Insights
Corporate criminal liability: A step closer to reform?
On what basis should criminal liability attach to a corporation? This question has long been a vexed one. The statute...
Mark Milliken-Smith QC appointed as Chair of MCC Disciplinary Panel
The Club’s announcement reads: Mark brings considerable experience in the fields of sports law and professional...
Drugs importation acquittal
Sam Magee QC, instructed by Antonio Lopez of Scornik Gerstien LLP, secured the acquittal of a Moroccan lorry driver...
The Fire Safety Act 2021: A missed opportunity
On the 29th April 2021 the clerk to the House of Lords uttered the time honoured Norman French words Le Reyne le vault...
Jim Sturman QC and Kieran Vaughan QC defend in the Metropolitan Police’s largest ever cash seizure
Jim Sturman QC and Kieran Vaughan QC, instructed by Amjid Jabbar at Stokoe Partnership, acted for S and A who pleaded...
Quentin Hunt achieves stay of proceedings and full costs in Planning Enforcement prosecution
Quentin Hunt, acted for a Mr IA on a Direct Access basis. IA was prosecuted by Slough Borough Council in respect of an...
Christopher Martin successfully defends man accused of serious offences
Christopher Martin, instructed by Anne-Marie Geraghty, Blackfords LLP, successfully defended a man accused of grievous...
Section 18 acquittal
Jim Sturman QC, instructed by Jim Meyer of Tuckers, acted for X who was unanimously acquitted on a charge of inflicting...
Hillsborough trial acquittals
Tim Kendal (instructed by Ian McCombie of Ward Hadaway Solicitors) secured the acquittal of Peter Metcalf at Manchester...
