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HN and 4 others were charged with Conspiracy to Cause GBH, Conspiracy to Kidnap & False imprisonment. The case was listed for a 2 week trial at Manchester Crown Court due to commence on 22nd April 2024. There were a number of outstanding issues to be considered at the start…Read more
A film-maker, whose work retold the fall of an Organised Crime Group, has been honoured by the Film and Television Academy with a BAFTA. Benedict Sanderson’s photography for ’The Detectives: Taking Down an OCG” received the award at BAFTA’s ceremony for TV craft. The programme aired on BBC in November…Read more
The Northern Ireland Module of the UK Covid Inquiry commences in Belfast today. The Module is expected to explore how the NI Devolved Assembly responded to the global health pandemic between 2020 and 2022, including: whether delays by the Johnson Government in Westminster negatively impacted the Northern Irish response;…Read more
A man who faced the death penalty has been reprieved following a challenge to his sentence at the Court of Appeal in Uganda on 27 February 2024. His immediate release was also ordered. WM was convicted of murder, after trial before the High Court in 2010. He was 15 years…Read more
Alex Bennie was instructed by, and assisted by the comprehensive preparations of, Alex Close-Claughton of Olliers Solicitors. SM was charged with two others as a participant in a larger Class A county lines conspiracy which also involved his partner. The case posed challenges given admission by SM at the outset…Read more
In the longest running Inquests in the Irish state, the jury at the Stardust Inquests in Dublin returned a verdict of Unlawful Killing in relation to the 48 young people who died in a nightclub fire at the Stardust Ballroom on Valentine’s Night 1981. Our Brenda Campbell KC, together…Read more
Sarah Magill represented a care home employee who faced trial for ill-treating a resident who lacked capacity. The defendant was new to care work and had received insufficient training. The defendant was required to carry out a role they should not have been given. Sarah successfully advanced legal argument…Read more
Tom Worsfold recently defended TF, who was charged with aggravated burglary and wounding with intent. The case concerned a joint enterprise attack with weapons on a family in their home and the discharge of an imitation firearm by TF. TF was subsequently sought by the police for a significant…Read more
Lee Hughes, instructed by and working with Cameron Stubbs of Stephensons LLP, recently secured the restoration of gold coins valued at over £600,000 to their rightful owners following a seizure by Border Force at London Heathrow Airport. In October 2023, 409 gold coins were seized from a man travelling through…Read more
Rebecca Filletti, leading Rebecca Penfold of SJB and instructed by Peter Haney from BLJ Solicitors, represented a young man facing an allegation of attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.