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17 Aug 2021 14:39
MA position statement on unauthorised encampmentsFrom November 2019 to March 2020 the Home Office held a public consultation on measures to criminalise trespassing when setting up an unauthorised encampment in England and Wales. The Magistrates Association (MA) welcomed the consultation process on the proposed changes and responded to the more...
22 Mar 2021 11:39
Andrew Petterson successfully prosecutes aggravated burglary caseAndrew Petterson from Exchange Chambers has successfully prosecuted an aggravated burglary case at Sheffield Crown Court sitting at Doncaster before HHJ Kelson QC. The defendant received 12 years’ imprisonment for the aggravated burglary of a 79-year-old man after the 3 day trial. After forcing his more...
Legal issues relating to trees
Trees can provoke a surprising number of legal disputes which frequently lead to either civil or even criminal litigation. For example: · Disputes over the ownership of trees and other boundary features · Encroaching roots or overhanging branches causing damage to property (trespass and nuisance) · more...
4 Jun 2019 09:25
R V Philip DayMark Connor prosecuted a man who torched a school in Cheshire and has been jailed for 15 years with an extended licence period of five years. A jury at Chester Crown Court found Philip Day guilty in February after a seven-week trial. His offences included setting fire to a house in Essex and the more...
20 Feb 2019 14:11
R V Philip DayMark Connor and Zahra Baqri have successfully prosecuted a man charged with arson of a school in Northwich and for stalking two of its teachers. Philip Day was found guilty of arson against the University of Chester Academy Northwich (UCAN) in Cheshire in February 2018 and of setting fire to a house more...
20 Nov 2018 13:47
No5 barristers defend in Leicester explosion murder trialTwo counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers are part of the defence team in a murder trial following the deaths of five people in an explosion at a shop in Leicester. It is claimed that Aram Kurd, Hawkar Hassan and Arkan Ali had hoped to claim a £300,000 insurance payout after the explosion, which 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...
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