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 […]
Welcome to the Business Crime Group Newsletter Christopher Coltart QC Editor This latest edition of the 2 Hare Court Business Crime Group newsletter is packed with interesting and relevant updates for practitioners working in this field: Merry van Woodenberg considers Unexplained Wealth Orders following the recent decision in Hajiyeva v NCA [2020] EWCA Civ 108, […]
C (A PERSON UNDER A DISABILITY) BY D, HER MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND v THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF THE POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND Brendan Kelly QC led the team at trial of Peter Girvan BL and Michelle Madden of Dermot Walker, Madden & Co Solicitors in NI. This was the first action of its […]
Mr M, represented by Brendan Kelly QC and Vivienne Tanchel, instructed by Cindy Dorrington and Steve Sharp of Bivonas Law LLP, was acquitted yesterday after a 12 week trial of conspiracy to make corrupt payments. Mr M was accused of agreeing with his alleged co-conspirators to corrupt a procurement manager to ensure that his client, […]
After a 10-week trial, Brendan Kelly QC secured the acquittal of Denis Kijakovski who was allegedly involved in the murder of Latvian national Albert Volkausks. On September 24 2017, Volkausks was lured to a house in Boston, Lincolnshire where he was attacked by 7 men. The vegetable picker was was found with life threatening injuries in the […]