On 3 May 2024, defendants were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court, having earlier pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to defraud. The first defendant was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment; the second defendant 15 months. A co-conspirator faces proceedings in The Netherlands. Operation Jigsaw investigated a fraud perpetrated on thousands of cryptocurrency wallets held […]
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has found Joshua Jacques, aged 29, guilty on four counts of murder. He had stabbed to death members of three generations from the same family. His case was that he was guilty only of manslaughter, by reason of diminished responsibility. Two psychiatrists were called on his behalf, who […]
Chambers is delighted to have been shortlisted in 10 categories at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. Categories: Corporate Crime Junior of the year | Vivienne Tanchel Corporate Crime Silk of the year | Jonathan Kinnear KC Crime and Extradition Set of the year Crime and Extradition Junior of the year | Julia Faure Walker […]
Background On 15 December 2022 the Secretary of State for Defence announced the Government’s decision to formally establish an independent Inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 to investigate certain matters arising from the deployment of British armed forces to Afghanistan between mid-2010 and mid-2013. The Inquiry is chaired by the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Haddon-Cave. Under […]
Angus Bunyan reviews this week’s judgment in Byrne and others concerning the safety of a number of fraud convictions which relied on the evidence of a now discredited expert witness. Angus was prosecution trial counsel in one of the cases (leading Julia Faure Walker) and appeared for the Respondent on appeal. Narita Bahra QC was […]
