News and Events - Criminal Defence


5th Apr 2024News

Peter Lownds represents a man acquitted of involvement in Grenfell Tower fraud

Peter Lownds represented a man accused of involvement in a fraud in which it was alleged that dishonest misrepresentations were made to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and various relief charities to obtain free accommodation and financial support that had been made available to those who had been resident at Grenfell Tower at […]

4th Mar 2024News

Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC returns to Cayman to represent former Premier

Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC acted for defendant, William McKeeva Bush, who faced allegations of indecent assault against 2 women at a state event. Following legal submissions by Sallie over 4 days, the proceedings were stayed as an abuse of process. The application centered on the failures in the manner in which the police and office of […]

12th Dec 2023News

Nneka Akudolu KC’s client found Not Guilty in Explosives case

In April 2020, the defendant, Andrew Curzon visited a Tesco Superstore in Woolwich and was seen by staff to be in possession of a folding knife. Officers present dealing with an unrelated incident approached the defendant and searched him. It was identified that the knife he was carrying was legal due to it’s length. They […]

8th Dec 2023News

Representations by Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC result in prosecution offering no evidence in an allegation of non fatal strangulation and assault

The defendant was indicted for allegations of non fatal strangulation and assault against his former partner and her friend. The allegation was almost immediately withdrawn by the complainants, but the CPS initially decided that the case should continue. The defendant, a mature professional man, changed representation and instructed Peters & Peters and Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC. […]