The complexities and care needed when prosecuting cases involving historic sex offences was brought to the fore this month in R v TF [2018] EWCA Crim 2823. The Court of Appeal emphasised the need for all those involved in the preparation and conduct of criminal trials to check that the charges on the indictment are […]
Just over six months on from Christine Perrin -v- The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs [2018] UKUT 0156 (TCC) the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (“the Upper Tribunal”) has revisited the issue of “reasonable excuse” in the decision of Timothy Raggatt QC -v- The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs [2018] UKUT 0412 […]
Terrence Mitchell and Andrew Meikle were sentenced today at Southwark Crown Court for their part in running an investment scheme which the judge described as “an elegantly packaged scam”. Their company, Anglo Wealth Ltd, accepted very substantial deposits from individuals but failed to make proper investments. Instead, the bulk of the funds were dissipated on […]
Chambers are delighted to announce that Jonathan Kinnear QC has been elected as a Master of the Bench for The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn. Jonathan will commence his role of Bencher in 2019.
Nikita McNeill represented a travel company in inquest proceedings following the death of 21 year old Kona Gamble who died from head injuries whilst on holiday in Ayia Napa in 2013. Mr Gamble’s friends found him badly injured, upside down and trapped on an air conditioning unit, on his own first floor balcony of a […]
