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Chambers are delighted to announce that Matthew Tudor has joined the clerking team, previously an Advocates Deputy Clerk for the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh with ten years experience. Matthew brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to complement our strong clerking team in order to meet the challenges and opportunities…Read more
Rachel Smith and Tim Storrie have been honoured by Greater Manchester Police for their "outstanding" work prosecuting people-traffickers. At a ceremony yesterday Rachel and Tim received a Divisional Commander's Commendation from Detective Chief Superintendent Mary Doyle. Rachel and Tim prosecuted Operation Pantin, an investigation which targeted a network of people-traffickers.…Read more
Alistair Webster Q.C. and Katherine Blackwell have just completed a contratrading fraud trial in Kingston. The trial, one of the most complex ever prosecuted, lasted 5 1/2 months and involved fraud to the tune of £170,000,000. Alistair and Kate represented the leading defendant.
A predatory sex beast who disguised his car as a taxi to pick up and rape young woman in Manchester has been jailed. Amine Kacem, 24, prowled Manchester city centre looking for victims in a car on which he had deliberately put a large yellow sticker to make it look…Read more
Chris Daw is currently leading Ben Smitten (25 Bedford Row) in a six month trial surrounding the Valentine's Day 1988 murder of Lynette White and the alleged miscarriage of justice involving the "Cardiff 3". The high profile ten handed trial for perverting the course of justice and perjury includes 8…Read more
Anthony Cross QC, Simon Gurney together with Jonathan Maskew Chamber's Director attended the Football Finance Session breakfast seminar held by Deloitte LLP in conjuntion with Pro-Manchester. Speaker Dan Jones, Partner of the Sports Business Group offered an insight into their findings of The Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance,…Read more
We are pleased to announce that, as from 23rd July, 2012, we will be in new premises at T12 ( Tower 12, The Avenue North, Spinningfields, 18-22 Bridge Street, Manchester, M3 3BZ). When we moved to Lincoln House, in 1993, we made a leap forward in moving a set of…Read more
Chris Daw acted for John Terry, in a case of alleged racist abuse against Anton Ferdinand, tried at Westminster Magistrates' Court in July 2012. Mr. Terry was acquitted of the charge against him after a 5 day trial. All public and media enquiries about this case should be directed to…Read more
Neil Usher successfully defended his client in R v ME, a trial held at Crown Square, Manchester. The Crown alleged his client had attempted to strangle his victim with a mobile phone charger cable whilst he raped her. The defendant was originally charged with attempted murder and rape and was…Read more
We are delighted to announce that the Queen has appointed Anthony Dennis Watson QC to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Kenneth Clarke QC MP. The Right Honourable The Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, has assigned him…Read more