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After a five-month trial, Andrew Thomas QC and Andrew Nuttall have been successful in the defence of a former company director prosecuted by the SFO for conspiracy to commit fraud. He was the only defendant to be acquitted. Six others were convicted and will be sentenced at a later date. The…Read more
Neil Usher, instructed by Manchester CPS, successfully prosecuted Michael Marler for the offence of murder following a two-week trial at Manchester Crown Square. Marler stabbed his girlfriend to death in a city centre apartment before jumping from the second floor of the apartment, landing on the car of a…Read more
On 19th July 2018, the Royal College of Nursing hosted a training event entitled, “The Truth, the whole Truth & nothing but the Truth” which aimed to demystify proceedings in the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Ellen Shaw, Matthew Howarth and Anna Chestnutt presented a mock trial, based on…Read more
Ged Doran, instructed by Eleanor Beckingham of DDE Law, represented a defendant charged with being a member of a proscribed organisation, National Action. During its peak, National Action bore membership of up to 100 young, white men from academic backgrounds who would regularly meet for demonstrations, dressed in skull masks, waving banners and…Read more
Matthew Howarth successfully represented a local Manchester Landlord in obtaining forfeiture of a Commercial lease from a non-paying Tenant Following a fact finding hearing and legal submissions Mr Howarth was able to argue for forfeiture of the lease in a Business Tenancy…Read more