Andrew Radcliffe KC and Chris Foulkes represented one of five Defendants at Isleworth Crown Court in the first of a scheduled series of trials where it is alleged that, in all, a large number of couriers made or attempted to make a total of 85 flights from LHR to Dubai carrying suitcases containing over £100m […]
Peter Lownds and Grace Forbes act for client acquitted in a multi-million-pound consumer product fraud and money laundering trial that was heard over three months at Southwark Crown Court. In a six-defendant trial, their client was the only one to receive ‘not guilty’ verdicts. Peter and Grace were instructed by Catherine Jackson of Bindmans LLP. […]
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 […]
Oliver Glasgow KC was recently interviewed by The Times and named Lawyer of the Week. Oliver recently prosecuted Jordan McSweeney, 29, for the sexual assault and murder of Zara Aleena, a law graduate, in June this year. At the Old Bailey in London, McSweeney was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 38 years. […]
Gavin Irwin contributes to LexisNexis Corporate Crime Analysis, first published by LexisNexis on 16 November 2022. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation’s (OFSI) fifth Annual Review (the Review), for the period April 2021 to August 2022, was published on 10 November 2022 and, inevitably, describes much of OFSI’s recent work in reaction to Russia’s […]
