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Lincoln House invites prospective pupils to visit Chambers to meet our members and clerks for drinks and nibbles. We will be talking about what pupillage with us involves, what life is like as a junior tenant and what we want to see in your application. We look forward to meeting…Read more
Mr Howarth successfully opposed a renewal application for permission to proceed to Judicial Review. The matter was heard this week in the High Court of Justice, sitting in London, before HHJ Walden-Smith (sitting as a judge of the High Court). The application sought to challenge a decision by the Secretary of…Read more
Mr Howarth recently succeeded before His Honour Judge Owen in the appeal made by KLG Trucking v Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) at Nottingham County Court. Mr Howarth was instructed to represent the Respondent SSHD. The case related to whether or not the Appellant had been liable to…Read more
Oluponle v The Home Office EWHC 3188 (KB) Matthew Howarth was recently before the High Court in the reported decision of Oluponle v The Home Office EWHC 3188 (KB) on behalf of the Secretary of State. The matter involved a claim for false imprisonment, in relation to 182 days…Read more
The case involved the defence of a 50 year old lady of good character who had been accused of ABH, Criminal Damage and Possession of an Offensive Weapon. The prosecution alleged that the Defendant had attended the home of a friend, armed with a large, baseball bat-sized, pestle intending to…Read more
A jury at Manchester Crown Court acquitted JM of both the murder and manslaughter of his father DM following a trial at Manchester Crown Court. The prosecution alleged JM had attacked his father in anger and used a choke hold to kill. Defence counsel, John Harrison KC and Henry…Read more
Peter Wright KC leading Kimberley Obrusik and Mark Ford KC leading Holly Nelson, instructed by Christian Harbinson of Thompsons Law, secured the acquittal of two prison officers charged with Gross Negligence Manslaughter and breach of the Health and Safety Act 1974. The defendants were prison officers at HMP Liverpool and…Read more
Lisa Roberts KC was a guest speaker at last night's annual Health and Safety Lawyers Association event. Lisa spoke to an audience in London (and online) on the topic of "Do recent environmental fines show us the future for health and safety cases?" Lisa regularly represents water and sewerage…Read more