31st Jan 2022
Paul Greaney QC successfully argued an abuse of process in defending a private prosecution brought in respect of allegations of fraud by false representation and fraud by abuse of position, after the...
25th Jan 2022
In June 2020 the government committed to creating an independent inquiry into the UK’s response to the Covid-19 Pandemic. In this webinar, organised by DWF Solicitors, Paul Greaney QC was invited...
6th Jan 2022
Paul Greaney QC, lead counsel to the Manchester Arena Bombing Inquiry, assisted by Nicholas de la Poer QC will attend on the closing stages of the Inquiry on Monday 10th January 2022. The inquiry...
16th Dec 2021
Alistair MacDonald QC and James Gelsthorpe prosecuted Gol Ahmed Zazai for the murder of Najeebullah Nekzad, who was found strangled in his car, parked in a layby on the moors above Huddersfield in...
16th Dec 2021
Robert Smith Q.C. and Danielle Gilmour have presented their Closing Statement to the Manchester Arena Bombing Inquiry on behalf of North West Fire Control. The fire control room’s closing...
14th Dec 2021
Alistair Macdonald QC has appeared in the successful prosecution of a mother and her partner in relation to the tragic death of 16 month old baby “Star”. Savannah Brockhill, the partner, was...
26th Nov 2021
We are delighted to announce that Oliver Connor has secured tenancy at New Park Court following successful completion of his pupillage. During Oliver's second six pupillage, he was instructed in...
2nd Nov 2021
Matthew Donkin, originally led by Robert Smith Q.C. and subsequently by Jonathan Sandiford Q.C., was instructed as junior for the prosecution of Keith Hall for the killing of Rachel Wilson. The...
2nd Nov 2021
New Park Court retains its standing on the North Eastern Circuit and ‘The Regions’ and leads the rankings in the 2022 edition of Chambers and Partners as a Band 1 set for Crime, with Paul Greaney...
25th Oct 2021
Sharon Beattie QC and Georgina Goring prosecuted 15 members of an Organised Crime Group who were convicted of conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs, six of the defendants were convicted...