| Year of birth | 1965 |
| Year of call | 1988 |
| Inn | Gray's Inn |
| Circuit | South Eastern |
| Recorder | 2003 |
| QC | 2008 |
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Newly appointed as Queen’s Counsel in March 2008 he continues to enjoy an impressive caseload of high quality. Cited in The Legal 500 as having “a phenomenal court presence” and also in Chambers and Partners Guide he is recognised as one of the youngest Queen’s Counsel practising in Criminal Law.
As is revealed by his case ‘list’ he enjoys high profile in both a defence and prosecution capacity. Unusually his practice is spread both between serious crime and ‘white collar’ fraud.
In his first year in ‘silk’ he has been instructed in excess of ten cases of murder. Recent cases include representing the first defendant in what became known as the massacre of Bishops’ Stortford, a triple killing. At the conclusion of the same he prosecuted the notorious ‘Chandler’s Ford Robberies’ culminating in the shooting dead of two of those involved.
He has just completed an ‘IRA’ trial at Southwark Crown Court representing the first defendant and now defends the second defendant in a conspiracy to steal £300 million from a central London Bank.
Notable Cases
| Case name | R v Kieran Fallon, Darren Williams and Oths | Case name | R v Harold Richardson |
| Appearance | Defence (Led Junior; Leader: James Sturman QC) | Appearance | Defence (Led Junior; Leader: Anthony Arlidge QC) |
| Detail | Darren Williams was said to be party to a conspiracy to defraud by ‘fixing’ horse races. He was one of three jockeys charged with the offence. The learned judge ruled that there was no case to answer at the close for the prosecution case. | Detail | Harold Richardson was jointly charged with two others with the murder of a business associate. The case, described as a contract killing, drew national interest due to its alleged link with the ‘Brinks Matt’ robbery. In due course, at the conclusion of the 12 week trial, Mr Richardson was acquitted his co-defendants being convicted. |
| Instructed by | Bark & Co | Instructed by | Gillan & Co - Adrian Gillan |
| Case name | R v Boreland and Oths | Case name | R v Ketheesvaran and others |
| Appearance | Defence (Leader) | Appearance | Queen’s Counsel for the defence |
| Detail | 15 year old charged with murder. He was alleged to be a member of a notorious Hackney gang who had jointly attacked the deceased with knives. The case lasted 8 weeks at the Central Criminal Court. The Defendant was acquitted of the offence of Murder. | Detail | The defendant was one of a number of defendants charged with an alleged fraud and a linked Kidnap. The gang were said to have defrauded credit card companies to the tune of £30 million. After the defence submissions the Crown were compelled to offer no evidence. |
| Instructed by | ITN Solicitors – Nadine Thanvi | Instructed by | Roche & Co. Solicitors |