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Craig Hassall QC and Lee Hughes, instructed by the CPS, have successfully prosecuted two teenagers accused of murdering a cuckooed drug addict in Salford.
The trial started in November 2021 and finished in January 2022. The jury heard evidence that the…Read more
The Brook House Inquiry has been established to investigate the decision, actions and circumstances surrounding the mistreatment of individuals who were detained at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre in 2017. The hearings will commence in the second phase of the public inquiry on 21 February 2022. Kate Blackwell…Read more
Richard English gave a presentation on the so-called “Rough Sex Defence” in the light of the coming into force for the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. Saint Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) provides a comprehensive and co-ordinated forensic, counselling and aftercare service to men, women and children living in the…Read more
Lee Hughes, instructed by Damian Wall of Burton Copeland Solicitors, recently represented a defendant accused of section 18 wounding against a neighbour with whom he had a fight. It was alleged that the defendant kicked and stamped on the complainant after a disagreement. The complainant suffered a bleed on…Read more
In an address to the House of Commons in June 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson committed to creating an "independent inquiry" into the UK's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. As this inquiry is set to be the most important and complex in UK history, experts from DWF…Read more
Lincoln House is a long-established set which enjoys enviable success and an outstanding reputation across a variety of practice areas. Both the members of Chambers and the highly proactive, efficient clerking team regularly feature in the top-rankings of Legal 500 and Chambers &…Read more
Lee was instructed by Beth Wilson of Forbes Solicitors, to represent a defendant in the Crown Court. From February 2018 to September 2019 the defendant illegally gained access to social media profiles to obtain images and videos of his targets. The offence was only discovered following an investigation by the…Read more
Austin Welch, instructed by Gareth Price of Forbes solicitors, represented MTL Advanced Limited, a steel engineering and manufacturing company in a prosecution brought by the HSE. MTL was alleged to have breached section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act…Read more