Zuman & Khan v R [2021] EWCA Crim 399 On Friday, 19th March, the Court of Appeal handed down an unusual judgment in which it revisited, and overruled, an earlier determination by the Full Court. The judgment clarifies the operation of CrPR 36.15 – reopening the determination of an appeal – and highlights some of […]
Chambers is delighted to announce that Daniel Chadwick, formerly of 25 Bedford Row, has accepted an invitation to join 2 Hare Court. Daniel is a highly respected jury advocate whose practice encompasses all areas of serious crime. Chambers is also very pleased to announce that Neelam Gomersall and Redmond Traynor have both accepted an invitation […]
Joshua Brian, the husband of Melissa Khemani, has been charged with a number of counts of fraud, allegedly committed whilst he was employed at The Commonwealth Secretariat and then Cooley (UK) Ltd. His trial in relation to those matters is due to be heard in August 2021. Following his arrest, the police spoke to Melissa […]
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 […]
In connection with the SFO’s ongoing investigation into Petrofac Limited and its subsidiaries (Petrofac), David Lufkin, a British national and the former Global Head of Sales at Petrofac, yesterday pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to three counts of bribery. The offences relate to corrupt offers and payments made between 2012 and 2018 to influence […]