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Neil Usher secures an acquittal for his client accused of having under age sex for a two year period with his 14 year old girlfriend. In R v LF, a four day trial heard at Minshull St Crown Court, the defence successfully argued that the defendant reasonably believed his…Read more
Neil Usher successfully secured the acquittal of his 19 year old client accused of raping and sexually assaulting his 11 year old sister following a five day trial at Minshull Street Crown Court. Neil was instructed by Paula Edwards at RH Law solicitors, Manchester.
The jury in the trial of Ben Raftery took just one hour to unanimously convict him of murder. He had denied killing Roxie Archer, claiming that she had fallen down the stairs when he had sole care of her. Roxie's mother had flown to New York with her father…Read more
In consecutive (and unrelated) trials that lasted two weeks before a High Court judge, two serving police officers were acquitted of serious sexual allegations and misconduct in a public office. Lisa acted for the Police Federation in both cases and on acquittal the Federation recouped their costs.
James Pickup QC has won an important decision in the Tax Tribunal on behalf of a Stockport mobile phone distribution trader. Unusually, the decision of the court was split, and the Tribunal Judge found for the trader exercising his casting vote in favour of CCA Distribution Ltd (In…Read more