At an initial trial at Woolwich Crown Court in 2018, the trial judge allowed a submission of no case to answer in relation to all three defendants but Miss Bex QC, then leading Paul Evans and assisted by Francesca Kirby, successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal against the terminatory …
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On Thursday 11th April 2019, David Walbank QC and Allison Clare travelled to Paris in order to address an economic crime conference hosted by the French International Banking Group, BNP Paribas. David and Allison spoke to a live audience at the worldwide headquarters of the French finance house and were …
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University of Essex rape accused says woman ‘started whole thing’ A man accused of raping a student told police “she started the whole thing from A to Z”, a court has heard. Sultan Mohammed, 25, denies raping the woman at the University of Essex accommodation block in October. In a …
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Last December Lisa Osofsky, director of the Serious Fraud Office complained: ‘I can go after Main Street but I can’t go after Wall Street.’ Back in September 2014, the then Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC MP announced that the government was considering proposals to create a new corporate offence of …
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The Q&A style event was moderated by RLC’s David Walbank QC with Jonathan Fisher QC and Jasvinder Nakhwal, Partner at Peters and Peters. The speakers analysed and discussed the scope of new legislation, how it is to be applied and the challenges the National Crime Agency faces in considering hundreds …
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by training 20 students at Inner Temple in criminal procedure and witness handling. They then conducted a mock trial. The session was run to facilitate access to the Criminal Bar and to inspire those from a diverse background to learn more about the Criminal Justice System. Red Lion Chambers is …
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The case of R v. Rooney was tried for five months in 2017, and is one of the most complex modern slavery cases ever brought in this country. Five defendants appealed on multiple grounds, the most significant of which was the correct legal definition of the offence of ‘forced or …
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Judgment was handed down this morning in the conviction appeal of Mr Max Clifford. The appeal was pursued by his daughter following his death in December 2017.
Rosina Cottage QC, instructed by the CPS, successfully argued that the convictions following his trial in 2014 were safe. Press Reports: [BBC] …
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