Lewis MacDonald represented a defendant of good character charged with possession of indecent images of a child and extreme pornography. The material was found on the defendant’s phone, seized in August 2018, and he was interviewed in February 2019. The case file was then passed between the CPS and police with no further progress, with […]
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 […]
Welcome to the latest edition of the Professional Discipline Newsletter. Christopher Geering Editor Foreword Welcome to the new 2 Hare Court newsletter. Ben Rich looks at Freeman v GMC and considers what is the impact of a witness storming out of proceedings during cross-examination? Alexandra Tampakopoulos returns to the vexed issue of demeanour in sexual assault […]
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 […]
Welcome to the latest edition of the Professional Discipline Newsletter. Christopher Geering Editor Foreword Welcome to the Autumn 2 Hare Court Newsletter. Many of us have wondered why it is a regulator like CMA or the SRA run a much lower risk of a costs order if they lose a case. The Supreme Court considered […]
