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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
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
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