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Lincoln House would like to give a huge thanks to Burton Copeland for organising such a brilliant charity quiz yesterday evening, held at Manchester City Football Club's Etihad Stadium. The evening raised over £6,000 for charity, with all funds donated to North-West based charities PIES (Partners in…Read more

Philip Wright-Christie pleaded guilty to “doing an unauthorised act, being reckless as to whether the act would enable the operation of a computer to be impaired”.   Mr Wright-Christie deliberately uploaded crypto-currency mining software to computers at his place of work. He knew he shouldn’t have done so and knew he…Read more

Lincoln House Chambers is delighted to announce that Leila Ghahhary has been appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission Panel of Counsel - List B (see further information via www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-powers/panel-counsel).   The Equality and Human Rights Commission is responsible for promoting equality, diversity and the protection of…Read more

Andrew Tootill was alleged to have driven his Large Goods Vehicle (LGV - articulated lorry) carelessly on 20 May 2017, when he failed to identify a motorbike in his blind spot, in the course of completing an overtake manoeuvre on the M6 motorway.  The motorbike was squeezed against protective…Read more

Simon Halabi, one of the developers of the Shard, was convicted of rape in France, in 1995, and received a suspended sentence and a fine.  The complainant in the case did not even attend the trial and was never cross-examined, which could not have taken place in an English…Read more

The Sentencing Council definitive guideline for health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food safety hygiene offences (“the Guideline”) has been in force for over three years.  The Guideline significantly increased the starting points for the level of fines to be imposed on organisations who had committed health and…Read more

Matthew Howarth Regulatory Update: Clarifying sentencing for health and safety offences (Faltec Europe Ltd v Health and Safety Executive) Faltec Europe Ltd v Health and Safety Executive  EWCA Crim 520, All ER (D) 03 (Apr)   Factual Background Faltec Europe Limited (FEL)  a motor car parts manufacturer had operations spread over…Read more

Richard English was instructed by Sam Smith of Rees Clayton Solicitors to represent Julian Tinker.  Mr Tinker an experienced door supervisor had been accused of assaulting a customer of the bar in which he worked causing him really serious (grievous bodily) harm.  The incident was alleged to have…Read more

After a month long trial in Carlisle Crown Court, Brendan O’Leary, instructed by Stephen Lickrish and Associates, secured the acquittal of his client on an allegation of conspiracy to burgle ATMs.   The conspiracy involved the targeting of ATMs at various locations throughout Cumbria over the period of a year.…Read more

On 1st April 2019 at Preston Crown Court, Simon Gurney secured the acquittal of a young man from Preston, AH, accused of participating in a conspiracy to possess a sawn-off shot gun, which was discharged into a house in Accrington, East Lancashire in June 2017. The Prosecution alleged that…Read more