris has been admitted to the International Criminal Court’s List of counsel.
She already serves on the Working Group of the Kosovo Specialist Tribunal and has been admitted to the list of Specialist Counsel and the list of Victims Representatives.…