The House of Lords is considering whether to entertain an appeal by Customs and Excise against an Appeal Court decision on 19 February allowing an appeal by Michael Emmett, who is serving 12.5 years for drug trafficking offences, in respect of a confiscation order against him. The Law Lords have allowed Emmett until Thursday to lodge objections.
Cocks faces disciplinary
DAVID Cocks QC is to face a disciplinary hearing over his involvement in the Roger Levitt fraud trial. Complaints against Cocks, who heads 5 King’s Bench Walk chambers, were lodged with the Bar Council last year by Levitt’s solicitor John Perry, a partner at Goldkorn Davies Mathias, and Conservative MP John Marshall. They relate to […]
