Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC was instructed to represent a foreign National who was also entitled to a second passport. The client was due to be taken on a short break to a European country by her fiancée, who had booked the break as a surprise and had used the details of the second passport; this was offered to the check in […]
An allegation of sexual assault was made against a therapist who had overtreated over 900 individuals in the course of a long career in counselling. The complainant alleged that photographs were taken of her torso and that she was touched by the defendant on her back. The prosecution case was that the allegation occurred in […]
The allegation arose from a party where there had been significant consensual sexual contact but an allegation of rape arose when intercourse briefly took place. At the behest of others, X had sent a message of apology. X was acquitted after a trial. Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC was instructed by David Sleight and Magda Zima of […]
A prosecution arising from an alleged teenage sexual relationship between a 17 year old boy and two 15 year old girls, resulted in acquittal on all 12 counts. No allegation was made by the complainants for over 18 months after the alleged events; the investigation took 18 months before the CPS authorised charges for rape, […]
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 […]
