23rd Mar 2021News
Narita Bahra QC and Hannah Thomas acted for a principal defendant in a case concerning international drugs conspiracies to import and supply class A and B drugs, associated money laundering, and possession of prohibited firearms and ammunition. The case was prosecuted and investigated by officers of the Organised Crime Partnership – a collaboration between the […]
18th Mar 2021News
Where does the Court of Appeal’s decision to refuse leave to refer their judgment in R v A B D & C [2021] EWCA Crim 128 to the Supreme Court, leave those being investigated and charged with criminal offences, based on EncroChat evidence? March 2021 EncroChat revisited By Narita Bahra QC Encrypted telephones hit the headlines […]
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 […]
25th Feb 2021News
The prosecution offered no evidence at trial, in a case where Narita and Harry’s client was charged with two counts of encouraging terrorism contrary to section 1 Terrorism Act 2006. It transpired that their client was a young man whose mental health deteriorated during the covid pandemic and went undetected. The prosecution alleged that the […]
4th Feb 2021News
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 […]
