Serial killer Stephen Port has been sentenced to life imprisonment this morning with a whole life order. The 41 year old chef was convicted of murdering four young gay men by poisoning them with lethal doses of a date rape drug on Wednesday. Mr Justice Openshaw today described the whole-life sentence as “justified” and that […]
Jonathan Laidlaw QC is representing Jim Best, the trainer, in the proceedings brought by the British Horseracing Authority at a hearing in London. Mr Best faces allegations of having issued stopping instructions to the jockey riding two of his horses in December 2015. The Panel, chaired by Sir William Gage, is expected to announce its […]
On Saturday 19th November at the annual Society of Asian Lawyers (SAL) Ball and Awards Ceremony at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London, Naeem Mian won the award for Criminal Lawyer of the Year 2016. The event was attended by 500 people including Judges, Solicitors and Barristers. Nominees for the award included both Solicitors […]
Ben Rich has been defending Donna Wood, one of a group of British nurses who went to Sierra Leone in November 2014 to treat patients with Ebola. When the group returned to Heathrow Airport at the end of December 2014, one them, Pauline Cafferkey, had a high temperature. It can be an early sign of […]
Jonathan Laidlaw QC is appearing for the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) in opposing the appeals of Valentine Balakhnichev (former Treasurer of the IAAF and former President of the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF)), Alexei Melnikov (former Senior ARAF Coach) and Papa Massata Diack (former marketing consultant to the IAAF and the son of the […]
