Stephen Morley appeared on behalf of the Appropriate Authority in the police misconduct hearing concerning a Metropolitan Police officer who was accused of sexually assaulting a female on a train in 2016. The officer had previously been acquitted at the Crown Court in 2017, but after a 3 day hearing the misconduct Panel concluded that […]
Michael Duck QC, of No5 Barristers’ Chambers, is leading the prosecution in a murder trial following the death of a schoolboy. Ozell Pemberton, a former pupil at Greenwood Academy in Castle Vale, was fatally knifed outside McDonald’s in Sutton Coldfield in May this year following an earlier incident between two groups of youths. Two people […]
SC (by her Mother and Litigation Friend Mrs PC) v Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust Chris Bright QC and Stephen Goodfellow yesterday secured the approval of the High Court in London for a lump sum settlement of £5m in a fiercely disputed clinical negligence claim on behalf a child claimant with a severe acquired brain […]
Conrad Hallin is currently representing Manchester City Council in the widely reported case of Manchester City Council v P and R in which a young autistic woman with an obsessional interest in Asian men has been found by the Court to have capacity to marry and engage in sexual relations, but to lack capacity to decide whether […]
Jack Feeny, of No5 Barristers’ Chambers, has successfully represented the Ministry of Justice against an unfair dismissal claim brought by a former prison officer. Diane Ward, 55, claimed she had been unfairly dismissed from HMP Nottingham because she had made 100 security information reports relating to large quantities of drugs being smuggled into the prison […]
Jonas Hankin QC is Leading Counsel for the Crown in the murder of midwife Samantha Eastwood. Michael Stirling, 32, the brother-in-law of Ms Eastwood’s former fiancé, pleaded guilty to murder yesterday when he appeared before The Honourable Mrs Justice Carr at Northampton Crown Court. He will be sentenced on December 3 at Stafford Crown Court.
Jonas Hankin QC has successfully prosecuted drug dealer Raphael Kennedy for the murder of his two-year-old son Dylan Tiffin-Brown. The prosecution case was that the defendant had lost his temper and had punched and kicked his son, fracturing several of his ribs and rupturing his liver. He had then denied him timely medical attention, in […]
Harpreet Sandhu prosecuted a dangerous driver jailed for killing a student by hitting her in his car while travelling at twice the speed limit. Abdul Sujac, 22, from Stratford, was jailed for six years and three months after admitting causing the death of 19-year-old Laura Ann Keyes by dangerous driving. He will also be disqualified […]
Michael Duck QC is leading Matthew Brook in the prosecution against a man accused of murdering his friend – a 39-year-old mother of three. Terri Webb’s partially-clothed body was recovered from the River Wye near the Hampton Park area of Hereford weeks after she was reported missing in November 2016. Ian Palamountain denies her murder. […]
Chambers Serjeants’ Inn is pleased to announce that Alexander dos Santos, Matthew Chidley, Rhys Hadden and Elizabeth Fox have joined the set. The award-winning chambers has gained 14 new tenants in 12 months, including two silks and a former judge in Dijen Basu QC, Nageena Khalique QC and His Honour Brian Barker CBE QC. Called to […]
The use of a video link from home for agoraphobics facing a court hearing is a major step forward in the pursuit of justice, according to an experienced Birmingham barrister. Gerald Bermingham, of No5 Barristers’ Chambers, said he has been involved in two criminal trials in the past few weeks, in which a video link […]
Counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers has seen a motorist acquitted in an unusual case, where a jogger was killed after a vehicle skidded on ice. Barrister Ian Bridge saw the jury unanimously acquit the defendant of an allegation that she caused death by careless driving following a four-day trial at Ipswich Crown Court. The pedestrian […]
