Adam Birkby secures acquittals at Woolwich Crown Court
27th Mar 2014
Adam Birkby (instructed by Carr & Co solicitors) represented a female defendant charged with possession of indecent photographs of a child and possession of a bladed article. The case involved the...
Adam Birkby secures acquittals at Bradford Crown Court
14th Mar 2014
Adam Birkby successfully defended Safian Mohammed, who was charged with armed robbery and witness intimidation. Mr Mohammed was acquitted of the witness intimidation count following a submission of no...
Simon Phillips QC at Sheffield Crown Court
13th Mar 2014
Simon Phillips QC prosecuted Shaun Stewart, who was convicted of the manslaughter of his son, Brent Campbell. The defendant and his son were both electrocuted whilst attempting to steal electricity...
Steven White appears successfully in the Court of Appeal in long running club dispute
13th Mar 2014
On 25th February 2014 Steven White of our Commercial/Chancery Team appeared before Lord Justices Sullivan, McFarlane and Lewison to respond to a multi issue appeal which marks the culmination of a...
Paul Greaney QC acts on behalf of the Football Association in the Nicolas Anelka “Quenelle” Case
11th Mar 2014
Paul Greaney QC acted together with Dario Giovannelli of the Football Association in the proceedings brought against Nicolas Anelka in respect of his use of the quenelle gesture in a Premier League...
Georgina Goring is accepting instructions from 10th March 2014
1st Mar 2014
Georgina Goring, pupil of Gillian Batts, has finished her first six months of pupillage and aims to develop a mixed practice in Crime, Regulatory, Civil and Employment law. Prior to starting...
Paul Greaney QC at Bradford Crown Court
17th Feb 2014
Paul Greaney QC prosecuted Anwar Rosser, the former soldier who received a whole life term for the sadistic murder of a four-year-old child. For more information: Yorkshire Post ...
Robert Smith QC, Alistair MacDonald QC and Jason Pitter at Leeds Crown Court
14th Feb 2014
York College today have been fined £175,000 for health and safety breaches after a three year old girl died whilst at the College's nursery. A nursery worker, represented by Alistair MacDonald QC,...
Nicholas Lumley QC at Teesside Crown Court
29th Jan 2014
Nicholas Lumley QC successfully concluded the prosecution of a murder trial at Teesside Crown Court today before the Recorder of Middlesbrough. Wayne Spanswick pleaded guilty after the court heard...
Paul Greaney QC in Football Association case
23rd Jan 2014
Paul Greaney QC acted on behalf of the Football Association in its proceedings against Everton FC, the Nottingham Forest player Jamaal Lascelles and his agent in connection with Everton's 'tapping up'...