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Chambers are delighted to announce that Heather Aspinall and Dan Thomas have been appointed by the Attorney General as Junior Counsel to the Crown. Both Heather and Dan received letters of appointment from The Right Honourable Jeremy Wright QC MP who described the competition for places on the Panel as…Read more
After a trial before the Recorder of Leeds lasting almost six weeks, JS, aged only 17 and of good character at the time of the killing, was acquitted of murder and violent disorder. The case was a multi-handed trial, and involved the complex issue of joint enterprise. At the…Read more
Paul Reid QC and Dan Thomas (instructed by Helen Richardson, Partner at RH Law) acted for a defendant who admitted killing his father in a knife attack involving 18 stab wounds on Easter Sunday of this year. The defendant had made a series of confessions both in public and…Read more
Simon Gurney has successfully represented Police Constable Paul Birch in Merseyside’s first public Misconduct Hearing. Until a recent change in the law police Misconduct Hearings were held in private, with the public and press unable to attend the hearings, however, hearings are now to be held in public. This was the…Read more
Following a 7 day Fitness to Practice Hearing, in which Mr Jeremy Lasker was instructed on behalf of the General Medical Council, a Doctor was suspended for a period of 3 months after he was found to have acted dishonestly in falsifying the reasons given to him by a…Read more
A Clitheroe hydraulic cylinder manufacturer has been fined for serious safety breaches after an employee lost the sight in his right eye and catastrophic injuries when he was struck in the face during a test procedure. Lodematic Components Ltd was prosecuted on Friday 2nd October 2015 by the Health and Safety…Read more
Lisa Roberts QC attended Westminster Abbey on 1st October for a service to mark the opening of the legal year. She was nominated to attend by the Chairman of the Bar and she later attended a reception, held at Westminster Hall, at which The Lord Chancellor addressed the guests.