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The members of Lincoln House Chambers are delighted to welcome both Lucy Wright & Sarah Magill to Chambers’ Criminal Team. Lucy was called to the Bar in 2011 and joins Chambers from 15 Winckley Square Chambers in Preston. Lucy is a specialist criminal practitioner, with a wealth of expertise across the…Read more
Andrew Thomas Q.C. and Austin Welch have secured the acquittal of Chapman and Sons Limited, a food company in the North East of England, and its two directors on charges under the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013. The prosecution arose out of an outbreak of salmonella that occurred…Read more
Simon Gurney was instructed by Deepika Raino of Slater & Gordon Solicitors to represent TS, a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, who had been referred to a Disciplinary Panel over allegations of misconduct surrounding a residential property valuation. It was alleged by the RICS that TS,…Read more
Lisa was instructed to represent Thames Water in their first prosecution for 15 years by the DWI. Against a background of multi-million pound fines for prosecutions by the Regulators, Lisa and her junior, Alison Pryor, managed to achieve a fine of only £160,000 for TWUL. Lisa has defended four out…Read more
Alistair Webster Q.C. and Alex Leach have just completed the successful defence of Boy A in the Yousef Makki murder trial. Yousef was a MGS pupil and the case has featured widely in the national press. Commenting on the acquittals, Alistair said: “ This was a very difficult and emotive…Read more
Lisa Roberts QC and Leila Ghahhary involved in a Health and Safety Prosecution of a Very Large Organisation Leila Ghahhary prosecuting on behalf of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council and Lisa Roberts QC defending Shop Direct Home Shopping Limited who pleaded guilty to an offence under s3 of the Health and…Read more
Mark Ford leading Mark Friend, instructed by Philip Lythgoe of Cunninghams Solicitors in Manchester, have secured the acquittal of their client, Lee Adshead, on charges of murder and attempted murder following a 9 week trial before the Honourable Mrs Justice Cutts at the Manchester Crown Court. The case concerned the…Read more
On 18 June, Sam gave a seminar on how best to present claims to several fee-earners at AMT Lawyers in Blackburn. Topics included stage 3 and trial preparation, witness statements and pleadings. Sam also gave a credit hire “update” which included an analysis of the often-quoted Irving v Morgan…Read more
The defendant is a long-haul captain with American Airlines, which is the closest that the USA has to a flag carrier and is the world’s largest airline. In February 2019 he had been on a two-night stopover in Manchester, prior to flying the return leg of a flight from Philadelphia. Having…Read more
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