The defendant was accused of murdering his brother-in-law by stabbing him in the back twice (and also section 18 GBH in respect of his wife, by stabbing her through the hand). The case was meticulously prepared for trial – a number of expert witnesses were engaged by the defence to counter the Crown’s case that […]
Zubair Ahmad QC secured an acquittal at Leeds Crown Court last week for a 20 year old female charged with murder and conspiracy to rob. The four week trial involved five defendants – the first such multi-handed case to be heard since the Covid-19 lockdown. More details of the case can be found here. Zubair was […]
Following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) into breaches of the Syria Sanctions – the niece of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad – 22 year old Aniseh Chawkat (AC), has forfeited funds held in her UK Barclays bank account. AC has been residing in London since 2014 when she was granted a student visa […]
Chambers is delighted to announce that Merry van Woodenberg, formerly of Foundry Chambers, has accepted an invitation to join 2 Hare Court. Merry is the fourth tenant to join Chambers in the last few months, the others being Alison Levitt QC, Nneka Akudolu and Hannah Thomas. This of course comes on top of the elevation of Narita […]
Chambers is delighted to congratulate David Whittaker, Zubair Ahmad and Narita Bahra on their appointments to Queen’s Counsel which were officially announced today. All will be sworn in at the formal ceremony on 11th March.