Latest News and Events from our Barristers and Chambers

Following a three-day trial in Isleworth Crown Court (sitting at Holborn Nightingale Court), the defendant, who had been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress at Notting Hill Carnival in 2022, was unanimously acquitted.   The Crown relied on the live evidence of three police officers,…

Following a 5-day trial at Leicester Crown Court, the defendant, a man of good character, was acquitted of rape.  The defendant had only been 16 at the time of the incident. The defendant had been a school friend of the complainant, and she was supported in her testimony by another…

Today a young client was acquitted at the Old Bailey of Murder, Robbery and Violent Disorder arising from an incident in Montrose Park, Edgware in May 2021.   Instructed by Ferdi Achom of Achom & Partners Tana Adkin KC and Ruth Zentler-Munro represented a teenage defendant alleged to have taken…

Markus Findlay has secured a suspended sentence for a client convicted of supplying Class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine) in the West Sussex area.   The client, who initially faced an 8-count indictment, was arrested by police in April 2021 in a car containing the drugs and several weapons,…

Sarah represented a man of good character accused of three counts of sexual assault against two of his colleagues at a work Christmas party. At the conclusion of the prosecution case and after all witnesses had been cross-examined, the trial judge agreed with Sarah’s submission of no case to answer…

We are delighted to announce that The King has appointed Mathew Turner to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Alex Chalk KC MP and the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. The former…

We are delighted to announce that James Bull has been successful in his pupillage to tenancy application. To instruct James please call the clerks on 0207 842 1900 or email clerks@webdesignandtraining.co.uk

15NBS is delighted to announce that it has been moved up to Tier 3 for Crime in the 2024 edition of the Legal 500 UK Bar Guide. Individually, 3 silks and 14 juniors have been ranked. With ‘excellent high-calibre advocates at all levels’ 15NBS is widely praised as a ‘thriving’…

  Stephen Akinsanya writes in this months edition of Fighting Knife Crime.   His article can be found below or here.   https://issuu.com/erencan-iconicmediasolutions.c/docs/issue_9_-_fighting_knife_crime_magazine/24

Everyone at 15NBS Chambers wishes Justin McClintock the best of luck at tonight's Legal 500 UK Bar Awards taking place at London Hilton, Park Lane. Justin has been nominated for Crime & Extradition Junior of the year 2023. The awards are determined based on The Legal 500’s market-leading independent research…

Chambers is delighted to welcome our new pupil Rushnay Sikander. Over the next six months, Rushnay will be gaining experience shadowing her pupil supervisor Rupert Hallowes. To find out more about applying for pupillage in Chambers, see https://webdesignandtraining.co.uk/join-us/

  On the 1st September 2023 Tana Adkin KC began her appointment as Chair of the Criminal Bar Association.   The members and staff at 15NBS are incredibly proud of Tana and wish her every success in this role

Robert Evans is instructed by CPS Homicide Team to prosecute a man charged with death by dangerous driving, after a woman was killed when a parked bus was shunted into her. The trial continues at the Central Criminal Court.   Press coverage: BBC NEWS 

15NBS Chambers is delighted to congratulate Tim Starkey for being The Times Lawyer of the Week. Tim prosecuted John Lyon, who was given life imprisonment with a minimum term of 15 years for a campaign of rapes spanning 20 years. The former school caretaker, who targeted seven children, was warned…

The defendant was charged with the murder of a man who suffered a fatal stab wound at a party in Woodford Green, East London. The man, known as rapper 'Hypo', whose real-name was Lamar Jackson, died as a result of his injuries at the party in Woodford Town Football Club on 3 June 2022. Mr Jackson was a high-profile individual having previously…

At Oxford Crown Court John Waller successfully prosecuted a professional "chop shop" where the value exceeded half a million pounds.  The Crown's case was that the defendants garage was not a legitimate business and was used for a large scale network of high end vehicles to be broken down into…

John Waller has secured the acquittal of his client in a case of significant violence and controlling and coercive behaviour.  The Crown relied on multiple recording's of alleged violence and anger directed at the complainant and multiple photographs of injuries. The Crown also relied on text messages which the Crown…

Stephen Akinsanya led by Benjamin Aina KC, successfully defended a 16 year charged with murder. After a three-week trial at Northampton Crown before Mr Justice Morris and a jury, they unanimously acquitted the young defendant of murder and manslaughter. His co-defendant was unanimously convicted of murder. The case was prosecuted…

Justin’s client was accused of starting a large fire in a multi-occupancy house in what the prosecution characterised as a spiteful attack by the defendant on the person living in the room above the fire. Justin’s client was unanimously acquitted by the jury having been positively identified as having started…