Adam Birkby successfully appeals sentence in Health & Safety case
4th Mar 2019
Adam Birkby, instructed by Emma Windle of Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, represented Symmetry Medical Sheffield Ltd, a Sheffield based company which produces medical and aerospace parts. The defendant...
Nicholas Lumley QC prosecutes murder case at Teesside Crown Court
28th Feb 2019
Nicholas Lumley QC, instructed by CPS, prosecuted the case of a man who killed for a second time. On 21st February, Paul Plunkett pleaded guilty to the murder of his partner and was sentenced to...
Sharon Beattie in successful prosecution of grooming gang at Bradford Crown Court
28th Feb 2019
Nine men who raped and abused two teenage girls who had been in local authority care have been convicted of 22 offences, including rape and inciting child prostitution, have been jailed for over 130...
Chloe Hudson prosecutes youth for manslaughter at Leeds Crown Court
28th Feb 2019
The Defendant, aged 16 at the time of the killing, punched the deceased causing fatal injuries. The evidence focused particularly on the issue of causation, the deceased having a number of pre...
Jason Pitter QC and Ben Campbell appear with Nicholas Lumley QC and Bertie Woodcock QC in South Yorkshire “out of control” HGV case
21st Feb 2019
Jason Pitter QC and Ben Campbell prosecuted the driver and passengers of a stolen HGV that had been driven around South Yorkshire over the course of 2 days. It ultimately crashed leaving a scene of...
Alistair MacDonald QC and Jeremy Barton at Leeds Crown Court
21st Feb 2019
Alistair MacDonald QC leading Jeremy Barton secured a conviction for murder at Leeds Crown Court. There were no eye witnesses to the fatal assault which caused subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhages,...
Jason Pitter QC and James Gelsthorpe secure acquittal in police corruption trial
25th Jan 2019
Jason Pitter QC and James Gelsthorpe, instructed by Tom Nutter and Darren Cook (Slater Gordon, Leeds), represented a retired police sergeant charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. ...
Paul Greaney QC concludes the trial of the men charged with the murders Paul Massey and John Kinsella
18th Jan 2019
Paul Massey and John Kinsella were alleged to be major gangland figures in the North West. They were murdered three years apart, Paul Massey in July 2015 and John Kinsella in May 2018. Paul Massey...
Jeremy Barton, Adam Birkby and Peter Byrne secure acquittals in million pound fraud case
14th Jan 2019
Jeremy Barton for the first Defendant and Adam Birkby leading Peter Byrne for the second Defendant, were instructed by Richard Haswell Solicitors LLP of Newcastle. The Defendants were accused of...
Pupillage application process for 2020 is now open
9th Jan 2019
We are offering two pupillages (one based in Leeds and one based In Newcastle) to begin in September 2020 to two outstanding candidates. The pupillage will guarantee a comprehensive well supported...