Michael Brady KC

Notable Cases

• R v Adamson - Murder
  

  Instructed to defend one of 3 defendants in relation to the murder of the deceased in a case of mistaken identity.

• R v Awla - Murder
  

  Instructed to defend one of 10 defendants in connection with the murder of the deceased who allegedly raped a family member.

• R v Jeremy & Others - Murder
  

  Instructed to prosecute 5 young men in connection with the robbery and murder of a random stranger.

• R v Evitt & McGlacken - Murder
  

  Instructed to prosecute the 2 defendants who murdered the deceased, then decapitated and dismembered him before disposing of the body parts in a nearby park.

• R v Castle & Castle - Murder
  

  Instructed to prosecute husband and wife in relation to the murder of a 13-month-old boy they were in the process of adopting.

• R v Correia and Others - Murder
  

  Instructed to defend one of 13 young men convicted of murdering a 16-year old boy arising from a gang feud.

• R v O’Brien & Others - Murder
  

  Instructed to prosecute 3 defendants convicted of murdering the deceased by repeatedly stabbing him before leaving the body in a canal.

• R v Heni - Manslaughter
  

  Instructed to prosecute the defendant alleged to have struck the deceased leaving him incapacitated in the road who was then killed when subsequently run over by a taxi. Complicated issues of causation arose.

• R v Peake and Others - Murder
  

  Instructed to defend one of 5 defendants alleged to have murdered the victim of a robbery.

• R v Brown & O’Casey - Murder
  

  Instructed to prosecute 2 drug dealers who murdered the deceased while engaged in a confrontation in his home.

• R v Rowen - Murder
  

  Instructed to defend a seriously mentally ill young man who decapitated his cousin.

• R v Skana - Murder
  

  Instructed to prosecute this tragic and high-profile case that involved the defendant cutting the throat of a 7-year old child in the presence of her mother and father. The trial revolved around issues of the defendant’s mental illness.

• R v Holden - Murder
  

  Instructed by the Crown at short notice to prosecute in a case that arose from long-standing animosity between defendant and deceased. Another example of the defendant’s mental illnesses and personality disorders played a significant role.

• R v Bitton & Dixon - Murder
  

  Instructed by the Crown to prosecute in a neighbour dispute that arose during the Covid 19 “lockdown.”

• R v Ward & Smith
  

  Instructed as leading junior for the Crown in a case made difficult by the absence of witnesses and the vulnerability of the defendant Ward who suffered from a range of mental health and learning difficulties. Murder conviction secured.

  It was during this case that that Michael took Silk.

• R v O’Donnell - Conspiracy to Murder
  

  Instructed to prosecute as leading junior. All 6 defendants were represented by QC and junior. A very significant undertaking that involved appearing at the CACD during the trial to appeal a terminating ruling. The CA described Michael’s performance as “powerful”. Positive comment was also made about Michael’s written submissions which “eased the path of the court.”