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On 13th March at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Chris Daw QC secured the freedom of a Manchester businessman who illegally lent large sums in business loans to 30 friends, businesses and associates. Craig LaPenna, 57, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, avoided a prison sentence after Chris Daw QC, defending, successfully…Read more
It was a jubilee night for Chambers at the 10th Year Manchester Legal Awards, 7th March 2019, with Lincoln House scooping Chambers of The Year. In addition Kate Blackwell QC was honoured, for the second time, as Barrister of the Year. The awards ceremony, which aims to recognise the…Read more
The Prosecution had alleged that the Defendant, a Prison Officer at HMP Garth, had initiated a confrontation with a prisoner and had then retaliated with unnecessary and unlawful violence causing the prisoner actual bodily harm. It was alleged he had then attempted to cover up his unlawful actions in…Read more
Mr Jeremy Lasker secured the conviction of the ‘inside man’ employed as a driver by G4S Security at their Swinton depot. This Defendant, who received a 20-year sentence had provided information to his co-conspirators enabling them to carry out a series of armed robberies against G4S cash in transit…Read more
On 20 February 2019, the Supreme Court gave judgment in Cameron (Respondent) v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd (Appellant) UKSC 6. The Court of Appeal’s order was set aside and the first instance order granting summary judgment against Ms Cameron was reinstated. On 26 May 2013, Ms Cameron was…Read more
Neil Usher, instructed by the National Crime Agency, prosecuted Arif Ansari, Head of News for the BBC Asian Network. Mr Ansari was accused of allowing a reporter to name in his broadcast one of the victims of the Rotherham sex abuse cases. He is the first BBC editor to…Read more
R v Murgatroyd has been a trial at Manchester Crown Court of breaches of the Air Navigation Order (ANO) 2016 and associated regulations, which is the legislative framework for civil aviation in the UK. This domestic law is now subject to a considerable overlay of European legislation, originating from…Read more
After a 6-week trial before HHJ Manley at Crown Square, Adrian Cameron, Ricardo Bell, Michael Wright, Usman Rathore and Azhar Mohammed were convicted of kidnap. The defendants suspected that the victim, a mobile barber, had stolen a quantity of drugs and cash. The kidnap and detention of the victim…Read more
A man and woman who brutally murdered a vulnerable friend before setting him on fire to dispose of the body will spend at least 28 years in jail. William Vaill and Deborah Andrews were handed life sentences for killing Eamon Brady from Skelmersdale in a “brutal and sustained” attack. Mr Brady…Read more
Should driverless cars be on Britain’s roads by the end of the year? Fully driverless cars are expected to take to Britain’s roads by the end of the year under Government plans for full trials with no human control, scrapping the requirement for a dedicated safety driver. The Department for…Read more