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21 Dec 2018 13:51
Drugs gang prosecuted by No5 Barristers' Chambers counselMatthew Brook and Cathlyn Orchard have successfully prosecuted a county lines drugs gang at Stafford Crown Court. The gang, led by brothers Abdul, Mohammed and Shabaz Saeed, from Wolverhampton, supplied cocaine from Stoke on Trent to Cannock. Police seized £200,000 of the class A drug, £40,000 cash more...
7 Dec 2018 13:39
Crispin Aylett QC successfully prosecutes Jamie AcourtA key suspect in the notorious murder of Stephen Lawrence pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply cannabis. Jamie Acourt had originally denied the charge, but changed his plea on the second day of his trial, immediately after Crispin’s opening address to the jury. Mr Acourt was given a nine-year more...
3 Dec 2018 12:05
Barrister invokes rarely used powers as jury tampering affects drug dealing trialCounsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers invoked a rarely used piece of legislation during a drug dealing trial in which jury tampering became evident. Martin Liddiard led the prosecution in the trial of Leslie Allen Jnr, a well-known boxing promoter, for wholesale Class A and Class B drug dealing. On more...
22 Nov 2018 14:15
3PB Criminal Barristers secure multiple life sentences in multi-handed murder trialFollowing a 6 week trial at Portsmouth Crown Court, 3 defendants were convicted of the murder of Richard Hardy on 26 January 2018 and have been sentenced to life with minimum terms of 29, 28 and 27 years respectively. A 4th Defendant was sentenced to 8 years for manslaughter. In passing sentence Mrs more...
1 Nov 2018 16:40
Chambers UK Bar 2019 ListingsWe are delighted to have five Ranked Departments and 28 Ranked Barristers in the latest edition of Chambers UK Bar. The Court of Protection: Health & Welfare listing states “Members are widely recognised for their work at the cutting edge of developing the law in the Court of Protection.” Joseph more...
29 Oct 2018 12:17
3PB Barristers trio represents defendants in UK largest conspiracy to drone-deliver drugs to prisons3PB Barristers, Nick Cotter, Elisabeth Bussey-Jones and Adam Norris, have represented defendants in Birmingham Crown Court in relation to a conspiracy to bring drugs and other contra-band items including mobile phones into a variety of prisons across the UK by using of drones. The “Drone Conspiracy more...
10 Aug 2018 15:55
Wrexham cocaine dealer spared prisonCraig Richardson, 31, from Wrexham was given a suspended prison sentence for dealing cocaine, after the court accepted he was dealing to a relatively small number of people over a short period of time. The case had also taken 16 months to reach the Crown Court and in the intervening period, Mr more...
Private Prosecutions
PRIVATE PROSECUTIONS Private prosecutions are undertaken from the very outset when a magistrate’s court information is drafted right through to trial & appeal. Examples of private prosecutions I have been involved in include; • Acting on behalf of a husband when the wife had made false allegations more...
Martin[1] Revisited – the meaning of ‘supply’ in the context of ‘being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug to another’
Martin[1] Revisited – the meaning of ‘supply’ in the context of ‘being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug to another’ By Mark Ruffell[2] Pump Court Chambers Summary In Martin, the legal interpretation of the word ‘supply’ in the context of ‘being concerned in the supply of a controlled more...
Drugs and hair strand testing after R [2017] 1 EWHC 364
Drugs and hair strand testing after R [2017] 1 EWHC 364 Hayden j has handed down Iago’s offer “But yet, I say, If imputation and strong circumstances Which lead directly to the door of truth Will give you satisfaction, you may have ’t.” Mr Justice Baker in Bristol City v A [2012] EWHC 2548 Fam, more...
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