Romford based GP Manish Shah has been given three life sentences for 90 sex assaults on female patients at the Old Bailey today. Judge Anne Molyneux described him as a ‘master of deception who abused his position of power’ Over five years, between May 2009 and June 2013, Dr. Shah …
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Former Head of Chambers and RLC Consultant HH Peter Rook QC has joined the Parole Board as its new judicial Vice Chair.  Called to the Bar in 1973 Peter was appointed a Queens Counsel in 1991. In June 2005 he was appointed a Senior Circuit Judge to sit at the …
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When something like Grenfell Tower happens how does it relate to environment law? Could we be breaching environmental laws in our everyday lives? What are the most common penalties for breaching the environmental law for individuals and for businesses? Current news is dominated examining the relationship between humans and the …
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Airbus have agreed to a UK financial penalty of just under 1 billion euros in respect of allegations of failure to prevent bribery across 5 jurisdictions worldwide. The DPA was approved today by The President of the Queen’s Bench Division. The UK settlement is greater than the combined sum of …
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Ian Slater and Alex Stephens were convicted of the murder of Courtney Valentine-Brown, receiving minimum terms of 26 years each, whilst Kelly King and Stuart Pearson were convicted of manslaughter, receiving sentences of 9 years’ imprisonment each. The victim was dealing drugs from Kelly King’s flat and she wanted him …
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Was the U.S. acting lawfully under the international laws governing the use of armed force? Sailesh Mehta and Pupil Barrister Helena Spector analyse the killing of the Iranian major general in this week’s Law Gazette Practice Points. On 3 January 2020, Iranian major general Qassem Soleimani was killed in a …
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She joins a 2020 honour list which includes well-known names in the profession, experienced figures who have recently come to prominence as well as rising stars of the future. One of her notable cases from 2017 to 2019 saw her instructed as Lead Counsel to the Independent Inquiry into Child …
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Following the Panama and Paradise Papers leaks, David Walbank QC explains to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales Magazine the possibilities of future scandals and the vagaries of the new financial crime provisions. After a slew of major tax avoidance scandals in
recent years, including the HSBC scandal, …
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Following a four year investigation by the Met’s complex fraud team into the contractors responsible for fire alarms at Grenfell Tower, 10 individuals were prosecuted with bribery, theft and money laundering. On 13.1.20 Michael Goodwin QC’s client, a company director, was acquitted of money laundering at Southwark Crown Court. The …
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This follows the SFO’s completion of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Serco Group subsidiary Serco Geografix Ltd, which was approved by Mr Justice William Davis on 4th July 2019. [PRESS REPORTS [SFO][Acountancy Daily][Telegraph][BBC]] Michael Goodwin QC specialises in white collar crime and business crime cases …
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and Nazir Afzal OBE calling for radical overhaul to stop disproportionate number of BAME offenders in the criminal justice system. Read full article [here]: …
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Ed Vickers QC, instructed by Matt Hayes of Bhatia Best, secured the acquittal of Shane Seymour after a murder trial at Nottingham Crown Court. Mr Seymour accepted killing his nephew by stabbing him a number of times in the chest with a kitchen knife, but denied murder, the defence being …
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