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 […]
Will Martin, leading Eleanor Fox, represented one of three defendants (‘RO’) at St Albans Crown Court charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. Operation Hanaster was an investigation into an organised crime network in the Watford area. The criminal group orchestrated the supply of multi-kilo quantities of cocaine, operating both wholesale and “street-dealing” drug […]
Adrian Ward and Colossal Sports Management Ltd have both been suspended by The FA from all Intermediary activity up to and including 3rd December 2024, and warned about their future conduct. Will Martin represented The FA throughout the disciplinary proceedings. Approaching a player to enter into a representation contract before 1st January in the year of their 16th birthday, […]
Represented by Will Martin (led by Andrew Campbell-Tiech QC of Drystone Chambers) the defendant was accused of part-financing a multi-million pound international cocaine importation operation. In May 2019, as part of Operation Wallace, Spanish police seized a consignment of 1 tonne of Colombian cocaine with an estimate value of £30 million. It was destined for […]
Lam v R. [2022] EWCA Crim 448 The Court of Appeal held that a judge had erred when imposing a confiscation order in determining that the defendant was the sole legal and beneficial owner of a property claimed to be the matrimonial home, and that the defendant’s wife’s “contribution to the family” was irrelevant. Notwithstanding […]
