Latest News and Events from our Barristers and Chambers

Justin McClintock has secured the unanimous acquittal of a mum charged with two counts of money laundering. The defendant allowed her account to be used for the deposit and withdrawal of £10,000.  It was agreed that this money had been obtained by fraud. The issue for the jury was whether the defendant suspected that the…

Patrick Moran was instructed to act on behalf of Ephraim Norman at the Central Criminal Court.  Mr Norman, a 24 year old man suffering from severe paranoid schizophrenia, was charged with murder and attempted murder.  The charges followed two separate incidents of random and senseless violence which took place in…

Charles Evans has secured substantial custodial sentences for the burglars responsible for attacking university professor Paul Kohler in his home. The case was widely reported in the print and television media: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/paul-kohler-sentencing-gang-polish-5064638 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-31056608 http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/30/polish-burglars-jailed-attack-university-professor  http://news.sky.com/story/1418089/burglars-who-savagely-beat-lecturer-jailed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11379810/Burglars-who-attacked-university-professor-receive-hefty-jail-sentences.html

Brian St Louis and Beth Crocker have just finished a 7 week trial at Birmingham Crown Court defending the ringleader of a sham marriage conspiracy (reported here).  ZA was tried on 6 counts of Conspiracy to Facilitate the Commission of the Breach of Immigration Law by organising sham marriages between…

Following the successful prosecutions, earlier this year, of a fraudster and his accounts clerk for conspiracy to defraud his employers, the Comer Homes Group, of many millions, the fraudster’s wife, JP, was separately prosecuted for laundering the proceeds of fraud. The prosecution claimed that, over a period of some six…

John Greenan has secured a remarkable succession of acquittals in recent weeks in addition to achieving success in the Court of Appeal. Most recently he secured the unanimous acquittal of a law graduate who was accused of a s.18 glassing on a female student in a pub. This followed John’s successful…

The defendants (S & K) were both convicted of robbing their former employers, Phones 4U, Putney, after a three week trial. On 2nd October 2012 the two disguised themselves in Burkas and robbed the store of £40,000 of mobile telephones and accessories. They arrived just at closing time, pretending to be…

James Lofthouse, recently instructed as prosecution trial counsel in the case of R v JC, secured convictions on all 5 counts of money laundering and attempted handling at Croydon CC. JC had been acquitted of similar charges following a collapsed prosecution in Blackfriars CC in 2010 and James's instruction followed…

R v AN - Southwark Crown Court 28th to 31st August 2014 On the night of 8th December 2013 Mr. N attacked four women on Regent Street at about 5.00 am. He was charged with two counts of attempted robbery. The women reported being set upon by him and dragged from…

After a five week trial at the Old Bailey, B, who had been charged with murder on the basis of encouragement of a friend who fatally stabbed a market trader, was unanimously acquitted.  The remaining defendants were convicted of murder and manslaughter and will be sentenced shortly. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/teen-boys-guilty-killing-market-3914048 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28491879

Justin McClintock has secured not guilty verdicts on all charges in a case concerning allegations of serious sexual assault, battery, and witness intimidation (charged as an attempt to pervert the course of justice).  The case was complicated by disclosure failings and the late joinder of the charges. Had the defendant…

Mrs O was refused further leave to remain in the UK on the basis that she had made false representations in her application form by failing to declare that she had pleaded guilty to four offences of shoplifting, for which she had been conditionally discharged. Her appeal was dismissed by the…

John Spencer is Professor of Law at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Selwyn College. He is a lecturer for the Judicial College in relation to Bad Character and Hearsay, having written what have become standard practitioner textbooks on both. Slater & Gordon Lawyers have kindly agreed to host his lecture on…

Michael Collis was instructed by the NMC in a High Court appeal brought by a midwife who had won an earlier High Court appeal by submitting forged documents to the court EWHC 1862 (Admin)

Giles Morrison gave a lecture on Friday the 20th June in association with MALA. Chambers would like to thank MALA for the opportunity to deliver the lecture and look forward to working together in the very near future.

Justin McClintock yesterday secured not guilty verdicts for a defendant accused of attacking a jogger on a busy London street with a claw hammer. The Crown’s case was that the defendant swung the hammer into the back of the complainant’s head, causing him to stumble into a road where he…

15NBS Chambers  are delighted to welcome Nicholas Cooper, formerly of 1 Gray's Inn to chambers. Please click on their names to see their profiles and CVs.

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.