Latest News and Events from our Barristers and Chambers

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.

After a 5-week trial prosecuted by Queen’s Counsel and a junior, Kyri secured the unanimous acquittal of SM who had been charged with joint possession of a sawn-off shotgun, silencer and ammunition. SM had been seen on CCTV to take a box containing the firearm and carry it into the…

Kyri represented ST, who was charged with possession of an ‘ammunition supermarket’ of 17 different types of ammunition, including expanding bullets and hollow point ammunition, as well as sniper rifle ammunition together with more mundane bullets.  The items were stored at the address of ST’s cousin with ST’s DNA on…

Justin McClintock has secured the acquittal of a defendant charged with sexual assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The prosecution case was that the complainant had been sexually assaulted before being struck over the head with a whisky bottle. Significant inconsistencies in the prosecution evidence were exposed during cross-examination,…

David Aaronberg QC and Dominic Benthall have successfully prosecuted Sohail Qureshi, a Glasgow businessman who masterminded a 2004 conspiracy to defraud NatWest Bank of £20 million.  After ten years on the run, Qureshi was extradited from the United Arab Emirates in October 2013 and convicted unanimously by a Southwark jury…

After two months defending at Derby Crown Court, Beth Crocker secured the only acquittal in a four defendant trial dominated by a fierce ‘cut throat’ defence. The defendants were charged with conspiring to defraud Premier League football clubs by obtaining invoices for advertising space on behalf of a bogus client, in…

The members of 15NBS have been at the forefront of the action taken by the Bar, solicitors and others within the legal profession against the attack upon legal aid by the current Government. The financial cuts across the system, both enacted and proposed, are part of an ideological battle against…

15NBS Chambers is pleased to announce that Alex Goudie has joined Chambers. Alex was previously at Argent Chambers.

Patrick Moran, instructed by the CPS Organised Crime Division, has successfully concluded complex confiscation proceedings involving the notorious “lawyer” Giovanni Di Stefano.  The order made against the Defendant included a finding that he had hidden assets of £1 million.  At a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on 20th March 2014,…