Philip Dayle has successfully represented a teacher who made admissions of maladministration of SATs at a primary school in Rochdale. The teacher was one of four who admitted maladministration at a Teacher Regulation Authority (TRA) panel, at which the headteacher was found to have brought the profession into disrepute and banned from teaching. The panel […]
Jonas Hankin QC has opened a case in which it is alleged that a woman murdered her newborn baby having concealed both the pregnancy and the birth. The prosecution say that Hannah Cobley, 29, of Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire, gave birth to a female baby in an outside toilet at her parents’ farm, silenced her by […]
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in a major civil fraud case concerning the theft and laundering of €100 million. In Group Seven Ltd v Notable Services LLP [2019] EWCA Civ 614, Sonia Tolaney QC and Michael Ryan, instructed by Alan Sheeley of Pinsent Masons, acted for the Swiss Bank LLB Verwaltung AG […]
Frances Shaw: Permission granted on the papers to challenge on grounds of irrationality, unlawfulness and unreasonableness, the Secretary of State’s refusal of an application to naturalise owing to the Claimant’s failure to disclose a conviction, such that he failed to satisfy the ‘good character’ requirement and in consequence, faces a 10 year impediment to any […]
Counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers has successfully appealed against the dismissal of a Custody Sergeant. The officer was formally reinstated after a hearing before the Police Appeals’ Tribunal. Colin Banham represented Sgt Colin Travi at the Police Appeals’ Tribunal. The long-serving officer had previously been dismissed without notice in 2017 after admitting his use of a […]
Michael Duck QC of No5 Barristers’ Chambers saw murderer Glen Elvin jailed for life over the death of his cousin in a knife attack following a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court. The jury heard that Christopher Harm, 28, of Gateshead, died following a stab wound to the chest. Michael Duck QC led the prosecution in […]
Three lawyers at No5 Barristers’ Chambers have been involved in a complex drugs case in which two women were involved in transporting thousands of pounds worth of heroin and crack cocaine from Birmingham to sell in Warwick and Leamington. Rebecca Manix and Deborah Walsh had both denied being involved in conspiracies to supply the two […]
A mother has been found guilty of squeezing her two-month-old baby to death and jailed for 13 and a half years after a trial at Birmingham Crown Court. Two QCs from No5 Barristers’ Chambers were on opposite sides of the courtroom for the manslaughter trial. Jonas Hankin QC prosecuted Abigail Palmer, 33, who was found guilty […]
Michael Duck QC of No5 Barristers’ Chambers saw murderer Glen Elvin jailed for life over the death of his cousin in a knife attack following a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court. The jury heard that Christopher Harm, 28, of Gateshead, died following a stab wound to the chest. Michael Duck QC led the prosecution in […]
Michelle Heeley QC has seen her client acquitted in a murder trial following the fatal stabbing of father-of-two Lee Marshall. Michelle represented one of three teenagers, two aged 17 and one aged 16, who cannot be named, who were found not guilty of murder and the alternative of manslaughter. It had been alleged by the […]
Following a three-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court Michael Duck QC has seen murderer David Olczyk jailed for life for beating Kristof Zwolinski to death. Michael Duck QC, leading Martin Liddiard in the prosecution of the case, told the court that the 47-year-old victim was viciously assaulted and was kicked, punched and stamped on following […]
Jonathan Jones QC recently acted for a severely brain injured child who received in excess of £26.5 million pounds in settlement of his claim. The child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered a hypoglycaemic attack when only a few days old. Unfortunately, there was a delay in diagnosing and treating his hypoglycaemia and […]
