On 31st July 2024, two years after proceedings began, following the service of two defence expert reports, the prosecution offered no evidence against all defendants on all charges. The defendants – a car dealership, its director and its general manager – were alleged to have sold vehicles to customers without informing them of outstanding manufacturer […]
Operation Clinical was a lengthy HMRC investigation into the illicit importation and distribution of millions of cigarettes into the UK by an Iraqi-Kurdish organised crime group. The cigarettes were smuggled into the UK by lorry amongst partially legitimate loads destined for British businesses. Once in the country, the cigarettes were ‘slaughtered’ at warehouses in the […]
After a 14-day trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, both defendants were acquitted of all charges, contrary to the Consumer Credit Act 1974, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Daniel Chadwick appeared for the first defendant and Lewis MacDonald for the second defendant. The prosecution, brought by the […]
Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC and Daniel Chadwick appeared for BIY Lewis MacDonald appeared for ARA In October 2022 the Court of Appeal ruled in the first instalment of conjoined appeals from preparatory hearings about the power of local authorities to prosecute consumer offences ([2022] EWCA Crim 1113], summarised by Richard Heller here. The Court, in […]
The prosecution abandoned reliance on a forensic psychiatrist as an expert witness after Narita Bahra QC and Daniel Chadwick exposed his non-compliance with expert evidence rules and ensuing disclosure issues. The defence application to the court to comment upon and/or invite an inquiry into the expert psychiatric evidence obtained by the prosecution was successful. Narita […]
