30th Mar 2021News
It is difficult to know where to start with Towuaghantse v GMC [2021] EWHC 681 (Admin). I will give you a briefest account of the facts in a moment, but potentially Mostyn J’s judgment in this case stands as authority for the following principles: The factual findings of a coroner, and any narrative conclusion, are […]
26th Mar 2021News
Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC, leading Beth O’Reilly of 25 Bedford Row, has represented a defendant acquitted of manslaughter which arose from an incident in 2003 when he was aged 15. CC had pleaded guilty to an offence of s20 GBH in 2004, following an assault committed when he was 15; the deceased was seen in hospital […]
24th Mar 2021News
Zuman & Khan v R [2021] EWCA Crim 399 On Friday, 19th March, the Court of Appeal handed down an unusual judgment in which it revisited, and overruled, an earlier determination by the Full Court. The judgment clarifies the operation of CrPR 36.15 – reopening the determination of an appeal – and highlights some of […]
24th Mar 2021News
Michael Rawlinson has represented a serving North Yorkshire Police Sergeant acquitted following a jury trial. The officer faced trial at York Crown Court for allegedly sexually assaulting another police officer on two separate occasions. Following a four-day Crown Court trial, involving the extensive cross-examination of serving police officer witnesses, the jury took just 30 minutes […]
15th Mar 2021News
Narita Bahra QC and Harry Bentley instructed to defend in a Murder where understanding cross cultural relationships and religious issues was key. Narita and Harry were instructed to defend the principal defendant, who was alleged to have killed a man who was both his cousin and brother in law. The co-accused was his wife, who […]
