Archives - 2006
| November 2006 | New Junior Treasury Counsel, Parmjit-Kaur (Bobbie) Cheema, is first Asian female Treasury Counsel. |
| October 2006 | Terrorist Dhiron Barot pleads guilty on first day of trial. Treasury Counsel, Jonathan Laidlaw, prosecuted on instructions of the Crown Prosecution Service Anti-Terrorist Unit. |
| September 2006 | New Senior Treasury Counsel silk, Peter Wright QC, joins 2 Hare Court as a tenant. |
| September 2006 | New junior tenant - Julia Faure Walker invited to join Chambers as a junior tenant having successfully completed her 3rd six pupillage. |
| September 2006 | Premier tier criminal set in Legal 500. Recommended once again in Legal 500 as a leading set in crime and in fraud; 8 members cited as leaders in crime (Martin Heslop QC, Orlando Pownall QC, David Howker QC, together with juniors Nina Grahame, Brian O’Neill, Craig Ferguson, Chris Coltart and Brendan Kelly); 5 as leaders in fraud (Charles Salmon QC, Andrew Radcliffe QC, Craig Ferguson, Chris Coltart and Brendan Kelly) and one in Gaming and Licensing (Martin Heslop QC). |
| July 2006 | 2 New Recorders - Marios Lambis and Parmjit-Kaur Cheema are appointed Recorders bringing to 15 the number of members of Chambers who sit as Recorders. |
| July 2006 | $100 million money laundering charges at Leeds Crown Court against 7 defendants were dismissed. Andrew Radcliffe QC, instructed by Andrew Benson of Byrne & Partners, represented one of the principal defendants. |
| July 2006 | Damilola Taylor trial - Orlando Pownall QC, represented Dannie Preddie, charged with the murder of Damilola Taylor, at his trial and retrial. |
| July 2006 | Professional footballer - Brian O’Neill (instructed by Steve Barker of Barker Gillette Solicitors) represents Lee Bowyer in ground breaking prosecution of professional footballer for on-field incident |
| June 2006 |
The Trusthorpe Murders - Trevor Burke QC and Craig Ferguson instructed by Matt Goode at Bhatia Best Solicitors to defend David Gunn, accused of execution of the parents of a drug dealer in revenge for an attack on a gang member (elderly couple who relocated under witness protection programme to Lincolnshire). |
| June 2006 | Alleged laundering of £200 million MTIC/carousel fraud proceeds by solicitors- Andrew Radcliffe QC represented Sarah Beveridge when she was acquitted of money laundering at Southwark Crown Court. She had been a partner in solicitors' firm, Beveridge Gauntlett, and it was alleged that £200 million, the proceeds of an MTIC/carousel fraud, had been laundered through the firm’s client account. Andrew Radcliffe QC was instructed by Elizabeth Robertson at Peters & Peters. |
| April 2006 | New tenant - Dean Armstrong (1985), previously a tenant at 6 King's Bench Walk, joins 2 Hare Court. |
| March 2006 | Former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, is indicted for war crimes and the Special Court of Sierra Leone is transferred to the International Criminal Court at The Hague to conduct trial. Karim Khan, who for the most part practices in various international courts, is defence counsel for Charles Taylor. |
| February 2006 | Bay City Rollers guitarist - Brian O'Neill (instructed by Matt Good of Bhatia Best) secures acquittal of Patrick McGlynn, Bay City Rollers guitarist, in major cocaine trial. |
| Chambers UK 2006 | Chambers UK , A Client’s Guide to the Legal Profession: cited as
leading set in Crime and Fraud; recommended once again as a premier tier
set in Crime, described as being “always in the mix for top level work”
and as winning “widespread approval for the way in which its
practitioners conduct themselves in the big trials”. Recommended as one
of the leading Fraud chambers, described as a “very client friendly set”
where members are “frequently instructed by leading solicitors in the
field”. Identified as Leading Silks are David Waters QC, Martin Heslop
QC, Orlando Pownall QC, Martin Hicks QC, Charles Salmon QC and Andrew
Radcliffe QC; included as Leading Juniors at the Bar are Jonathan
Laidlaw, Sallie Bennett-Jenkins, Ian Leist, Brian O’Neill, Ken Millett,
Stephen Ferguson and Oli Glasgow.
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