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• Category: Events
  • Crime Group Seminar
  • Regulatory Crime Seminar 2018
  • SEMINAR: Enforcement Notices post Chevron – Case analysis and Implications for the Future
  • Queensbury Legal 2
  • Financial and Trade Sanctions: The New Landscape
  • The Annual Regulatory Crime Seminar
  • The Lammy Review: A Conversation and Drinks Reception
  • 2 Hare Court at the Health & Safety Expo
  • London Legal Walk 2017
  • Queensbury Legal Charity Boxing
  • London Health & Safety Autumn Conference
  • Business Crime & Financial Services Group Autumn Seminar 2017
  • Health & Safety Annual Autumn Conference – Manchester
• Category: News
  • Congratulations to David Whittaker, Zubair Ahmad & Narita Bahra on Their Queen’s Counsel Appointments
  • Christmas Opening Hours
  • Reasonable Excuse Revisited
  • Two City Businessmen Sentenced for Operating a “Clever and Sophisticated Fraud on Investors”: Angus Bunyan Prosecutes
  • Jonathan Kinnear QC Accepts Master of the Bench Invitation
  • Nikita McNeill Represents Travel Company in Inquest into Death Following Balcony Fall
  • Narita Bahra and Tom Day Secure Acquittals in a Royal Mail Private Prosecution of a Multi Million Pound Fraud
  • Regulatory Crime Winter Newsletter
  • Sarah Przybylska Secures Conviction of Jamie Acourt on Drug Trafficking Charge
  • Litigation Privilege in the Board Room: WH Holding Ltd-v-E20 Stadium LLP [2018] EWCA Civ 2652
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC Accepts Master of the Bench Invitation
  • Tax Team Winter Newsletter
  • 2 Hare Court Receives Multiple Nominations in Legal 500 2019 Awards
  • Gudrun Young Successfully Defends Leading Feminist & Anti-Racist Campaigner Linda Bellos OBE in Private Prosecution
  • Jonathan Kinnear QC Successfully Defends in Malicious Prosecution Claim
  • Angus Bunyan and Howard Watkinson Obtain 10 Convictions in £8m Vehicle Fraud
  • Sophia Dower Successfully Appeals Against TFL’s Decision to Revoke Uber Driver’s Private Hire Licence
  • Brendan Kelly QC & Vivienne Tanchel Secure Acquittal in North Sea Gas Corruption Conspiracy
  • Costs Order Successfully Secured Against Private Prosecutor for Improperly Commencing Criminal Proceedings
  • Jonathan Kinnear QC in success in Court of Appeal Civil Division
  • Successful Submission of no Case to Answer in Murder for Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC
  • Head of White Collar Crime at Mishcon de Reya Joins 2 Hare Court
  • Narita Bahra and Harry Bentley Secure Acquittals in Series of International and National Drugs Conspiracies
  • Chambers & Partners UK 2019 Rankings Released
  • 2 Hare Court Ranked as Top Tier Set & Leading Set in Multiple Practice Areas in Legal 500 2018
  • Narita Bahra and Harry Bentley Secure Acquittal for Client Charged with Multi-Million Pound Conspiracy to Manufacture, Import, Export and Distribute Anabolic Steroids (Class C drugs)
  • Craig Ferguson Secures the Acquittal of Topcon Construction Ltd
  • Jonathan Kinnear QC Leads for the Crown in Important Court of Appeal Decision
  • Tom Day has successfully overturned an order made by the Interim Orders Tribunal of the MPTS
  • Brian O’Neill QC Secures Acquittal in Long Running Civil Private Prosecution
  • Fiona Robertson Successfully Appeals Firearm Sentence
  • 2 Hare Court Members Shortlisted in Chambers Bar Awards 2018
  • Nikita McNeill appears in Article 2 Inquest following A&E death
  • Brendan Kelly QC Secures Acquittal in ‘Pack’ Murder
  • Brian O’Neill QC and Christopher Ware Secure Acquittal in Gangland Murder
  • Jonathan Rees QC & Will Martin Successfully Prosecute Delroy Forrester for Unlawful Killing of his 11 Year Old Great-Niece
  • Double Murderer Convicted
  • Narita Bahra Secures Acquittal for Javon Roach in Jeweller Murder
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC Secures Acquittal in Victim Right to Review Case
  • Gudrun Young Successfully Defends GP Charged with 7 Counts of Sexual Assault
  • IICSA: Nikita McNeill Appears in Hearing into the Offending of Former Bishop of Gloucester Peter Ball
  • Martin Hicks QC Successfully Defends GP Accused of Defrauding 96 year old French Resistance Heroine
  • Suspended Sentence for Perverting the Course of Justice
  • Tobacco and Personal Use: The Assessment and Penalty
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC Secures Acquittal in First Prosecution of a Far Right Organisation Since World War II
  • Gavin Irwin successfully represents Emergency Medicine Registrar at the Inquest of a 33 year old woman who died from a rare form of infection
  • Paul Renteurs Acts for The FA in Regulatory Proceedings Brought Against Ex West Ham Recruitment Director Tony Henry Over Comments Regarding African Players
  • Alex Tampakopoulos Represents the Family of a Challenger 2 Tank Commander, One of Two Crewmen Killed During a Live Firing Shoot at Castlemartin
  • Martin Heslop QC Secures Sympathetic Sentence for 63 yr Old Who Killed Her Father and Buried Him in Her Garden After Lifetime of Abuse
  • Gavin Irwin Averts Closure of School after Discovery of Weapons and £400,000 Cash
  • Narita Bahra appears on BBC Radio 4 to discuss Disclosure Failings
  • Largest ever privately prosecuted fraud
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC achieves settlement for UN Whistleblower after 15 year battle
  • HMRC Crack Down on VAT Evasion Offences
  • Naeem Mian QC represents man charged with encouraging acts of terrorism against Royal Family
  • Belhaj Litigation: UK Apologises over Libyan Dissident Treatment
  • Disclosure failings result in collapse of a multi million pound evasion of excise duty
  • Naeem Mian QC Secures Acquittal of 19 Year Old Boy for Murder
  • Acid Attacker Cleared of Murdering Nurse
  • Former Gurkha Lorry Driver Spared Jail After Fatally Knocking into Lord Taylor of Blackburn
  • Strong Warning Given as Judge Suspends Sentence for Juror Research
  • Andrew Colman Successfully Vindicates Internationally Renowned Consultant Surgeon
  • Christopher Coltart QC Appointed as a Sports Arbitrator with Sport Resolutions Ltd
  • Jonathan Kinnear QC Appointed as one of three new Disciplinary Tribunal Chairs by the ICAEW
  • Christopher Coltart QC is instructed to represent Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the centre of the Facebook data harvesting row
  • Brendan Kelly QC Successfully Represents International Rugby Player Paddy Jackson
  • 2 Hare Court Welcomes Michael Rawlinson
  • Naeem Mian QC Secures Conditional Caution for Youth Charged with Terrorism Offences
  • Laura Stephenson successfully Appeals against the Extradition of a Mother accused of grievous bodily harm in Hungary
  • Tax Spring Newsletter
  • Nikita McNeill appears in the public hearings for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
  • Gavin Irwin Represents Principal Conspirator in £37m ‘Copy-cat Website’ Fraud
  • Narita Bahra’s client cleared of Rape weeks after Sexual Assault Acquittal
  • Brian O’Neill QC and Sarah Przybylska win costs hearing following successful defence of Private Prosecution
  • Tom Day represents national company acquitted of Health & Safety Offence
  • Counterfeit Airbags Prosecution under the Trade Marks Act 1994
  • Inquest finds “Gross Failings” Contributed to Avoidable Death from Constipation
  • Peter Gray QC Successfully Represents Chevron North Sea Ltd in HM Inspector of Health & Safety v Chevron North Sea Ltd.
  • Naeem Mian QC secures acquittal of man charged with planning a Bombing Campaign on the UK Mainland
  • Jim Buchanan Appears for the London Borough of Croydon (LBC) for Breach of Section 2 HSWA
  • Finsbury Park Attacker Darren Osborne Sentenced to Life with a Minimum Term of 43 Years
  • HHJ Perrins slams CPS for wholesale disclosure failings as Narita Bahra and Fiona Robertson’s client walks free
  • Tom Day Appears for ex Council Chairman charged with 12 Fire Safety Breaches Following Rutland Street Fire
  • Crime Team Winter Newsletter
  • Narita Bahra’s client Valentin Krzyzyk cleared of Sexual Assault after Police fail to hand over vital CCTV evidence
  • Terrorism Cases: Where Sanctions Designations Apply in Tandem with Criminal Proceedings
  • Julia Faure Walker and Sarah Przybylska appointed Treasury Counsel Monitorees
  • Liam Allan Rape Trial Collapse
  • Romanian Extradition: Stasis Maintained
  • Sarah Przybylska and Lewis MacDonald prosecute boiler room Fraud targeted at elderly
  • GMC has Dropped its Appeal and JR against a Doctor’s Restoration to the Register
  • Will a gambler change Hong Kong Law?
  • 2 Hare Court Welcomes Jonathan Kinnear QC
  • 2 Hare Court Shortlisted in Legal 500 UK Awards 2018
  • Dishonesty and the GMC: the first case after Ivey v Genting Casinos
  • Andrew Radcliffe QC Secures Acquittal in Op Amazon After 10 Month Trial
  • Howard Watkinson and Joshua Carey successfully represent HMRC in multi-million pound Appeal
  • 11 Convictions Upheld in Rolf Harris Appeal
  • Narita Bahra appears for Sky News discussing the UK Harvey Weinstein Allegations
  • Discrimination and the GMC – Michalak v GMC [2017] UKSC 71
  • The Proper Approach to Restoration Hearings
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC and Vivienne Tanchel Secure Acquittal of 18 Year Old Boy for Murder
  • 2 Hare Court Receives Record Rankings in Chambers & Partners UK 2018 Guide
  • Gosh! Where has Ghosh gone?
  • 2 Hare Court Welcomes Will Martin
  • Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering Bill Published
  • Quinn Hawkins instructed in ‘Serial Killer’ Providenciales Murder
  • 2 Hare Court Ranked as Top Tier Set & Leading Set in Multiple Practice Areas in Legal 500 2017
  • The Lammy Review: A Conversation
  • Deaconal investigation success for Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC
  • Tax Newsflash
  • 3 members appear for the Rooney family in biggest ever prosecution of ‘slavery’ offences – Operation Pottery
  • Brendan Kelly QC represented Suzie Best in her application for a Horse Training Licence
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC’s Multi-Millionaire Client Acquitted of Multiple Historic Allegations of Rape
  • Harry Bentley Secures Acquittal for Alleged Fraudulent Headteacher who ‘raided school funds’
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC Successfully Opposes Application to Quash Acquittal for 1984 Murder
  • Narita Bahra secures acquittal for Ex-Universal Music Media Mogul
  • Narita Bahra Discusses The NCA Intelligence-Sharing Scheme Blocking Sex Offenders Entering SE Asia on Sky News
  • Narita Bahra & Harry Bentley represent client involved in Bedford Shooting
  • Narita Bahra leading Stephen Donelly acted for a client who was charged with an array of Money Laundering, Fraud, supply of class A drugs and cultivation of class B drugs offences
  • Fiona Robertson’s Playwright Client Acquitted of Groping Young Actress
  • CAS Upholds Life Bans for Top Russian Athletics Officials: Jonathan Laidlaw QC Acts for IAAF
  • 2 Hare Court Shortlisted in Chambers UK 2017 Bar Awards
  • His Honour Judge Julian Nicholas Goose QC Appointed Justice of the High Court
  • Martin Heslop QC Secures Acquittal of Notorious Gangland Murder
  • Train driver cleared of endangering passenger safety on a railway
  • 2 Hare Court Welcomes 2 New Tenants
  • Fiona Robertson’s client found not guilty on all historic sex charges
  • Christopher Geering’s Client Acquitted and Awarded Record Costs Against the ACCA
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC secures costs against CPS following a failed prosecution under the Victim Right to Review scheme
  • Stalking Victims Being Put at Risk by Police Failings – Christopher Ware Instructed by HMIC to Advise on Harassment and Stalking Report
  • Fiona Robertson’s client acquitted of all historic rape charges
  • Ben Rich represents Isle of Wight Council in the successful prosecution of term-time holiday dad, Jonathan Platt
  • Tom Day secures licence for Cliff Richard concert
  • Narita Bahra represents the The Sikh Channel at Office of Communications Regulatory Tribunal
  • Nicholas Hall & Tom Day represent family of man murdered by mentally ill neighbour previously deemed as ‘no immediate risk’
  • Mark Graffius and Nikita McNeill defend in £46million wine fraud
  • James Buchanan secures acquittal of excavator driver on charges of manslaughter by gross negligence, perverting the course of justice and Section 2 HSWA.
  • Narita Bahra defends in a £78 Million Money Laundering Conspiracy
  • Tyrone Belger and Lewis MacDonald represent defendant accused of defrauding the Metropolitan Police
  • Tube Bomb Plotter Damon Smith Sentenced to 15 Years
  • London Legal Walk 2017
  • Narita Bahra secures acquittal for a Holistic Healer charged with Sexual Offences
  • GMC v Dr X – Dishonesty Does Not Automatically Require A Sanction
  • Tom Day represents GP following fire that killed pensioner
  • SFO v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd: internal investigations under threat
  • Christopher Ware acts for the FA in Anti-Doping case
  • Narita Bahra defends client in multi million pound drugs conspiracy
  • Peter Lownds in Successful Sentencing Appeal for ‘Cocaine Pilot’
  • Peter Lownds Represents Senior Banker in $3.5M Banking Corruption Case
  • Jonathan Rees QC prosecutes London Tube bomb accused Damon Smith
  • Narita Bahra acts for Barclays Banker in UK’s biggest Cyber Fraud Operation Kadenza
  • Narita Bahra and Joshua Carey represent Director in European Union Match Funding Conspiracy to Defraud in excess of £1million
  • Christopher Coltart QC acts for the FA in disciplinary proceedings brought against Joey Barton for betting on football matches
  • Successful prosecution of Slovakian people trafficking ring by Sarah Przybylska
  • Queensbury Legal Charity Boxing 2017 – Gallery
  • Nikita McNeill presents case against headteacher dismissed from London school for altering pupils’ exam papers
  • David Whittaker represents building company cleared of charges under Health & Safety Legislation Following a “Work at Height” Death
  • Michael Hayton QC represents Essar Oil Limited following high risk explosion
  • Queensbury Legal 2017
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC assigned Vice-Chair for CBA Mentoring Scheme
  • Businessmen cleared in Nationwide Heroin Conspiracy
  • Deprivation of Liberty – the saga continues
  • Praise for Sallie Bennett–Jenkins QC from Director of Refuge, Sandra Horley CBE
  • Marios Lambis successfully defends doctor accused of fraud
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC secures non custodial sentence for indecent images
  • Chris Gillespie considers the Sentencing Council’s Definitive Guideline on Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea
  • David Whittaker Successfully Defends Partner of TOWIE Star in Drug Prosecution
  • Leon Kazakos Successfully Represents Police Officer
  • Lewis MacDonald presents case against Carrie-Anne Nash over death of 10-year-old
  • Nikita McNeill successfully represents nurse accused of causing or contributing to death of elderly patient
  • Brian O’Neill QC successfully represents Rohan Ince
  • Joshua Carey successful in resisting Permission to Proceed in the High Court
  • When a Mistake is not Misconduct
  • Narita Bahra’s client cleared of a forty six count Indictment containing grooming, rape and sexual assault allegations
  • Successful prosecution of HBoS corruption trial by Brian O’Neill QC and Angus Bunyan
  • Chris Foulkes in largest UK deferred prosecution agreement
  • Joshua Carey appointed to the Attorney-General’s Civil C Panel
  • Orlando Pownall QC represents jailed city worker Ke Xu accused of “deliberately” refusing to surrender seized software
  • Peter Gray QC (Scotland) Joins 2 Hare Court
  • Joshua Carey represents train driver accused of endangering passenger
  • Alex Tampakopoulos Successfully Represents Property Development Company at Newton Hearing
  • Congratulations to Naeem Mian on his Queen’s Counsel Appointment
  • Tom Day Represents Independent Hospital at Inquest into the Death of a 77-year Old Man
  • Narita Bahra instructed in Multi-Million Pound Tax and Duty Evasion Fraud.
  • Serial Killer Stephen Port Sentenced to Life Imprisonment For Murdering Four Men
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC Appears Before the British Horseracing Authority
  • Naeem Mian wins Criminal Lawyer of the Year Award 2016
  • Ben Rich Defends Nurse Accused of Falsifying Temperature Record of Colleague Who Got Ebola
  • Fiona Robertson’s Client Avoids Custody for his Part in Cannabis Ring
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC Appears for the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF)
  • Michael Hayton QC Represents Multi National Chemical Company in Fatality Prosecution
  • Michael Hayton QC elected Leader of the Northern Circuit
  • Tom Day Represents National Private Security Company
  • 2 Hare Court Ranked in Chambers & Partners UK 2017 Guide
  • 2 Hare Court Awarded Professional Discipline Set of the Year 2016 by Chambers UK
  • 2 Hare Court Awarded Crime Set of the Year in Legal 500 UK 2017
  • Zubair Ahmad Called to The Bar of NI
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins & Harry Bentley Begin Trial for PC Semple Murder
  • David Howker QC
  • 2 Hare Court Shortlisted in The Legal 500 UK 2017 Awards
  • Vivienne Tanchel Defends GP in the Inquest of the Death of Ivy Atkin
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC and Christopher Ware Successfully Defend in a Private Prosecution
  • Knife-Wielding Pensioner acquitted
  • Congratulations to our new tenants following successful pupillages
  • Chris Gillespie Represents Corporate Client at Zane Gbangbola Inquest
  • Brian O’Neill QC and Angus Bunyan Prosecute Bank Corruption Trial at Southwark CC
  • Christopher Ware Represents a Company Director on a Conspiracy Allegation
  • Brian O’Neill QC prosecutes on case of fraud and corruption at HBOS
  • David Whittaker acts for care-home company prosecuted under new regulations following death of patient
  • Narita Bahra Acts for Defendant Involved in £113 Million Money Laundering Cyber Scam
  • David Whittaker, Craig Ferguson & Christopher Gillespie Conduct a Mock Health & Safety Trial
  • 2 Hare Court Shortlisted in Chambers UK Bar Awards
  • Fiona Robertson Secures Acquittal For Client Charged With GBH After Nightclub Brawl
  • Christopher Ware Acts For ACCA Against An Accountant Convicted In £2.6m Fraud
  • David Howker QC 1959-2016
  • Non Custodial Sentence for Nurse Convicted of Fraud
  • Narita Represents Ring Leader in Conspiracy to Supply Firearms
  • Tom Day Secures Licence for Bryan Adams Performance at the Betley Concerts
  • Narita Represents High Profile Solicitor
  • Defendants accused of cheating Her Majesty’s customs of £500,000 avoid immediate custodial sentence
  • Naeem Mian Makes Closing Submissions on Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures case
  • Naeem Mian and Robert Dacre Secure Acquittal in Terrorism Trial
  • Jonathan Rees QC Prosecutes Optometrist Honey Rose found Guilty of Manslaughter by Gross Negligence
  • Commercial Scale Cannabis Factory Bust
  • Tom Day represents a GP in relation to the death of a young woman who suffered from anorexia nervosa
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC and Craig Ferguson represent first company to be sentenced for Corporate Manslaughter since the new Definitive Guideline came into force
  • Narita secures acquittal for client charged with Money Laundering in excess of £500,000
  • Success for Sallie Bennett-Jenkins in a disclosure battle with CPS in Victims Right to Review case together with an apology from the CPS for her client
  • Christopher Geering Successfully Represents Doctor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Colleague
  • Scott Ivill’s Client Cleared of 11 Separate Allegations including alleged Acts and/or Omissions that Contributed Towards a Patient’s Death
  • Rights of the Victim v the Defendant: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?
  • Jonathan Rees QC Prosecutes Attacker Found Guilty of Attempted Murder after ISIS-inspired Leytonstone Tube Attack.
  • Richard Huckle Given 22 Life Sentences
  • Angus Bunyan Prosecutes Defence Firm Directors Who Bribed US Businessman to Land a £5m Military Supply Deal
  • Brian O’Neill QC prosecutes ‘Britain’s worst ever paedophile’
  • Pre-Trial Disclosure Issues in Claim Subjected to Closed Material Procedure Direction
  • Brian O’Neill QC Prosecutes Two Teenagers for Knife Murder
  • Chris Gillespie successfully challenges production order for medical records
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC secures rehearing before British Horseracing Authority
  • Michael Hayton QC successfully represented Premier League footballer in his appeal against a curfew order
  • Oliver Glasgow QC & Sarah Przybylska make closing submissions on behalf of the Jersey Law Officers’ Department at the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry
  • Martin Heslop QC secures acquittals for client with allegations of historic rape and sexual violence
  • David Howker QC represents mentally ill ‘Road Rage’ man accused of murder
  • Marios Lambis defends doctor convicted of prolonged fraud against his employing NHS hospital
  • Craig Ferguson defends doctor cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence
  • Orlando Pownall QC and David Whittaker client acquitted of insider dealing
  • Special Immigration Appeals Commission finds refusal of British citizenship unfair
  • Verdicts in the Hillsborough Inquest
  • Fiona Robertson secures appeal against sentence 
  • Prosecution of man for murder of elderly neighbour
  • Narita appears in historic child grooming case
  • Personal Assistant to James Bond producer acquitted of Fraud and Theft
  • Fiona Robertson’s Client Acquitted on Appeal of Rape
  • Transgender carer found guilty of murdering her MS-Suffering father
  • Martin Heslop QC secures acquittal of 20 year old in gang related South London stabbing
  • 2 Hare Court are pleased to announce the arrival of Mark Graffius
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC represents trainer before British Horseracing Authority
  • Killer of unborn child is jailed for life
  • Orlando Pownall QC and Gudrun Young defend in Adam Johnson trial
  • Christopher Ware acts for the FA against three players for breaching FA conduct rules
  • Vivienne Tanchel’s client acquitted in LIBOR broker trial
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC is listed as one of Britain’s 500 most influential individuals
  • Orlando Pownall QC and David Whittaker commence Operation Tabernula
  • Case of R v Michael Misick & 8 Others
  • Congratulations to Oliver Glasgow on his QC appointment
  • Leon Kazakos represents the first defendant in the case of Sebastiano Magnanini
  • Jonathan Rees QC secures convictions in child destruction case
  • Marios Lambis secures an acquittal for a doctor
  • Further finding of unacceptable professional conduct in Trojan Horse case
  • Narita Bahra and Harry Bentley secure an acquittal in the UK revenge attack against the followers of those who burnt the Guru Granth Sahib in India
  • Brendan Kelly QC secures acquittal for a solicitor charged with Perverting the Course of Justice
  • Orlando Pownall QC and Jonathan Laidlaw QC successfully defend in Cairns Trial
  • Findings of misconduct in first Birmingham Schools Trojan Horse case
  • Oliver Glasgow appointed Senior Treasury Counsel
  • 2 Hare Court is an “exceptionally good set” that is home to “advocates of outstanding quality”
  • Stephen Brassington wins Chambers UK 2015 Professional Discipline award
  • Tom Day represents the FA over Arsenal’s breach of football agents regulations
  • Should Cartel Activity be a Criminal Offence in Hong Kong?
  • “Trojan Horse” Cases: 2 Hare Court Team Commence the First NCTL Hearings
  • Orlando Pownall QC & Jonathan Laidlaw QC Defend in Cairns Trial
  • 2 Hare Court are pleased to announce the arrival of Michael Hayton QC
  • Tesco Cash for Crash Insurance Fraud Conspiracy
  • 2 Hare Court nominated in 3 categories for the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2015
  • 2 Hare Court ranked top 5 for quasi-criminal Barrister rankings in the Legal 500 2015
  • Orlando Pownall QC and Zubair Ahmad successfully defend murder suspect at the Central Criminal Court
  • Orlando Pownall QC Represents Former Cricket Captain Accused of Perjury & Perverting the Course of Justice
  • Narita Bahra acts for client in Aylesbury Child Sex Ring Trial
  • Operation Cotton – Allegation of Conspiracy to Defraud
  • 2 Hare Court are shortlisted for ‘Chambers of the Year’ – Legal Awards 2015
  • Trevor Gibbon Fatally Stabs Neighbour in Two-Year Noise Row Revenge
  • Stage 1 Large Casino Licence Granted for Aspers in Southampton Royal Pier Development
  • Martin Heslop QC Secures Acquittals in Alleged Multi-Million Pound Class A Drug Smuggling Conspiracy
  • New GDC PCC & ISG Guidance
  • Teenager Charged with Acts of Terrorism and ‘Terror Grooming’
  • Christopher Geering successfully appeals the GMC’s decision to erase a doctor from the register
  • Category: Newsletters
    • Business Crime & Financial Services Autumn Newsletter
    • Private Prosecution Newsletter
    • Professional Discipline Summer Newsletter
    • Criminal Regulatory Spring Newsletter
    • Crime Group Spring Newsletter
    • 2 Hare Court’s Sports Law Newsletter
    • Professional Discipline Winter Newsletter
    • SFC fine EFG Bank AG
    • Call for consistency across Coronial areas
    • Brexit Select Committee Publishes Sanctions Report
    • Publication of The Fourth Annual Chief Coroner’s Report for 2016 to 2017
    • What is a “Criminal Cause or Matter” and why does it matter?
    • As a $31m Crypto-Currency Heist is Revealed, is there a Wave of Crypto-Crime Litigation on the Horizon?
    • Nutanix – an Erosion of the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination?
    • Bishop’s Review of Hillsborough Families’ Experiences Calls for Change Including Publicly Funded Legal Representation for Bereaved Families at Inquests
    • Hong Kong: Asia’s FinTech Hub
    • Regulatory Crime Newsletter
    • Business Crime & Financial Services Group Autumn Newsletter
    • Financial Sanctions: A Minefield for Business
    • Regulatory D-Day for Hong Kong’s Insurance Industry
    • Professional Discipline Autumn Newsletter
    • Tax Group Newsletter
• Category: Newsflash
  • Combatting a Culture of Adjournments?
  • Court of Appeal’s “Very Regrettable” Forced Hand Following Indictment Errors in Historic Sex Trial
  • R v Tas [2018] EWCA Crim 2603: manslaughter and joint enterprise post-Jogee
  • Litigation Privilege Restored by Court of Appeal in ENRC v SFO
  • No Presumption of Erasure: Bawa-Garba v GMC [2018] EWCA Civ 1879
  • Civil Standard for Suicides: R (Maughan) v HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2018] EWHC 1955 (Admin) (Leggatt LJ, Nicol J)
  • Newsflash: Sentencing Guidelines for Manslaughter Introduced
  • The Challenges of Challenging the Coroner: R (Parkinson) v HM Senior Coroner for Kent, Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust & Sameer Hijazi [2018] EWHC 1501 (Admin)
  • The Relevance of Retirement? General Optical Council v Clarke [2018] EWCA Civ 1463
  • Sentencing company Directors
  • The Duty of Candour: “its importance cannot be overstated”
  • Defending Directors: Hidden Gems in the Companies Act 2006
  • When is a “Reasonable Excuse” Reasonable?
  • Fresh OFSI Guidance for Importers and Exporters & Significant Iran Sanctions Developments
  • USA Rachets up Russia Sanctions – Will the UK follow?
  • Soft Drinks – Hard Times
  • A Money Laundering Directive Too Far?
  • FCA Enforcement Policy – Consultation Unveiled
  • Lack of integrity: A Useful Shorthand
  • When is an Expert not an Expert?

Barristers

• Jonathan Laidlaw QC
• Martin Heslop QC
• Peter Wright QC
• Andrew Radcliffe QC
• James Pickup QC
• Orlando Pownall QC
• Martin Hicks QC
• Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC
• Brendan Kelly QC
• Alison Levitt QC
• Jonathan Rees QC
• Brian O'Neill QC
• Jonathan Kinnear QC
• Michael Hayton QC
• Christopher Coltart QC
• Oliver Glasgow QC
• Naeem Mian QC
• Andrew Colman
• James Dawson
• Tyrone Belger
• David Whittaker
• Marios Lambis
• Mark Graffius
• Christopher Gillespie
• Peter Gray QC (Scotland)
• Andrew Hurst
• Craig Ferguson
• James Buchanan
• Christopher Foulkes
• Stephen Brassington
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• Case Commentary: R v WINTERTON [2018] EWCA Crim 2435
• New Sentencing Guidelines for Manslaughter Offences Now in Force
• Challenging the Coroner: R (Parkinson) v HM Senior Coroner for Kent, Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust & Sameer Hijazi [2018] EWHC 1501 (Admin)
• Birmingham Pub Bombings - Coroner’s Decision on Scope Only Reviewable on Public Law Grounds
• What Can we Learn from the HSE Annual Statistics Report?
• Food Labelling in the Wake of the Death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse
• DOTAS: Houdini’s Escape?
• Karoulla t/a Brockley’s Rock: Revenue Battered on Disclosure
• The Bar Council 2018 Law Reform Essay Competition: Not a Silver Bullet… but a Bullet Nonetheless
• Cold Turkey? The Dangers of Withdrawal in the Tax Tribunal
• PML: Beware Agreements to Settle an Appeal
• Final Closing Speech
• Bolton Reaffirmed – Again
• Mental Health and “Exceptional Circumstances”
• Intentionally Misleading but not Dishonest
• No More ‘Manna Found on the Desert Floor’ for Insiders: The s. 271(3) Defence Revisited
• Extraterritorial Reach of Section 2 Notices
• Transparency and Overseas Ownership of UK Property The Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill
• Raychaudhuri v GMC: Ivey rules?
• Challenge To First Unexplained Wealth Order Fails In High Court
• Defending Private Prosecutions: Lessons To Be Learned
• Mixed & Ulterior Motives
• Disclosure In Private Prosecutions
• Who is the Private Prosecutor?
• Restraint, Confiscation and Compensation in Private Prosecutions
• Private Investigations
• Frozen Assets, Third Party Rights and Disclosure
• Achieving Sea-Change: Criminal Disclosure Failures
• The Duty to Report Foreign Misconduct Findings
• Without Notice, Without Merit: how far would you go for your client?
• Dr G Arunachalam v GMC [2018] EWHC 758 (Admin): Can a Doctor Escape Erasure for Repeated Sexual Misconduct?
• R (Lewin) v Financial Reporting Council and others [2018] EWHC 446: When can a Panel Criticise Those Outside the Profession?
• “If it’s not Written Down, it Didn’t Happen”
• New Guidance issued after Coroner’s ‘cab rank’ policy on burial quashed by the High Court in R (Adath Yisroel Burial Society) v Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2018]
• It Takes One to Quango- Sick to Death of Regulation in the Healthcare Sector?
• Reasonable Excuse for Non-Compliance with Self-Assessment (Perrin v HMRC)
• Hong Kong Newsflash: Trade Sanctions and Export Licensing
• Special Police Services and the Tractor Boys
• Financial Fair Play: Still All Bark and no Bite?
• Australian Ball-Tampering: Mob Justice or a Fair Cop?
• Consent and Society's Evolving Values Cannot Outweigh Public Protection
• The Golden Thread Survives Under the Modern Slavery Act
• Sentencing Guideline: Offensive Weapons and Bladed Articles
• Overarching Principles: Domestic Abuse
• Sentencing Guideline: Terrorism Offences
• An Update on the Enforcement Function of the Securities and Futures Commission
• Major Review of Meat Processing in the UK Launched by the FSA
• Enforcement Notices Post Chevron
• An Analysis of the Sentencing Process in HSE v Martin Baker Aircraft Ltd
• Impact of a death on fines for Health and Safety Offences [Whirlpool UK Appliances Ltd v R (Upon the prosecution of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Health and Safety) [2017] EWCA Crim 2186]
• Regulation 29(2)(A) VAT Rules 1995 ... The True Ambit of Discretion?
• I-AHHHH 35: There's Trouble Ahead
• Public Interest Immunity and the Tax Tribunal
• Disclosure and Fairness in Tax Appeals
• Remorse, Insight and Continued Denial – the Difficulty of Moving on after Sanction. Yusuff v General Medical Council [2018] EWHC 13 (Admin)
• PSA v NMC and X [2018] EWHC 70 (Admin)
• R (Clinton) v General Medical Council [2017] EWHC 3304 (Admin)
• Bye-bye Bijl
• Racial Discrimination by a Regulator: O’Connor v Bar Standards Board, 2017
• The Agreement in the Fury Case and the Vexed Question of the Burden and Standard of Proof for Athletes
• Nitrous Oxide - No Laughing Matter
• The Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) and Royal Statistical Society (RSS) Guidebook for Advocates on the Use of Statistical Evidence in Court
• Section 73 of SOCPA - What Happens When Terms Are Not Met?
• ‘Greater Threats to Society’ - The New Draft Guidelines for Terrorism Offences
• Driving Offences Which Cause Serious Injury or Death
• Self-defence and the Householder – Disproportionate Force May be Unreasonable Even in Defence of the Home
• HMICFRS Report Criticises Response to Modern Day Slavery
• Suspension or erasure? High Court rules in professional misconduct case (General Medical Council v Stone)
• Cross-examining expert witnesses; A Masterclass
• Inquests and Public Inquiries: Differences in Scope
• A view on the Sentencing Council’s Draft Guidelines for the Offence of Manslaughter in the Health & Safety Context
• Reasonable foreseeability after R v Rose
• “Exercising Restraint?”
• Newcastle United Football Club and Others v HMRC: A Backwards Step in Relation to Search Warrants?
• The Right to Silence is Not Yet Silent
• The SFO Survives the Latest Political Reshuffle
• Financial Sanctions: A Minefield for Business
• GMC v Theodoropoulos [2017]EWHC 1984(Admin)
• The Impact of an Interim Order on Sanction
• General Medical Council v The Queen (on the application of Dr Iheanyi Chidi Nwachuku) [2017] EWHC 2085 (Admin)
• General Medical Council v Jagjivan & PSA [2017] EWHC 1247 (Admin)
• Doherty v NMC [2017] EWCA Civ 1344
• Differentiating Dishonesty
• Legislative Overhaul for the NMC: Consolidation and Expansion
• The Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme: Trading pending appeal
• Is Dishonesty the Best Policy?
• R (on the application of Hely-Hutchinson) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] EWCA Civ 1075
• Comply or Fail
• A Question of Jurisdiction or Questionable Jurisdiction?
• Coming Soon, A New Data Protection Act for the United Kingdom
• Doli Incapax and Historic Sexual Offending
• Positive developments in third party funding of arbitrations
• Competition matters exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Competition Tribunal
• Coutts Hong Kong fined by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• Thefaut v Johnston [2017] EWHC 497:
• Lack of integrity in disciplinary proceedings: two recent conflicting authorities
• General Medical Council v Chopra [2017] EWHC 819 (Admin)
• A Scottish twist to Enemuwe
• When is “misconduct” a sanction?
• Craig v Farriers’ Registration Council [2017] EWHC 707 (Admin)
• The regulation of private lives
• Day v Health Education England [2017] EWCA Civ 329
• General Medical Council v Banerjee: ‘Lesson in not leaving it too late’
• General Optical Council v Clarke [2017] EWHC 521 (Admin): Retirement reduces risk to the public
• Representation in section 2 CJA 1987 interviews
• Conclusion of the Hong Kong anti-money laundering consultation confirms commitment to extending enforcement 
• The New Guideline on Guilty Pleas: A Potential Source of Conflict Between Client and Adviser? 
• The HSE announces it is to Consult on Fee for Intervention Scheme Dispute Process
• The Tunisia Inquests
• Health & Safety Sentencing Guidelines - One Year on
• Down on the Farm
• Identification by DNA on moveable objects
• The Policing and Crime Act 2017
• R v Johnson: Smuggling into Prison
• When Politicians Meddle...
• The Draft 2017 Money Laundering Regulations
• FCA v. Macris: Who is identified in FCA investigation notices?
• The Cyber Threat to UK Business
• Deferred Prosecution Agreements - A Review
• Costs in Private Prosecutions
• What constitutes cheat? The Ivey Case
• The End of the ‘Directing Mind’ - Corporate Liability for Economic Crime
• Driving to Distraction
• Hong Kong’s FCA Hand Shake
• Article 4 of the Bill of Rights – slavery and servitude
• ‘America First’ and the potential implications for Hong Kong and the wider world
• HKSAR v Luk Kin Peter Joseph and another – an analysis
• Judicial interventions during a trial – the Dayaram appeal
• No Wrong Turn in Hong Kong – an analysis of the Chan Kam Shing decision
• Will Hong Kong Revisit the offence of misconduct in public office by legislation in 2017?
• Unpicking Newton Hearings in Health and Safety Prosecutions
• Judgment of the High Court clarifies the extent of the SFC’s duty of disclosure
• Orlando Pownall QC represents jailed city worker Ke Xu accused of "deliberately" refusing to surrender seized software worth millions of pounds
• Defending Private Prosecutions
• Proving Propensity via Allegations of Bad Character
• Checklist for Out of Time Appeals on Jogee Grounds
• Confiscation Update - Piercing the Corporate Veil
• The Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service’s Handling of Non-Recent Sexual Offence Investigations Alleged Against Persons of Public Prominence
• The Rights of the Victim v the Defendant: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?
• Rethinking the Enforcement Function of the SFC
• The ‘Fraud Exception’ in Summary Judgment Applications: Zimmer, Universal and Arrow ECS Norway
• Private Prosecutions
• HKSAR v Deborah Annells: Prolific Offending and Regulatory Shortcomings
• Turning Financiers into Launderers: What do They Need to Know
• Insider Dealing - A Tightening of the Noose
• Successfully Resisting an Interim Order Extension
• R (SSP Health Ltd) v Care Quality Commission
• Post-Montgomery Consent Guidance for Surgeons – Information Must be Tailored to the Needs of the Individual Patient
• Responding to a Tragedy
• Squier v GMC
• Hindmarch v NMC
• Data Protection and Regulation
•  Control of Premises, Section 4 HSWA
• Credit For Guilty Plea: An Update
• Setting Fines in Uncertain Times: The Corporate Identity Crisis
• Alton Towers and the Application of the Health and Safety Sentencing Guidelines
• R v Johnson and Others - Joint Enterprise After Jogee
• Strengthening Tax Avoidance Sanctions and Deterrents
• Are Deferred Prosecution Agreements Company Friends or Foe?
• Political Corruption in the Turks & Caicos Islands and Legal Professional Privilege in Office
• New Anti-VAT Fraud Measures: Joint and Several Liability Revisited
• Business Needs to up its Game as Cyber-Attacks Are Here to Stay
• Developments in Deferred Prosecution Agreements
• Do Tom Hayes’ confiscation proceedings reveal a softening approach towards defendants by the Courts?
• PSA v GMC and Igwilo [2016] EWHC 524 (Admin)
• A New Approach to Expert Evidence?
• R (on the application of Sheila Adam) v the General Medical Council [2015] EWHC 3378: separating the ‘managerial’ from the ‘clinical’
• Death in State Detention?
• Changes to Dental Regulation: what does the future hold?
• O v NMC [2015] EWHC 2949
• Changes at the GMC: What you need to know
• The GMC's New Sanctions Guidance: more detail but no improvement
• Changes to the Criminal Procedure Rules
• Condemnation – The Harsh Reality
• The CMA in 2016: sights set by senior lawyer
• EU Commission's Action Plan on Terrorist Financing: a further step up in the Labyrinth
• Information Commissioner seeks to allay business fears on data transfers to the US
• An update on 'R v R'
• Corporate Prosecutions
• Principle Trumps the “Reality of the Matter” in Confiscation Appeal
• Money Laundering & Exchange Controls
• Is this the end of policy driven decisions?
• Sentencing for Robbery
• Disclosure in Document Heavy Cases & Abuse of Process
• On 21 December 2015, the Court of Appeal upheld Tom Hayes’ conviction, but reduced his sentence from 14 to 11 years
• Deferred Prosecution Agreements
• The Unlawful Acquisition of Cultural Property in Europe and its Restitution
• Behind the headlines: Seeking the truth behind sex grooming cases
• Leveson’s illiberal legacy?
• The New Criminal Procedure Rules: amendments of substance or form?
• Prosecution bad character argument leaves an unpleasant smell
• Sentencing Council Guidelines for Offences of Theft
• Feeling Trapped? Shall I stay or shall I go now?
• They Think It's All Over…It Is Now. Or is it? Terminating Rulings In The Crown Court
• Religion, Tolerance & Freedom - What Private Views Can A Teacher Express?
• Will Proposed Pharmacy Law Changes Help The Medicine Go Down?
• New Guidance From The GDC - Insight, Candour And A Whole Lot More
• New Evidence On Appeal - A More Relaxed Approach?
• Dishonesty After Kirschner: Is the Ghosh Test on its way out?
• The Fair And Effective Markets Review: Recommendations For Further Legislative And Regulatory Change
• Disclosure Failure: The Court Of Appeal Make It Plain That Compliance With CPR Is Critical
• Paying For The Privilege?
• The Truth And Nothing But The Truth – The CMA And Online Reviews
• The Offside Trap: FIFA Scandal Underlines Importance of New EU Money Laundering Directive
• Practice: Obtaining And Using An Intermediary
• Character: The Good, The Bad And The Somewhere In-between
• In The Hands Of The Jury
• Operation Elveden: A Sting In The Tail?
• What Is The British Bill Of Rights And Will There Be One?
• The Impact Of The Recent Case Of Manning On The Page Count Battle
• Confiscation Regime Toughened Up
• Confiscation Regime - Case Update
• Exceptional Inquest Funding Left To Incoming Government
• Death At Work: Christopher Gillespie Reflects On The Lessons Of A Recent Case
• How Safe A Haven Is The United Kingdom?
• The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015
• The Court Of Appeal Threatens More Loss Of Time Orders For Hopeless Appeals
• Judge Alone Trials: Time For Change?
• Proposed Reforms To Pre-Charge Police Bail
• Say You Are Sorry, And Mean It - The Role Of Apologies In The New GMC Indicative Sanctions Guidance
• Female Genital Mutilation: The First Prosecution And The Way Ahead
• R v National College For Teaching And Leadership (2014) EWHC 4351 (admin)
• The Morecambe Bay Report
• The Use Of Court Judgments In Professional Disciplinary Proceedings: R v General Medical Council [2015] EWHC 299 (Admin)
• A Question Of Motive?
• Penny Ann Lavis v Nursing & Midwifery Council (2014) EWHC 4083 (Admin)
• Supreme Court Decision In Eastenders / First Stop Wholesale v HMRC
• Phillip Ivey v Genting Casinos UK Limited
• R v Evans & Others
• POCA Update
• Life In The City: Another Day, Another Scandal
• European Brand Trading (EBT) v Commissioners of HRMC (2014) UK UT0026 (TCC)
• Developments In The Investigation And Prosecution Of Cartel Offences
• Determined deterrence: What next?
• Confiscation orders: A lesson for prosecutors
• A bitter pill to swallow: The GSK bribery investigation
• Widening the scope of corporate criminal liability: A new offence of failure to report economic crime
• Trial by jury, time to think again?
• Regulating foreign exchange markets: The financial stability board's latest report
• Wasted costs orders against prosecuting bodies: Some good news for privately paying defendants
• Criminal sanctions for market abuse to be expanded
• The proceeds of crime act 2002: Is it fit for purpose?
• Regulation regulation regulation: The new gold standard?
• The FCA investigates additional benchmarks
• Court of appeal rules that financial ombudsman service awards are binding on consumers
• Further arrests by SFO in LIBOR manipulation investigation
• SFO seeks a further £19m on top of £32m budget to fund its operations
• Date confirmed for the introduction of deferred prosecution agreements
• The financial ombudsman service: Growing in presence and not to be overlooked
• Prosecuting bankers under the banking reform act 2013: Political puff or criminal clout?

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  • Sophia Dower Successfully Appeals Against TFL’s Decision to Revoke Uber Driver’s Private Hire Licence
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  • Chambers & Partners UK 2019 Rankings Released
  • 2 Hare Court Ranked as Top Tier Set & Leading Set in Multiple Practice Areas in Legal 500 2018
  • Narita Bahra and Harry Bentley Secure Acquittal for Client Charged with Multi-Million Pound Conspiracy to Manufacture, Import, Export and Distribute Anabolic Steroids (Class C drugs)
  • Craig Ferguson Secures the Acquittal of Topcon Construction Ltd
  • Jonathan Kinnear QC Leads for the Crown in Important Court of Appeal Decision
  • Tom Day has successfully overturned an order made by the Interim Orders Tribunal of the MPTS
  • Brian O’Neill QC Secures Acquittal in Long Running Civil Private Prosecution
  • Fiona Robertson Successfully Appeals Firearm Sentence
  • 2 Hare Court Members Shortlisted in Chambers Bar Awards 2018
  • Nikita McNeill appears in Article 2 Inquest following A&E death
  • Brendan Kelly QC Secures Acquittal in ‘Pack’ Murder
  • Brian O’Neill QC and Christopher Ware Secure Acquittal in Gangland Murder
  • Jonathan Rees QC & Will Martin Successfully Prosecute Delroy Forrester for Unlawful Killing of his 11 Year Old Great-Niece
  • Double Murderer Convicted
  • Narita Bahra Secures Acquittal for Javon Roach in Jeweller Murder
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC Secures Acquittal in Victim Right to Review Case
  • Gudrun Young Successfully Defends GP Charged with 7 Counts of Sexual Assault
  • IICSA: Nikita McNeill Appears in Hearing into the Offending of Former Bishop of Gloucester Peter Ball
  • Martin Hicks QC Successfully Defends GP Accused of Defrauding 96 year old French Resistance Heroine
  • Suspended Sentence for Perverting the Course of Justice
  • Tobacco and Personal Use: The Assessment and Penalty
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  • Gavin Irwin successfully represents Emergency Medicine Registrar at the Inquest of a 33 year old woman who died from a rare form of infection
  • Paul Renteurs Acts for The FA in Regulatory Proceedings Brought Against Ex West Ham Recruitment Director Tony Henry Over Comments Regarding African Players
  • Alex Tampakopoulos Represents the Family of a Challenger 2 Tank Commander, One of Two Crewmen Killed During a Live Firing Shoot at Castlemartin
  • Martin Heslop QC Secures Sympathetic Sentence for 63 yr Old Who Killed Her Father and Buried Him in Her Garden After Lifetime of Abuse
  • Gavin Irwin Averts Closure of School after Discovery of Weapons and £400,000 Cash
  • Narita Bahra appears on BBC Radio 4 to discuss Disclosure Failings
  • Largest ever privately prosecuted fraud
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  • Naeem Mian QC represents man charged with encouraging acts of terrorism against Royal Family
  • Belhaj Litigation: UK Apologises over Libyan Dissident Treatment
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  • Strong Warning Given as Judge Suspends Sentence for Juror Research
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  • Jonathan Kinnear QC Appointed as one of three new Disciplinary Tribunal Chairs by the ICAEW
  • Christopher Coltart QC is instructed to represent Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the centre of the Facebook data harvesting row
  • Brendan Kelly QC Successfully Represents International Rugby Player Paddy Jackson
  • 2 Hare Court Welcomes Michael Rawlinson
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  • Gavin Irwin Represents Principal Conspirator in £37m ‘Copy-cat Website’ Fraud
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  • The Proper Approach to Restoration Hearings
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  • The Lammy Review: A Conversation
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  • Narita Bahra secures acquittal for Ex-Universal Music Media Mogul
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  • 2 Hare Court Shortlisted in Chambers UK 2017 Bar Awards
  • His Honour Judge Julian Nicholas Goose QC Appointed Justice of the High Court
  • Martin Heslop QC Secures Acquittal of Notorious Gangland Murder
  • Train driver cleared of endangering passenger safety on a railway
  • 2 Hare Court Welcomes 2 New Tenants
  • Fiona Robertson’s client found not guilty on all historic sex charges
  • Christopher Geering’s Client Acquitted and Awarded Record Costs Against the ACCA
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC secures costs against CPS following a failed prosecution under the Victim Right to Review scheme
  • Stalking Victims Being Put at Risk by Police Failings – Christopher Ware Instructed by HMIC to Advise on Harassment and Stalking Report
  • Fiona Robertson’s client acquitted of all historic rape charges
  • Ben Rich represents Isle of Wight Council in the successful prosecution of term-time holiday dad, Jonathan Platt
  • Tom Day secures licence for Cliff Richard concert
  • Narita Bahra represents the The Sikh Channel at Office of Communications Regulatory Tribunal
  • Nicholas Hall & Tom Day represent family of man murdered by mentally ill neighbour previously deemed as ‘no immediate risk’
  • Mark Graffius and Nikita McNeill defend in £46million wine fraud
  • James Buchanan secures acquittal of excavator driver on charges of manslaughter by gross negligence, perverting the course of justice and Section 2 HSWA.
  • Narita Bahra defends in a £78 Million Money Laundering Conspiracy
  • Tyrone Belger and Lewis MacDonald represent defendant accused of defrauding the Metropolitan Police
  • Tube Bomb Plotter Damon Smith Sentenced to 15 Years
  • London Legal Walk 2017
  • Narita Bahra secures acquittal for a Holistic Healer charged with Sexual Offences
  • GMC v Dr X – Dishonesty Does Not Automatically Require A Sanction
  • Tom Day represents GP following fire that killed pensioner
  • SFO v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd: internal investigations under threat
  • Christopher Ware acts for the FA in Anti-Doping case
  • Narita Bahra defends client in multi million pound drugs conspiracy
  • Peter Lownds in Successful Sentencing Appeal for ‘Cocaine Pilot’
  • Peter Lownds Represents Senior Banker in $3.5M Banking Corruption Case
  • Jonathan Rees QC prosecutes London Tube bomb accused Damon Smith
  • Narita Bahra acts for Barclays Banker in UK’s biggest Cyber Fraud Operation Kadenza
  • Narita Bahra and Joshua Carey represent Director in European Union Match Funding Conspiracy to Defraud in excess of £1million
  • Christopher Coltart QC acts for the FA in disciplinary proceedings brought against Joey Barton for betting on football matches
  • Successful prosecution of Slovakian people trafficking ring by Sarah Przybylska
  • Queensbury Legal Charity Boxing 2017 – Gallery
  • Nikita McNeill presents case against headteacher dismissed from London school for altering pupils’ exam papers
  • David Whittaker represents building company cleared of charges under Health & Safety Legislation Following a “Work at Height” Death
  • Michael Hayton QC represents Essar Oil Limited following high risk explosion
  • Queensbury Legal 2017
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC assigned Vice-Chair for CBA Mentoring Scheme
  • Businessmen cleared in Nationwide Heroin Conspiracy
  • Deprivation of Liberty – the saga continues
  • Praise for Sallie Bennett–Jenkins QC from Director of Refuge, Sandra Horley CBE
  • Marios Lambis successfully defends doctor accused of fraud
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC secures non custodial sentence for indecent images
  • Chris Gillespie considers the Sentencing Council’s Definitive Guideline on Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea
  • David Whittaker Successfully Defends Partner of TOWIE Star in Drug Prosecution
  • Leon Kazakos Successfully Represents Police Officer
  • Lewis MacDonald presents case against Carrie-Anne Nash over death of 10-year-old
  • Nikita McNeill successfully represents nurse accused of causing or contributing to death of elderly patient
  • Brian O’Neill QC successfully represents Rohan Ince
  • Joshua Carey successful in resisting Permission to Proceed in the High Court
  • When a Mistake is not Misconduct
  • Narita Bahra’s client cleared of a forty six count Indictment containing grooming, rape and sexual assault allegations
  • Successful prosecution of HBoS corruption trial by Brian O’Neill QC and Angus Bunyan
  • Chris Foulkes in largest UK deferred prosecution agreement
  • Joshua Carey appointed to the Attorney-General’s Civil C Panel
  • Orlando Pownall QC represents jailed city worker Ke Xu accused of “deliberately” refusing to surrender seized software
  • Peter Gray QC (Scotland) Joins 2 Hare Court
  • Joshua Carey represents train driver accused of endangering passenger
  • Alex Tampakopoulos Successfully Represents Property Development Company at Newton Hearing
  • Congratulations to Naeem Mian on his Queen’s Counsel Appointment
  • Tom Day Represents Independent Hospital at Inquest into the Death of a 77-year Old Man
  • Narita Bahra instructed in Multi-Million Pound Tax and Duty Evasion Fraud.
  • Serial Killer Stephen Port Sentenced to Life Imprisonment For Murdering Four Men
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC Appears Before the British Horseracing Authority
  • Naeem Mian wins Criminal Lawyer of the Year Award 2016
  • Ben Rich Defends Nurse Accused of Falsifying Temperature Record of Colleague Who Got Ebola
  • Fiona Robertson’s Client Avoids Custody for his Part in Cannabis Ring
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC Appears for the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF)
  • Michael Hayton QC Represents Multi National Chemical Company in Fatality Prosecution
  • Michael Hayton QC elected Leader of the Northern Circuit
  • Tom Day Represents National Private Security Company
  • 2 Hare Court Ranked in Chambers & Partners UK 2017 Guide
  • 2 Hare Court Awarded Professional Discipline Set of the Year 2016 by Chambers UK
  • 2 Hare Court Awarded Crime Set of the Year in Legal 500 UK 2017
  • Zubair Ahmad Called to The Bar of NI
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins & Harry Bentley Begin Trial for PC Semple Murder
  • David Howker QC
  • 2 Hare Court Shortlisted in The Legal 500 UK 2017 Awards
  • Vivienne Tanchel Defends GP in the Inquest of the Death of Ivy Atkin
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC and Christopher Ware Successfully Defend in a Private Prosecution
  • Knife-Wielding Pensioner acquitted
  • Congratulations to our new tenants following successful pupillages
  • Chris Gillespie Represents Corporate Client at Zane Gbangbola Inquest
  • Brian O’Neill QC and Angus Bunyan Prosecute Bank Corruption Trial at Southwark CC
  • Christopher Ware Represents a Company Director on a Conspiracy Allegation
  • Brian O’Neill QC prosecutes on case of fraud and corruption at HBOS
  • David Whittaker acts for care-home company prosecuted under new regulations following death of patient
  • Narita Bahra Acts for Defendant Involved in £113 Million Money Laundering Cyber Scam
  • David Whittaker, Craig Ferguson & Christopher Gillespie Conduct a Mock Health & Safety Trial
  • 2 Hare Court Shortlisted in Chambers UK Bar Awards
  • Fiona Robertson Secures Acquittal For Client Charged With GBH After Nightclub Brawl
  • Christopher Ware Acts For ACCA Against An Accountant Convicted In £2.6m Fraud
  • David Howker QC 1959-2016
  • Non Custodial Sentence for Nurse Convicted of Fraud
  • Narita Represents Ring Leader in Conspiracy to Supply Firearms
  • Tom Day Secures Licence for Bryan Adams Performance at the Betley Concerts
  • Narita Represents High Profile Solicitor
  • Defendants accused of cheating Her Majesty’s customs of £500,000 avoid immediate custodial sentence
  • Naeem Mian Makes Closing Submissions on Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures case
  • Naeem Mian and Robert Dacre Secure Acquittal in Terrorism Trial
  • Jonathan Rees QC Prosecutes Optometrist Honey Rose found Guilty of Manslaughter by Gross Negligence
  • Commercial Scale Cannabis Factory Bust
  • Tom Day represents a GP in relation to the death of a young woman who suffered from anorexia nervosa
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC and Craig Ferguson represent first company to be sentenced for Corporate Manslaughter since the new Definitive Guideline came into force
  • Narita secures acquittal for client charged with Money Laundering in excess of £500,000
  • Success for Sallie Bennett-Jenkins in a disclosure battle with CPS in Victims Right to Review case together with an apology from the CPS for her client
  • Christopher Geering Successfully Represents Doctor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Colleague
  • Scott Ivill’s Client Cleared of 11 Separate Allegations including alleged Acts and/or Omissions that Contributed Towards a Patient’s Death
  • Rights of the Victim v the Defendant: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?
  • Jonathan Rees QC Prosecutes Attacker Found Guilty of Attempted Murder after ISIS-inspired Leytonstone Tube Attack.
  • Richard Huckle Given 22 Life Sentences
  • Angus Bunyan Prosecutes Defence Firm Directors Who Bribed US Businessman to Land a £5m Military Supply Deal
  • Brian O’Neill QC prosecutes ‘Britain’s worst ever paedophile’
  • Pre-Trial Disclosure Issues in Claim Subjected to Closed Material Procedure Direction
  • Brian O’Neill QC Prosecutes Two Teenagers for Knife Murder
  • Chris Gillespie successfully challenges production order for medical records
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC secures rehearing before British Horseracing Authority
  • Michael Hayton QC successfully represented Premier League footballer in his appeal against a curfew order
  • Oliver Glasgow QC & Sarah Przybylska make closing submissions on behalf of the Jersey Law Officers’ Department at the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry
  • Martin Heslop QC secures acquittals for client with allegations of historic rape and sexual violence
  • David Howker QC represents mentally ill ‘Road Rage’ man accused of murder
  • Marios Lambis defends doctor convicted of prolonged fraud against his employing NHS hospital
  • Craig Ferguson defends doctor cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence
  • Orlando Pownall QC and David Whittaker client acquitted of insider dealing
  • Special Immigration Appeals Commission finds refusal of British citizenship unfair
  • Verdicts in the Hillsborough Inquest
  • Fiona Robertson secures appeal against sentence 
  • Prosecution of man for murder of elderly neighbour
  • Narita appears in historic child grooming case
  • Personal Assistant to James Bond producer acquitted of Fraud and Theft
  • Fiona Robertson’s Client Acquitted on Appeal of Rape
  • Transgender carer found guilty of murdering her MS-Suffering father
  • Martin Heslop QC secures acquittal of 20 year old in gang related South London stabbing
  • 2 Hare Court are pleased to announce the arrival of Mark Graffius
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC represents trainer before British Horseracing Authority
  • Killer of unborn child is jailed for life
  • Orlando Pownall QC and Gudrun Young defend in Adam Johnson trial
  • Christopher Ware acts for the FA against three players for breaching FA conduct rules
  • Vivienne Tanchel’s client acquitted in LIBOR broker trial
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC is listed as one of Britain’s 500 most influential individuals
  • Orlando Pownall QC and David Whittaker commence Operation Tabernula
  • Case of R v Michael Misick & 8 Others
  • Congratulations to Oliver Glasgow on his QC appointment
  • Leon Kazakos represents the first defendant in the case of Sebastiano Magnanini
  • Jonathan Rees QC secures convictions in child destruction case
  • Marios Lambis secures an acquittal for a doctor
  • Further finding of unacceptable professional conduct in Trojan Horse case
  • Narita Bahra and Harry Bentley secure an acquittal in the UK revenge attack against the followers of those who burnt the Guru Granth Sahib in India
  • Brendan Kelly QC secures acquittal for a solicitor charged with Perverting the Course of Justice
  • Orlando Pownall QC and Jonathan Laidlaw QC successfully defend in Cairns Trial
  • Findings of misconduct in first Birmingham Schools Trojan Horse case
  • Oliver Glasgow appointed Senior Treasury Counsel
  • 2 Hare Court is an “exceptionally good set” that is home to “advocates of outstanding quality”
  • Stephen Brassington wins Chambers UK 2015 Professional Discipline award
  • Tom Day represents the FA over Arsenal’s breach of football agents regulations
  • Should Cartel Activity be a Criminal Offence in Hong Kong?
  • “Trojan Horse” Cases: 2 Hare Court Team Commence the First NCTL Hearings
  • Orlando Pownall QC & Jonathan Laidlaw QC Defend in Cairns Trial
  • 2 Hare Court are pleased to announce the arrival of Michael Hayton QC
  • Tesco Cash for Crash Insurance Fraud Conspiracy
  • 2 Hare Court nominated in 3 categories for the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2015
  • 2 Hare Court ranked top 5 for quasi-criminal Barrister rankings in the Legal 500 2015
  • Orlando Pownall QC and Zubair Ahmad successfully defend murder suspect at the Central Criminal Court
  • Orlando Pownall QC Represents Former Cricket Captain Accused of Perjury & Perverting the Course of Justice
  • Narita Bahra acts for client in Aylesbury Child Sex Ring Trial
  • Operation Cotton – Allegation of Conspiracy to Defraud
  • 2 Hare Court are shortlisted for ‘Chambers of the Year’ – Legal Awards 2015
  • Trevor Gibbon Fatally Stabs Neighbour in Two-Year Noise Row Revenge
  • Stage 1 Large Casino Licence Granted for Aspers in Southampton Royal Pier Development
  • Martin Heslop QC Secures Acquittals in Alleged Multi-Million Pound Class A Drug Smuggling Conspiracy
  • New GDC PCC & ISG Guidance
  • Teenager Charged with Acts of Terrorism and ‘Terror Grooming’
  • Christopher Geering successfully appeals the GMC’s decision to erase a doctor from the register
  • Category: Newsletters
    • Business Crime & Financial Services Autumn Newsletter
    • Private Prosecution Newsletter
    • Professional Discipline Summer Newsletter
    • Criminal Regulatory Spring Newsletter
    • Crime Group Spring Newsletter
    • 2 Hare Court’s Sports Law Newsletter
    • Professional Discipline Winter Newsletter
    • SFC fine EFG Bank AG
    • Call for consistency across Coronial areas
    • Brexit Select Committee Publishes Sanctions Report
    • Publication of The Fourth Annual Chief Coroner’s Report for 2016 to 2017
    • What is a “Criminal Cause or Matter” and why does it matter?
    • As a $31m Crypto-Currency Heist is Revealed, is there a Wave of Crypto-Crime Litigation on the Horizon?
    • Nutanix – an Erosion of the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination?
    • Bishop’s Review of Hillsborough Families’ Experiences Calls for Change Including Publicly Funded Legal Representation for Bereaved Families at Inquests
    • Hong Kong: Asia’s FinTech Hub
    • Regulatory Crime Newsletter
    • Business Crime & Financial Services Group Autumn Newsletter
    • Financial Sanctions: A Minefield for Business
    • Regulatory D-Day for Hong Kong’s Insurance Industry
    • Professional Discipline Autumn Newsletter
    • Tax Group Newsletter
• Category: Newsflash
  • Combatting a Culture of Adjournments?
  • Court of Appeal’s “Very Regrettable” Forced Hand Following Indictment Errors in Historic Sex Trial
  • R v Tas [2018] EWCA Crim 2603: manslaughter and joint enterprise post-Jogee
  • Litigation Privilege Restored by Court of Appeal in ENRC v SFO
  • No Presumption of Erasure: Bawa-Garba v GMC [2018] EWCA Civ 1879
  • Civil Standard for Suicides: R (Maughan) v HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2018] EWHC 1955 (Admin) (Leggatt LJ, Nicol J)
  • Newsflash: Sentencing Guidelines for Manslaughter Introduced
  • The Challenges of Challenging the Coroner: R (Parkinson) v HM Senior Coroner for Kent, Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust & Sameer Hijazi [2018] EWHC 1501 (Admin)
  • The Relevance of Retirement? General Optical Council v Clarke [2018] EWCA Civ 1463
  • Sentencing company Directors
  • The Duty of Candour: “its importance cannot be overstated”
  • Defending Directors: Hidden Gems in the Companies Act 2006
  • When is a “Reasonable Excuse” Reasonable?
  • Fresh OFSI Guidance for Importers and Exporters & Significant Iran Sanctions Developments
  • USA Rachets up Russia Sanctions – Will the UK follow?
  • Soft Drinks – Hard Times
  • A Money Laundering Directive Too Far?
  • FCA Enforcement Policy – Consultation Unveiled
  • Lack of integrity: A Useful Shorthand
  • When is an Expert not an Expert?

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Training & Knowledge

• Case Commentary: R v WINTERTON [2018] EWCA Crim 2435
• New Sentencing Guidelines for Manslaughter Offences Now in Force
• Challenging the Coroner: R (Parkinson) v HM Senior Coroner for Kent, Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust & Sameer Hijazi [2018] EWHC 1501 (Admin)
• Birmingham Pub Bombings - Coroner’s Decision on Scope Only Reviewable on Public Law Grounds
• What Can we Learn from the HSE Annual Statistics Report?
• Food Labelling in the Wake of the Death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse
• DOTAS: Houdini’s Escape?
• Karoulla t/a Brockley’s Rock: Revenue Battered on Disclosure
• The Bar Council 2018 Law Reform Essay Competition: Not a Silver Bullet… but a Bullet Nonetheless
• Cold Turkey? The Dangers of Withdrawal in the Tax Tribunal
• PML: Beware Agreements to Settle an Appeal
• Final Closing Speech
• Bolton Reaffirmed – Again
• Mental Health and “Exceptional Circumstances”
• Intentionally Misleading but not Dishonest
• No More ‘Manna Found on the Desert Floor’ for Insiders: The s. 271(3) Defence Revisited
• Extraterritorial Reach of Section 2 Notices
• Transparency and Overseas Ownership of UK Property The Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill
• Raychaudhuri v GMC: Ivey rules?
• Challenge To First Unexplained Wealth Order Fails In High Court
• Defending Private Prosecutions: Lessons To Be Learned
• Mixed & Ulterior Motives
• Disclosure In Private Prosecutions
• Who is the Private Prosecutor?
• Restraint, Confiscation and Compensation in Private Prosecutions
• Private Investigations
• Frozen Assets, Third Party Rights and Disclosure
• Achieving Sea-Change: Criminal Disclosure Failures
• The Duty to Report Foreign Misconduct Findings
• Without Notice, Without Merit: how far would you go for your client?
• Dr G Arunachalam v GMC [2018] EWHC 758 (Admin): Can a Doctor Escape Erasure for Repeated Sexual Misconduct?
• R (Lewin) v Financial Reporting Council and others [2018] EWHC 446: When can a Panel Criticise Those Outside the Profession?
• “If it’s not Written Down, it Didn’t Happen”
• New Guidance issued after Coroner’s ‘cab rank’ policy on burial quashed by the High Court in R (Adath Yisroel Burial Society) v Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2018]
• It Takes One to Quango- Sick to Death of Regulation in the Healthcare Sector?
• Reasonable Excuse for Non-Compliance with Self-Assessment (Perrin v HMRC)
• Hong Kong Newsflash: Trade Sanctions and Export Licensing
• Special Police Services and the Tractor Boys
• Financial Fair Play: Still All Bark and no Bite?
• Australian Ball-Tampering: Mob Justice or a Fair Cop?
• Consent and Society's Evolving Values Cannot Outweigh Public Protection
• The Golden Thread Survives Under the Modern Slavery Act
• Sentencing Guideline: Offensive Weapons and Bladed Articles
• Overarching Principles: Domestic Abuse
• Sentencing Guideline: Terrorism Offences
• An Update on the Enforcement Function of the Securities and Futures Commission
• Major Review of Meat Processing in the UK Launched by the FSA
• Enforcement Notices Post Chevron
• An Analysis of the Sentencing Process in HSE v Martin Baker Aircraft Ltd
• Impact of a death on fines for Health and Safety Offences [Whirlpool UK Appliances Ltd v R (Upon the prosecution of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Health and Safety) [2017] EWCA Crim 2186]
• Regulation 29(2)(A) VAT Rules 1995 ... The True Ambit of Discretion?
• I-AHHHH 35: There's Trouble Ahead
• Public Interest Immunity and the Tax Tribunal
• Disclosure and Fairness in Tax Appeals
• Remorse, Insight and Continued Denial – the Difficulty of Moving on after Sanction. Yusuff v General Medical Council [2018] EWHC 13 (Admin)
• PSA v NMC and X [2018] EWHC 70 (Admin)
• R (Clinton) v General Medical Council [2017] EWHC 3304 (Admin)
• Bye-bye Bijl
• Racial Discrimination by a Regulator: O’Connor v Bar Standards Board, 2017
• The Agreement in the Fury Case and the Vexed Question of the Burden and Standard of Proof for Athletes
• Nitrous Oxide - No Laughing Matter
• The Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) and Royal Statistical Society (RSS) Guidebook for Advocates on the Use of Statistical Evidence in Court
• Section 73 of SOCPA - What Happens When Terms Are Not Met?
• ‘Greater Threats to Society’ - The New Draft Guidelines for Terrorism Offences
• Driving Offences Which Cause Serious Injury or Death
• Self-defence and the Householder – Disproportionate Force May be Unreasonable Even in Defence of the Home
• HMICFRS Report Criticises Response to Modern Day Slavery
• Suspension or erasure? High Court rules in professional misconduct case (General Medical Council v Stone)
• Cross-examining expert witnesses; A Masterclass
• Inquests and Public Inquiries: Differences in Scope
• A view on the Sentencing Council’s Draft Guidelines for the Offence of Manslaughter in the Health & Safety Context
• Reasonable foreseeability after R v Rose
• “Exercising Restraint?”
• Newcastle United Football Club and Others v HMRC: A Backwards Step in Relation to Search Warrants?
• The Right to Silence is Not Yet Silent
• The SFO Survives the Latest Political Reshuffle
• Financial Sanctions: A Minefield for Business
• GMC v Theodoropoulos [2017]EWHC 1984(Admin)
• The Impact of an Interim Order on Sanction
• General Medical Council v The Queen (on the application of Dr Iheanyi Chidi Nwachuku) [2017] EWHC 2085 (Admin)
• General Medical Council v Jagjivan & PSA [2017] EWHC 1247 (Admin)
• Doherty v NMC [2017] EWCA Civ 1344
• Differentiating Dishonesty
• Legislative Overhaul for the NMC: Consolidation and Expansion
• The Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme: Trading pending appeal
• Is Dishonesty the Best Policy?
• R (on the application of Hely-Hutchinson) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] EWCA Civ 1075
• Comply or Fail
• A Question of Jurisdiction or Questionable Jurisdiction?
• Coming Soon, A New Data Protection Act for the United Kingdom
• Doli Incapax and Historic Sexual Offending
• Positive developments in third party funding of arbitrations
• Competition matters exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Competition Tribunal
• Coutts Hong Kong fined by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• Thefaut v Johnston [2017] EWHC 497:
• Lack of integrity in disciplinary proceedings: two recent conflicting authorities
• General Medical Council v Chopra [2017] EWHC 819 (Admin)
• A Scottish twist to Enemuwe
• When is “misconduct” a sanction?
• Craig v Farriers’ Registration Council [2017] EWHC 707 (Admin)
• The regulation of private lives
• Day v Health Education England [2017] EWCA Civ 329
• General Medical Council v Banerjee: ‘Lesson in not leaving it too late’
• General Optical Council v Clarke [2017] EWHC 521 (Admin): Retirement reduces risk to the public
• Representation in section 2 CJA 1987 interviews
• Conclusion of the Hong Kong anti-money laundering consultation confirms commitment to extending enforcement 
• The New Guideline on Guilty Pleas: A Potential Source of Conflict Between Client and Adviser? 
• The HSE announces it is to Consult on Fee for Intervention Scheme Dispute Process
• The Tunisia Inquests
• Health & Safety Sentencing Guidelines - One Year on
• Down on the Farm
• Identification by DNA on moveable objects
• The Policing and Crime Act 2017
• R v Johnson: Smuggling into Prison
• When Politicians Meddle...
• The Draft 2017 Money Laundering Regulations
• FCA v. Macris: Who is identified in FCA investigation notices?
• The Cyber Threat to UK Business
• Deferred Prosecution Agreements - A Review
• Costs in Private Prosecutions
• What constitutes cheat? The Ivey Case
• The End of the ‘Directing Mind’ - Corporate Liability for Economic Crime
• Driving to Distraction
• Hong Kong’s FCA Hand Shake
• Article 4 of the Bill of Rights – slavery and servitude
• ‘America First’ and the potential implications for Hong Kong and the wider world
• HKSAR v Luk Kin Peter Joseph and another – an analysis
• Judicial interventions during a trial – the Dayaram appeal
• No Wrong Turn in Hong Kong – an analysis of the Chan Kam Shing decision
• Will Hong Kong Revisit the offence of misconduct in public office by legislation in 2017?
• Unpicking Newton Hearings in Health and Safety Prosecutions
• Judgment of the High Court clarifies the extent of the SFC’s duty of disclosure
• Orlando Pownall QC represents jailed city worker Ke Xu accused of "deliberately" refusing to surrender seized software worth millions of pounds
• Defending Private Prosecutions
• Proving Propensity via Allegations of Bad Character
• Checklist for Out of Time Appeals on Jogee Grounds
• Confiscation Update - Piercing the Corporate Veil
• The Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service’s Handling of Non-Recent Sexual Offence Investigations Alleged Against Persons of Public Prominence
• The Rights of the Victim v the Defendant: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?
• Rethinking the Enforcement Function of the SFC
• The ‘Fraud Exception’ in Summary Judgment Applications: Zimmer, Universal and Arrow ECS Norway
• Private Prosecutions
• HKSAR v Deborah Annells: Prolific Offending and Regulatory Shortcomings
• Turning Financiers into Launderers: What do They Need to Know
• Insider Dealing - A Tightening of the Noose
• Successfully Resisting an Interim Order Extension
• R (SSP Health Ltd) v Care Quality Commission
• Post-Montgomery Consent Guidance for Surgeons – Information Must be Tailored to the Needs of the Individual Patient
• Responding to a Tragedy
• Squier v GMC
• Hindmarch v NMC
• Data Protection and Regulation
•  Control of Premises, Section 4 HSWA
• Credit For Guilty Plea: An Update
• Setting Fines in Uncertain Times: The Corporate Identity Crisis
• Alton Towers and the Application of the Health and Safety Sentencing Guidelines
• R v Johnson and Others - Joint Enterprise After Jogee
• Strengthening Tax Avoidance Sanctions and Deterrents
• Are Deferred Prosecution Agreements Company Friends or Foe?
• Political Corruption in the Turks & Caicos Islands and Legal Professional Privilege in Office
• New Anti-VAT Fraud Measures: Joint and Several Liability Revisited
• Business Needs to up its Game as Cyber-Attacks Are Here to Stay
• Developments in Deferred Prosecution Agreements
• Do Tom Hayes’ confiscation proceedings reveal a softening approach towards defendants by the Courts?
• PSA v GMC and Igwilo [2016] EWHC 524 (Admin)
• A New Approach to Expert Evidence?
• R (on the application of Sheila Adam) v the General Medical Council [2015] EWHC 3378: separating the ‘managerial’ from the ‘clinical’
• Death in State Detention?
• Changes to Dental Regulation: what does the future hold?
• O v NMC [2015] EWHC 2949
• Changes at the GMC: What you need to know
• The GMC's New Sanctions Guidance: more detail but no improvement
• Changes to the Criminal Procedure Rules
• Condemnation – The Harsh Reality
• The CMA in 2016: sights set by senior lawyer
• EU Commission's Action Plan on Terrorist Financing: a further step up in the Labyrinth
• Information Commissioner seeks to allay business fears on data transfers to the US
• An update on 'R v R'
• Corporate Prosecutions
• Principle Trumps the “Reality of the Matter” in Confiscation Appeal
• Money Laundering & Exchange Controls
• Is this the end of policy driven decisions?
• Sentencing for Robbery
• Disclosure in Document Heavy Cases & Abuse of Process
• On 21 December 2015, the Court of Appeal upheld Tom Hayes’ conviction, but reduced his sentence from 14 to 11 years
• Deferred Prosecution Agreements
• The Unlawful Acquisition of Cultural Property in Europe and its Restitution
• Behind the headlines: Seeking the truth behind sex grooming cases
• Leveson’s illiberal legacy?
• The New Criminal Procedure Rules: amendments of substance or form?
• Prosecution bad character argument leaves an unpleasant smell
• Sentencing Council Guidelines for Offences of Theft
• Feeling Trapped? Shall I stay or shall I go now?
• They Think It's All Over…It Is Now. Or is it? Terminating Rulings In The Crown Court
• Religion, Tolerance & Freedom - What Private Views Can A Teacher Express?
• Will Proposed Pharmacy Law Changes Help The Medicine Go Down?
• New Guidance From The GDC - Insight, Candour And A Whole Lot More
• New Evidence On Appeal - A More Relaxed Approach?
• Dishonesty After Kirschner: Is the Ghosh Test on its way out?
• The Fair And Effective Markets Review: Recommendations For Further Legislative And Regulatory Change
• Disclosure Failure: The Court Of Appeal Make It Plain That Compliance With CPR Is Critical
• Paying For The Privilege?
• The Truth And Nothing But The Truth – The CMA And Online Reviews
• The Offside Trap: FIFA Scandal Underlines Importance of New EU Money Laundering Directive
• Practice: Obtaining And Using An Intermediary
• Character: The Good, The Bad And The Somewhere In-between
• In The Hands Of The Jury
• Operation Elveden: A Sting In The Tail?
• What Is The British Bill Of Rights And Will There Be One?
• The Impact Of The Recent Case Of Manning On The Page Count Battle
• Confiscation Regime Toughened Up
• Confiscation Regime - Case Update
• Exceptional Inquest Funding Left To Incoming Government
• Death At Work: Christopher Gillespie Reflects On The Lessons Of A Recent Case
• How Safe A Haven Is The United Kingdom?
• The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015
• The Court Of Appeal Threatens More Loss Of Time Orders For Hopeless Appeals
• Judge Alone Trials: Time For Change?
• Proposed Reforms To Pre-Charge Police Bail
• Say You Are Sorry, And Mean It - The Role Of Apologies In The New GMC Indicative Sanctions Guidance
• Female Genital Mutilation: The First Prosecution And The Way Ahead
• R v National College For Teaching And Leadership (2014) EWHC 4351 (admin)
• The Morecambe Bay Report
• The Use Of Court Judgments In Professional Disciplinary Proceedings: R v General Medical Council [2015] EWHC 299 (Admin)
• A Question Of Motive?
• Penny Ann Lavis v Nursing & Midwifery Council (2014) EWHC 4083 (Admin)
• Supreme Court Decision In Eastenders / First Stop Wholesale v HMRC
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• POCA Update
• Life In The City: Another Day, Another Scandal
• European Brand Trading (EBT) v Commissioners of HRMC (2014) UK UT0026 (TCC)
• Developments In The Investigation And Prosecution Of Cartel Offences
• Determined deterrence: What next?
• Confiscation orders: A lesson for prosecutors
• A bitter pill to swallow: The GSK bribery investigation
• Widening the scope of corporate criminal liability: A new offence of failure to report economic crime
• Trial by jury, time to think again?
• Regulating foreign exchange markets: The financial stability board's latest report
• Wasted costs orders against prosecuting bodies: Some good news for privately paying defendants
• Criminal sanctions for market abuse to be expanded
• The proceeds of crime act 2002: Is it fit for purpose?
• Regulation regulation regulation: The new gold standard?
• The FCA investigates additional benchmarks
• Court of appeal rules that financial ombudsman service awards are binding on consumers
• Further arrests by SFO in LIBOR manipulation investigation
• SFO seeks a further £19m on top of £32m budget to fund its operations
• Date confirmed for the introduction of deferred prosecution agreements
• The financial ombudsman service: Growing in presence and not to be overlooked
• Prosecuting bankers under the banking reform act 2013: Political puff or criminal clout?

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• Case Commentary: R v WINTERTON [2018] EWCA Crim 2435
• New Sentencing Guidelines for Manslaughter Offences Now in Force
• Challenging the Coroner: R (Parkinson) v HM Senior Coroner for Kent, Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust & Sameer Hijazi [2018] EWHC 1501 (Admin)
• Birmingham Pub Bombings - Coroner’s Decision on Scope Only Reviewable on Public Law Grounds
• What Can we Learn from the HSE Annual Statistics Report?
• Food Labelling in the Wake of the Death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse
• DOTAS: Houdini’s Escape?
• Karoulla t/a Brockley’s Rock: Revenue Battered on Disclosure
• The Bar Council 2018 Law Reform Essay Competition: Not a Silver Bullet… but a Bullet Nonetheless
• Cold Turkey? The Dangers of Withdrawal in the Tax Tribunal
• PML: Beware Agreements to Settle an Appeal
• Final Closing Speech
• Bolton Reaffirmed – Again
• Mental Health and “Exceptional Circumstances”
• Intentionally Misleading but not Dishonest
• No More ‘Manna Found on the Desert Floor’ for Insiders: The s. 271(3) Defence Revisited
• Extraterritorial Reach of Section 2 Notices
• Transparency and Overseas Ownership of UK Property The Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill
• Raychaudhuri v GMC: Ivey rules?
• Challenge To First Unexplained Wealth Order Fails In High Court
• Defending Private Prosecutions: Lessons To Be Learned
• Mixed & Ulterior Motives
• Disclosure In Private Prosecutions
• Who is the Private Prosecutor?
• Restraint, Confiscation and Compensation in Private Prosecutions
• Private Investigations
• Frozen Assets, Third Party Rights and Disclosure
• Achieving Sea-Change: Criminal Disclosure Failures
• The Duty to Report Foreign Misconduct Findings
• Without Notice, Without Merit: how far would you go for your client?
• Dr G Arunachalam v GMC [2018] EWHC 758 (Admin): Can a Doctor Escape Erasure for Repeated Sexual Misconduct?
• R (Lewin) v Financial Reporting Council and others [2018] EWHC 446: When can a Panel Criticise Those Outside the Profession?
• “If it’s not Written Down, it Didn’t Happen”
• New Guidance issued after Coroner’s ‘cab rank’ policy on burial quashed by the High Court in R (Adath Yisroel Burial Society) v Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2018]
• It Takes One to Quango- Sick to Death of Regulation in the Healthcare Sector?
• Reasonable Excuse for Non-Compliance with Self-Assessment (Perrin v HMRC)
• Hong Kong Newsflash: Trade Sanctions and Export Licensing
• Special Police Services and the Tractor Boys
• Financial Fair Play: Still All Bark and no Bite?
• Australian Ball-Tampering: Mob Justice or a Fair Cop?
• Consent and Society's Evolving Values Cannot Outweigh Public Protection
• The Golden Thread Survives Under the Modern Slavery Act
• Sentencing Guideline: Offensive Weapons and Bladed Articles
• Overarching Principles: Domestic Abuse
• Sentencing Guideline: Terrorism Offences
• An Update on the Enforcement Function of the Securities and Futures Commission
• Major Review of Meat Processing in the UK Launched by the FSA
• Enforcement Notices Post Chevron
• An Analysis of the Sentencing Process in HSE v Martin Baker Aircraft Ltd
• Impact of a death on fines for Health and Safety Offences [Whirlpool UK Appliances Ltd v R (Upon the prosecution of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Health and Safety) [2017] EWCA Crim 2186]
• Regulation 29(2)(A) VAT Rules 1995 ... The True Ambit of Discretion?
• I-AHHHH 35: There's Trouble Ahead
• Public Interest Immunity and the Tax Tribunal
• Disclosure and Fairness in Tax Appeals
• Remorse, Insight and Continued Denial – the Difficulty of Moving on after Sanction. Yusuff v General Medical Council [2018] EWHC 13 (Admin)
• PSA v NMC and X [2018] EWHC 70 (Admin)
• R (Clinton) v General Medical Council [2017] EWHC 3304 (Admin)
• Bye-bye Bijl
• Racial Discrimination by a Regulator: O’Connor v Bar Standards Board, 2017
• The Agreement in the Fury Case and the Vexed Question of the Burden and Standard of Proof for Athletes
• Nitrous Oxide - No Laughing Matter
• The Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) and Royal Statistical Society (RSS) Guidebook for Advocates on the Use of Statistical Evidence in Court
• Section 73 of SOCPA - What Happens When Terms Are Not Met?
• ‘Greater Threats to Society’ - The New Draft Guidelines for Terrorism Offences
• Driving Offences Which Cause Serious Injury or Death
• Self-defence and the Householder – Disproportionate Force May be Unreasonable Even in Defence of the Home
• HMICFRS Report Criticises Response to Modern Day Slavery
• Suspension or erasure? High Court rules in professional misconduct case (General Medical Council v Stone)
• Cross-examining expert witnesses; A Masterclass
• Inquests and Public Inquiries: Differences in Scope
• A view on the Sentencing Council’s Draft Guidelines for the Offence of Manslaughter in the Health & Safety Context
• Reasonable foreseeability after R v Rose
• “Exercising Restraint?”
• Newcastle United Football Club and Others v HMRC: A Backwards Step in Relation to Search Warrants?
• The Right to Silence is Not Yet Silent
• The SFO Survives the Latest Political Reshuffle
• Financial Sanctions: A Minefield for Business
• GMC v Theodoropoulos [2017]EWHC 1984(Admin)
• The Impact of an Interim Order on Sanction
• General Medical Council v The Queen (on the application of Dr Iheanyi Chidi Nwachuku) [2017] EWHC 2085 (Admin)
• General Medical Council v Jagjivan & PSA [2017] EWHC 1247 (Admin)
• Doherty v NMC [2017] EWCA Civ 1344
• Differentiating Dishonesty
• Legislative Overhaul for the NMC: Consolidation and Expansion
• The Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme: Trading pending appeal
• Is Dishonesty the Best Policy?
• R (on the application of Hely-Hutchinson) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] EWCA Civ 1075
• Comply or Fail
• A Question of Jurisdiction or Questionable Jurisdiction?
• Coming Soon, A New Data Protection Act for the United Kingdom
• Doli Incapax and Historic Sexual Offending
• Positive developments in third party funding of arbitrations
• Competition matters exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Competition Tribunal
• Coutts Hong Kong fined by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• Thefaut v Johnston [2017] EWHC 497:
• Lack of integrity in disciplinary proceedings: two recent conflicting authorities
• General Medical Council v Chopra [2017] EWHC 819 (Admin)
• A Scottish twist to Enemuwe
• When is “misconduct” a sanction?
• Craig v Farriers’ Registration Council [2017] EWHC 707 (Admin)
• The regulation of private lives
• Day v Health Education England [2017] EWCA Civ 329
• General Medical Council v Banerjee: ‘Lesson in not leaving it too late’
• General Optical Council v Clarke [2017] EWHC 521 (Admin): Retirement reduces risk to the public
• Representation in section 2 CJA 1987 interviews
• Conclusion of the Hong Kong anti-money laundering consultation confirms commitment to extending enforcement 
• The New Guideline on Guilty Pleas: A Potential Source of Conflict Between Client and Adviser? 
• The HSE announces it is to Consult on Fee for Intervention Scheme Dispute Process
• The Tunisia Inquests
• Health & Safety Sentencing Guidelines - One Year on
• Down on the Farm
• Identification by DNA on moveable objects
• The Policing and Crime Act 2017
• R v Johnson: Smuggling into Prison
• When Politicians Meddle...
• The Draft 2017 Money Laundering Regulations
• FCA v. Macris: Who is identified in FCA investigation notices?
• The Cyber Threat to UK Business
• Deferred Prosecution Agreements - A Review
• Costs in Private Prosecutions
• What constitutes cheat? The Ivey Case
• The End of the ‘Directing Mind’ - Corporate Liability for Economic Crime
• Driving to Distraction
• Hong Kong’s FCA Hand Shake
• Article 4 of the Bill of Rights – slavery and servitude
• ‘America First’ and the potential implications for Hong Kong and the wider world
• HKSAR v Luk Kin Peter Joseph and another – an analysis
• Judicial interventions during a trial – the Dayaram appeal
• No Wrong Turn in Hong Kong – an analysis of the Chan Kam Shing decision
• Will Hong Kong Revisit the offence of misconduct in public office by legislation in 2017?
• Unpicking Newton Hearings in Health and Safety Prosecutions
• Judgment of the High Court clarifies the extent of the SFC’s duty of disclosure
• Orlando Pownall QC represents jailed city worker Ke Xu accused of "deliberately" refusing to surrender seized software worth millions of pounds
• Defending Private Prosecutions
• Proving Propensity via Allegations of Bad Character
• Checklist for Out of Time Appeals on Jogee Grounds
• Confiscation Update - Piercing the Corporate Veil
• The Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service’s Handling of Non-Recent Sexual Offence Investigations Alleged Against Persons of Public Prominence
• The Rights of the Victim v the Defendant: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?
• Rethinking the Enforcement Function of the SFC
• The ‘Fraud Exception’ in Summary Judgment Applications: Zimmer, Universal and Arrow ECS Norway
• Private Prosecutions
• HKSAR v Deborah Annells: Prolific Offending and Regulatory Shortcomings
• Turning Financiers into Launderers: What do They Need to Know
• Insider Dealing - A Tightening of the Noose
• Successfully Resisting an Interim Order Extension
• R (SSP Health Ltd) v Care Quality Commission
• Post-Montgomery Consent Guidance for Surgeons – Information Must be Tailored to the Needs of the Individual Patient
• Responding to a Tragedy
• Squier v GMC
• Hindmarch v NMC
• Data Protection and Regulation
•  Control of Premises, Section 4 HSWA
• Credit For Guilty Plea: An Update
• Setting Fines in Uncertain Times: The Corporate Identity Crisis
• Alton Towers and the Application of the Health and Safety Sentencing Guidelines
• R v Johnson and Others - Joint Enterprise After Jogee
• Strengthening Tax Avoidance Sanctions and Deterrents
• Are Deferred Prosecution Agreements Company Friends or Foe?
• Political Corruption in the Turks & Caicos Islands and Legal Professional Privilege in Office
• New Anti-VAT Fraud Measures: Joint and Several Liability Revisited
• Business Needs to up its Game as Cyber-Attacks Are Here to Stay
• Developments in Deferred Prosecution Agreements
• Do Tom Hayes’ confiscation proceedings reveal a softening approach towards defendants by the Courts?
• PSA v GMC and Igwilo [2016] EWHC 524 (Admin)
• A New Approach to Expert Evidence?
• R (on the application of Sheila Adam) v the General Medical Council [2015] EWHC 3378: separating the ‘managerial’ from the ‘clinical’
• Death in State Detention?
• Changes to Dental Regulation: what does the future hold?
• O v NMC [2015] EWHC 2949
• Changes at the GMC: What you need to know
• The GMC's New Sanctions Guidance: more detail but no improvement
• Changes to the Criminal Procedure Rules
• Condemnation – The Harsh Reality
• The CMA in 2016: sights set by senior lawyer
• EU Commission's Action Plan on Terrorist Financing: a further step up in the Labyrinth
• Information Commissioner seeks to allay business fears on data transfers to the US
• An update on 'R v R'
• Corporate Prosecutions
• Principle Trumps the “Reality of the Matter” in Confiscation Appeal
• Money Laundering & Exchange Controls
• Is this the end of policy driven decisions?
• Sentencing for Robbery
• Disclosure in Document Heavy Cases & Abuse of Process
• On 21 December 2015, the Court of Appeal upheld Tom Hayes’ conviction, but reduced his sentence from 14 to 11 years
• Deferred Prosecution Agreements
• The Unlawful Acquisition of Cultural Property in Europe and its Restitution
• Behind the headlines: Seeking the truth behind sex grooming cases
• Leveson’s illiberal legacy?
• The New Criminal Procedure Rules: amendments of substance or form?
• Prosecution bad character argument leaves an unpleasant smell
• Sentencing Council Guidelines for Offences of Theft
• Feeling Trapped? Shall I stay or shall I go now?
• They Think It's All Over…It Is Now. Or is it? Terminating Rulings In The Crown Court
• Religion, Tolerance & Freedom - What Private Views Can A Teacher Express?
• Will Proposed Pharmacy Law Changes Help The Medicine Go Down?
• New Guidance From The GDC - Insight, Candour And A Whole Lot More
• New Evidence On Appeal - A More Relaxed Approach?
• Dishonesty After Kirschner: Is the Ghosh Test on its way out?
• The Fair And Effective Markets Review: Recommendations For Further Legislative And Regulatory Change
• Disclosure Failure: The Court Of Appeal Make It Plain That Compliance With CPR Is Critical
• Paying For The Privilege?
• The Truth And Nothing But The Truth – The CMA And Online Reviews
• The Offside Trap: FIFA Scandal Underlines Importance of New EU Money Laundering Directive
• Practice: Obtaining And Using An Intermediary
• Character: The Good, The Bad And The Somewhere In-between
• In The Hands Of The Jury
• Operation Elveden: A Sting In The Tail?
• What Is The British Bill Of Rights And Will There Be One?
• The Impact Of The Recent Case Of Manning On The Page Count Battle
• Confiscation Regime Toughened Up
• Confiscation Regime - Case Update
• Exceptional Inquest Funding Left To Incoming Government
• Death At Work: Christopher Gillespie Reflects On The Lessons Of A Recent Case
• How Safe A Haven Is The United Kingdom?
• The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015
• The Court Of Appeal Threatens More Loss Of Time Orders For Hopeless Appeals
• Judge Alone Trials: Time For Change?
• Proposed Reforms To Pre-Charge Police Bail
• Say You Are Sorry, And Mean It - The Role Of Apologies In The New GMC Indicative Sanctions Guidance
• Female Genital Mutilation: The First Prosecution And The Way Ahead
• R v National College For Teaching And Leadership (2014) EWHC 4351 (admin)
• The Morecambe Bay Report
• The Use Of Court Judgments In Professional Disciplinary Proceedings: R v General Medical Council [2015] EWHC 299 (Admin)
• A Question Of Motive?
• Penny Ann Lavis v Nursing & Midwifery Council (2014) EWHC 4083 (Admin)
• Supreme Court Decision In Eastenders / First Stop Wholesale v HMRC
• Phillip Ivey v Genting Casinos UK Limited
• R v Evans & Others
• POCA Update
• Life In The City: Another Day, Another Scandal
• European Brand Trading (EBT) v Commissioners of HRMC (2014) UK UT0026 (TCC)
• Developments In The Investigation And Prosecution Of Cartel Offences
• Determined deterrence: What next?
• Confiscation orders: A lesson for prosecutors
• A bitter pill to swallow: The GSK bribery investigation
• Widening the scope of corporate criminal liability: A new offence of failure to report economic crime
• Trial by jury, time to think again?
• Regulating foreign exchange markets: The financial stability board's latest report
• Wasted costs orders against prosecuting bodies: Some good news for privately paying defendants
• Criminal sanctions for market abuse to be expanded
• The proceeds of crime act 2002: Is it fit for purpose?
• Regulation regulation regulation: The new gold standard?
• The FCA investigates additional benchmarks
• Court of appeal rules that financial ombudsman service awards are binding on consumers
• Further arrests by SFO in LIBOR manipulation investigation
• SFO seeks a further £19m on top of £32m budget to fund its operations
• Date confirmed for the introduction of deferred prosecution agreements
• The financial ombudsman service: Growing in presence and not to be overlooked
• Prosecuting bankers under the banking reform act 2013: Political puff or criminal clout?

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  • Congratulations to David Whittaker, Zubair Ahmad & Narita Bahra on Their Queen’s Counsel Appointments
  • Christmas Opening Hours
  • Reasonable Excuse Revisited
  • Two City Businessmen Sentenced for Operating a “Clever and Sophisticated Fraud on Investors”: Angus Bunyan Prosecutes
  • Jonathan Kinnear QC Accepts Master of the Bench Invitation
  • Nikita McNeill Represents Travel Company in Inquest into Death Following Balcony Fall
  • Narita Bahra and Tom Day Secure Acquittals in a Royal Mail Private Prosecution of a Multi Million Pound Fraud
  • Regulatory Crime Winter Newsletter
  • Sarah Przybylska Secures Conviction of Jamie Acourt on Drug Trafficking Charge
  • Litigation Privilege in the Board Room: WH Holding Ltd-v-E20 Stadium LLP [2018] EWCA Civ 2652
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC Accepts Master of the Bench Invitation
  • Tax Team Winter Newsletter
  • 2 Hare Court Receives Multiple Nominations in Legal 500 2019 Awards
  • Gudrun Young Successfully Defends Leading Feminist & Anti-Racist Campaigner Linda Bellos OBE in Private Prosecution
  • Jonathan Kinnear QC Successfully Defends in Malicious Prosecution Claim
  • Angus Bunyan and Howard Watkinson Obtain 10 Convictions in £8m Vehicle Fraud
  • Sophia Dower Successfully Appeals Against TFL’s Decision to Revoke Uber Driver’s Private Hire Licence
  • Brendan Kelly QC & Vivienne Tanchel Secure Acquittal in North Sea Gas Corruption Conspiracy
  • Costs Order Successfully Secured Against Private Prosecutor for Improperly Commencing Criminal Proceedings
  • Jonathan Kinnear QC in success in Court of Appeal Civil Division
  • Successful Submission of no Case to Answer in Murder for Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC
  • Head of White Collar Crime at Mishcon de Reya Joins 2 Hare Court
  • Narita Bahra and Harry Bentley Secure Acquittals in Series of International and National Drugs Conspiracies
  • Chambers & Partners UK 2019 Rankings Released
  • 2 Hare Court Ranked as Top Tier Set & Leading Set in Multiple Practice Areas in Legal 500 2018
  • Narita Bahra and Harry Bentley Secure Acquittal for Client Charged with Multi-Million Pound Conspiracy to Manufacture, Import, Export and Distribute Anabolic Steroids (Class C drugs)
  • Craig Ferguson Secures the Acquittal of Topcon Construction Ltd
  • Jonathan Kinnear QC Leads for the Crown in Important Court of Appeal Decision
  • Tom Day has successfully overturned an order made by the Interim Orders Tribunal of the MPTS
  • Brian O’Neill QC Secures Acquittal in Long Running Civil Private Prosecution
  • Fiona Robertson Successfully Appeals Firearm Sentence
  • 2 Hare Court Members Shortlisted in Chambers Bar Awards 2018
  • Nikita McNeill appears in Article 2 Inquest following A&E death
  • Brendan Kelly QC Secures Acquittal in ‘Pack’ Murder
  • Brian O’Neill QC and Christopher Ware Secure Acquittal in Gangland Murder
  • Jonathan Rees QC & Will Martin Successfully Prosecute Delroy Forrester for Unlawful Killing of his 11 Year Old Great-Niece
  • Double Murderer Convicted
  • Narita Bahra Secures Acquittal for Javon Roach in Jeweller Murder
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC Secures Acquittal in Victim Right to Review Case
  • Gudrun Young Successfully Defends GP Charged with 7 Counts of Sexual Assault
  • IICSA: Nikita McNeill Appears in Hearing into the Offending of Former Bishop of Gloucester Peter Ball
  • Martin Hicks QC Successfully Defends GP Accused of Defrauding 96 year old French Resistance Heroine
  • Suspended Sentence for Perverting the Course of Justice
  • Tobacco and Personal Use: The Assessment and Penalty
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC Secures Acquittal in First Prosecution of a Far Right Organisation Since World War II
  • Gavin Irwin successfully represents Emergency Medicine Registrar at the Inquest of a 33 year old woman who died from a rare form of infection
  • Paul Renteurs Acts for The FA in Regulatory Proceedings Brought Against Ex West Ham Recruitment Director Tony Henry Over Comments Regarding African Players
  • Alex Tampakopoulos Represents the Family of a Challenger 2 Tank Commander, One of Two Crewmen Killed During a Live Firing Shoot at Castlemartin
  • Martin Heslop QC Secures Sympathetic Sentence for 63 yr Old Who Killed Her Father and Buried Him in Her Garden After Lifetime of Abuse
  • Gavin Irwin Averts Closure of School after Discovery of Weapons and £400,000 Cash
  • Narita Bahra appears on BBC Radio 4 to discuss Disclosure Failings
  • Largest ever privately prosecuted fraud
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC achieves settlement for UN Whistleblower after 15 year battle
  • HMRC Crack Down on VAT Evasion Offences
  • Naeem Mian QC represents man charged with encouraging acts of terrorism against Royal Family
  • Belhaj Litigation: UK Apologises over Libyan Dissident Treatment
  • Disclosure failings result in collapse of a multi million pound evasion of excise duty
  • Naeem Mian QC Secures Acquittal of 19 Year Old Boy for Murder
  • Acid Attacker Cleared of Murdering Nurse
  • Former Gurkha Lorry Driver Spared Jail After Fatally Knocking into Lord Taylor of Blackburn
  • Strong Warning Given as Judge Suspends Sentence for Juror Research
  • Andrew Colman Successfully Vindicates Internationally Renowned Consultant Surgeon
  • Christopher Coltart QC Appointed as a Sports Arbitrator with Sport Resolutions Ltd
  • Jonathan Kinnear QC Appointed as one of three new Disciplinary Tribunal Chairs by the ICAEW
  • Christopher Coltart QC is instructed to represent Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the centre of the Facebook data harvesting row
  • Brendan Kelly QC Successfully Represents International Rugby Player Paddy Jackson
  • 2 Hare Court Welcomes Michael Rawlinson
  • Naeem Mian QC Secures Conditional Caution for Youth Charged with Terrorism Offences
  • Laura Stephenson successfully Appeals against the Extradition of a Mother accused of grievous bodily harm in Hungary
  • Tax Spring Newsletter
  • Nikita McNeill appears in the public hearings for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
  • Gavin Irwin Represents Principal Conspirator in £37m ‘Copy-cat Website’ Fraud
  • Narita Bahra’s client cleared of Rape weeks after Sexual Assault Acquittal
  • Brian O’Neill QC and Sarah Przybylska win costs hearing following successful defence of Private Prosecution
  • Tom Day represents national company acquitted of Health & Safety Offence
  • Counterfeit Airbags Prosecution under the Trade Marks Act 1994
  • Inquest finds “Gross Failings” Contributed to Avoidable Death from Constipation
  • Peter Gray QC Successfully Represents Chevron North Sea Ltd in HM Inspector of Health & Safety v Chevron North Sea Ltd.
  • Naeem Mian QC secures acquittal of man charged with planning a Bombing Campaign on the UK Mainland
  • Jim Buchanan Appears for the London Borough of Croydon (LBC) for Breach of Section 2 HSWA
  • Finsbury Park Attacker Darren Osborne Sentenced to Life with a Minimum Term of 43 Years
  • HHJ Perrins slams CPS for wholesale disclosure failings as Narita Bahra and Fiona Robertson’s client walks free
  • Tom Day Appears for ex Council Chairman charged with 12 Fire Safety Breaches Following Rutland Street Fire
  • Crime Team Winter Newsletter
  • Narita Bahra’s client Valentin Krzyzyk cleared of Sexual Assault after Police fail to hand over vital CCTV evidence
  • Terrorism Cases: Where Sanctions Designations Apply in Tandem with Criminal Proceedings
  • Julia Faure Walker and Sarah Przybylska appointed Treasury Counsel Monitorees
  • Liam Allan Rape Trial Collapse
  • Romanian Extradition: Stasis Maintained
  • Sarah Przybylska and Lewis MacDonald prosecute boiler room Fraud targeted at elderly
  • GMC has Dropped its Appeal and JR against a Doctor’s Restoration to the Register
  • Will a gambler change Hong Kong Law?
  • 2 Hare Court Welcomes Jonathan Kinnear QC
  • 2 Hare Court Shortlisted in Legal 500 UK Awards 2018
  • Dishonesty and the GMC: the first case after Ivey v Genting Casinos
  • Andrew Radcliffe QC Secures Acquittal in Op Amazon After 10 Month Trial
  • Howard Watkinson and Joshua Carey successfully represent HMRC in multi-million pound Appeal
  • 11 Convictions Upheld in Rolf Harris Appeal
  • Narita Bahra appears for Sky News discussing the UK Harvey Weinstein Allegations
  • Discrimination and the GMC – Michalak v GMC [2017] UKSC 71
  • The Proper Approach to Restoration Hearings
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC and Vivienne Tanchel Secure Acquittal of 18 Year Old Boy for Murder
  • 2 Hare Court Receives Record Rankings in Chambers & Partners UK 2018 Guide
  • Gosh! Where has Ghosh gone?
  • 2 Hare Court Welcomes Will Martin
  • Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering Bill Published
  • Quinn Hawkins instructed in ‘Serial Killer’ Providenciales Murder
  • 2 Hare Court Ranked as Top Tier Set & Leading Set in Multiple Practice Areas in Legal 500 2017
  • The Lammy Review: A Conversation
  • Deaconal investigation success for Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC
  • Tax Newsflash
  • 3 members appear for the Rooney family in biggest ever prosecution of ‘slavery’ offences – Operation Pottery
  • Brendan Kelly QC represented Suzie Best in her application for a Horse Training Licence
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC’s Multi-Millionaire Client Acquitted of Multiple Historic Allegations of Rape
  • Harry Bentley Secures Acquittal for Alleged Fraudulent Headteacher who ‘raided school funds’
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC Successfully Opposes Application to Quash Acquittal for 1984 Murder
  • Narita Bahra secures acquittal for Ex-Universal Music Media Mogul
  • Narita Bahra Discusses The NCA Intelligence-Sharing Scheme Blocking Sex Offenders Entering SE Asia on Sky News
  • Narita Bahra & Harry Bentley represent client involved in Bedford Shooting
  • Narita Bahra leading Stephen Donelly acted for a client who was charged with an array of Money Laundering, Fraud, supply of class A drugs and cultivation of class B drugs offences
  • Fiona Robertson’s Playwright Client Acquitted of Groping Young Actress
  • CAS Upholds Life Bans for Top Russian Athletics Officials: Jonathan Laidlaw QC Acts for IAAF
  • 2 Hare Court Shortlisted in Chambers UK 2017 Bar Awards
  • His Honour Judge Julian Nicholas Goose QC Appointed Justice of the High Court
  • Martin Heslop QC Secures Acquittal of Notorious Gangland Murder
  • Train driver cleared of endangering passenger safety on a railway
  • 2 Hare Court Welcomes 2 New Tenants
  • Fiona Robertson’s client found not guilty on all historic sex charges
  • Christopher Geering’s Client Acquitted and Awarded Record Costs Against the ACCA
  • Sallie Bennett Jenkins QC secures costs against CPS following a failed prosecution under the Victim Right to Review scheme
  • Stalking Victims Being Put at Risk by Police Failings – Christopher Ware Instructed by HMIC to Advise on Harassment and Stalking Report
  • Fiona Robertson’s client acquitted of all historic rape charges
  • Ben Rich represents Isle of Wight Council in the successful prosecution of term-time holiday dad, Jonathan Platt
  • Tom Day secures licence for Cliff Richard concert
  • Narita Bahra represents the The Sikh Channel at Office of Communications Regulatory Tribunal
  • Nicholas Hall & Tom Day represent family of man murdered by mentally ill neighbour previously deemed as ‘no immediate risk’
  • Mark Graffius and Nikita McNeill defend in £46million wine fraud
  • James Buchanan secures acquittal of excavator driver on charges of manslaughter by gross negligence, perverting the course of justice and Section 2 HSWA.
  • Narita Bahra defends in a £78 Million Money Laundering Conspiracy
  • Tyrone Belger and Lewis MacDonald represent defendant accused of defrauding the Metropolitan Police
  • Tube Bomb Plotter Damon Smith Sentenced to 15 Years
  • London Legal Walk 2017
  • Narita Bahra secures acquittal for a Holistic Healer charged with Sexual Offences
  • GMC v Dr X – Dishonesty Does Not Automatically Require A Sanction
  • Tom Day represents GP following fire that killed pensioner
  • SFO v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd: internal investigations under threat
  • Christopher Ware acts for the FA in Anti-Doping case
  • Narita Bahra defends client in multi million pound drugs conspiracy
  • Peter Lownds in Successful Sentencing Appeal for ‘Cocaine Pilot’
  • Peter Lownds Represents Senior Banker in $3.5M Banking Corruption Case
  • Jonathan Rees QC prosecutes London Tube bomb accused Damon Smith
  • Narita Bahra acts for Barclays Banker in UK’s biggest Cyber Fraud Operation Kadenza
  • Narita Bahra and Joshua Carey represent Director in European Union Match Funding Conspiracy to Defraud in excess of £1million
  • Christopher Coltart QC acts for the FA in disciplinary proceedings brought against Joey Barton for betting on football matches
  • Successful prosecution of Slovakian people trafficking ring by Sarah Przybylska
  • Queensbury Legal Charity Boxing 2017 – Gallery
  • Nikita McNeill presents case against headteacher dismissed from London school for altering pupils’ exam papers
  • David Whittaker represents building company cleared of charges under Health & Safety Legislation Following a “Work at Height” Death
  • Michael Hayton QC represents Essar Oil Limited following high risk explosion
  • Queensbury Legal 2017
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC assigned Vice-Chair for CBA Mentoring Scheme
  • Businessmen cleared in Nationwide Heroin Conspiracy
  • Deprivation of Liberty – the saga continues
  • Praise for Sallie Bennett–Jenkins QC from Director of Refuge, Sandra Horley CBE
  • Marios Lambis successfully defends doctor accused of fraud
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC secures non custodial sentence for indecent images
  • Chris Gillespie considers the Sentencing Council’s Definitive Guideline on Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea
  • David Whittaker Successfully Defends Partner of TOWIE Star in Drug Prosecution
  • Leon Kazakos Successfully Represents Police Officer
  • Lewis MacDonald presents case against Carrie-Anne Nash over death of 10-year-old
  • Nikita McNeill successfully represents nurse accused of causing or contributing to death of elderly patient
  • Brian O’Neill QC successfully represents Rohan Ince
  • Joshua Carey successful in resisting Permission to Proceed in the High Court
  • When a Mistake is not Misconduct
  • Narita Bahra’s client cleared of a forty six count Indictment containing grooming, rape and sexual assault allegations
  • Successful prosecution of HBoS corruption trial by Brian O’Neill QC and Angus Bunyan
  • Chris Foulkes in largest UK deferred prosecution agreement
  • Joshua Carey appointed to the Attorney-General’s Civil C Panel
  • Orlando Pownall QC represents jailed city worker Ke Xu accused of “deliberately” refusing to surrender seized software
  • Peter Gray QC (Scotland) Joins 2 Hare Court
  • Joshua Carey represents train driver accused of endangering passenger
  • Alex Tampakopoulos Successfully Represents Property Development Company at Newton Hearing
  • Congratulations to Naeem Mian on his Queen’s Counsel Appointment
  • Tom Day Represents Independent Hospital at Inquest into the Death of a 77-year Old Man
  • Narita Bahra instructed in Multi-Million Pound Tax and Duty Evasion Fraud.
  • Serial Killer Stephen Port Sentenced to Life Imprisonment For Murdering Four Men
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC Appears Before the British Horseracing Authority
  • Naeem Mian wins Criminal Lawyer of the Year Award 2016
  • Ben Rich Defends Nurse Accused of Falsifying Temperature Record of Colleague Who Got Ebola
  • Fiona Robertson’s Client Avoids Custody for his Part in Cannabis Ring
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC Appears for the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF)
  • Michael Hayton QC Represents Multi National Chemical Company in Fatality Prosecution
  • Michael Hayton QC elected Leader of the Northern Circuit
  • Tom Day Represents National Private Security Company
  • 2 Hare Court Ranked in Chambers & Partners UK 2017 Guide
  • 2 Hare Court Awarded Professional Discipline Set of the Year 2016 by Chambers UK
  • 2 Hare Court Awarded Crime Set of the Year in Legal 500 UK 2017
  • Zubair Ahmad Called to The Bar of NI
  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins & Harry Bentley Begin Trial for PC Semple Murder
  • David Howker QC
  • 2 Hare Court Shortlisted in The Legal 500 UK 2017 Awards
  • Vivienne Tanchel Defends GP in the Inquest of the Death of Ivy Atkin
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC and Christopher Ware Successfully Defend in a Private Prosecution
  • Knife-Wielding Pensioner acquitted
  • Congratulations to our new tenants following successful pupillages
  • Chris Gillespie Represents Corporate Client at Zane Gbangbola Inquest
  • Brian O’Neill QC and Angus Bunyan Prosecute Bank Corruption Trial at Southwark CC
  • Christopher Ware Represents a Company Director on a Conspiracy Allegation
  • Brian O’Neill QC prosecutes on case of fraud and corruption at HBOS
  • David Whittaker acts for care-home company prosecuted under new regulations following death of patient
  • Narita Bahra Acts for Defendant Involved in £113 Million Money Laundering Cyber Scam
  • David Whittaker, Craig Ferguson & Christopher Gillespie Conduct a Mock Health & Safety Trial
  • 2 Hare Court Shortlisted in Chambers UK Bar Awards
  • Fiona Robertson Secures Acquittal For Client Charged With GBH After Nightclub Brawl
  • Christopher Ware Acts For ACCA Against An Accountant Convicted In £2.6m Fraud
  • David Howker QC 1959-2016
  • Non Custodial Sentence for Nurse Convicted of Fraud
  • Narita Represents Ring Leader in Conspiracy to Supply Firearms
  • Tom Day Secures Licence for Bryan Adams Performance at the Betley Concerts
  • Narita Represents High Profile Solicitor
  • Defendants accused of cheating Her Majesty’s customs of £500,000 avoid immediate custodial sentence
  • Naeem Mian Makes Closing Submissions on Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures case
  • Naeem Mian and Robert Dacre Secure Acquittal in Terrorism Trial
  • Jonathan Rees QC Prosecutes Optometrist Honey Rose found Guilty of Manslaughter by Gross Negligence
  • Commercial Scale Cannabis Factory Bust
  • Tom Day represents a GP in relation to the death of a young woman who suffered from anorexia nervosa
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC and Craig Ferguson represent first company to be sentenced for Corporate Manslaughter since the new Definitive Guideline came into force
  • Narita secures acquittal for client charged with Money Laundering in excess of £500,000
  • Success for Sallie Bennett-Jenkins in a disclosure battle with CPS in Victims Right to Review case together with an apology from the CPS for her client
  • Christopher Geering Successfully Represents Doctor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Colleague
  • Scott Ivill’s Client Cleared of 11 Separate Allegations including alleged Acts and/or Omissions that Contributed Towards a Patient’s Death
  • Rights of the Victim v the Defendant: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?
  • Jonathan Rees QC Prosecutes Attacker Found Guilty of Attempted Murder after ISIS-inspired Leytonstone Tube Attack.
  • Richard Huckle Given 22 Life Sentences
  • Angus Bunyan Prosecutes Defence Firm Directors Who Bribed US Businessman to Land a £5m Military Supply Deal
  • Brian O’Neill QC prosecutes ‘Britain’s worst ever paedophile’
  • Pre-Trial Disclosure Issues in Claim Subjected to Closed Material Procedure Direction
  • Brian O’Neill QC Prosecutes Two Teenagers for Knife Murder
  • Chris Gillespie successfully challenges production order for medical records
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC secures rehearing before British Horseracing Authority
  • Michael Hayton QC successfully represented Premier League footballer in his appeal against a curfew order
  • Oliver Glasgow QC & Sarah Przybylska make closing submissions on behalf of the Jersey Law Officers’ Department at the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry
  • Martin Heslop QC secures acquittals for client with allegations of historic rape and sexual violence
  • David Howker QC represents mentally ill ‘Road Rage’ man accused of murder
  • Marios Lambis defends doctor convicted of prolonged fraud against his employing NHS hospital
  • Craig Ferguson defends doctor cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence
  • Orlando Pownall QC and David Whittaker client acquitted of insider dealing
  • Special Immigration Appeals Commission finds refusal of British citizenship unfair
  • Verdicts in the Hillsborough Inquest
  • Fiona Robertson secures appeal against sentence 
  • Prosecution of man for murder of elderly neighbour
  • Narita appears in historic child grooming case
  • Personal Assistant to James Bond producer acquitted of Fraud and Theft
  • Fiona Robertson’s Client Acquitted on Appeal of Rape
  • Transgender carer found guilty of murdering her MS-Suffering father
  • Martin Heslop QC secures acquittal of 20 year old in gang related South London stabbing
  • 2 Hare Court are pleased to announce the arrival of Mark Graffius
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC represents trainer before British Horseracing Authority
  • Killer of unborn child is jailed for life
  • Orlando Pownall QC and Gudrun Young defend in Adam Johnson trial
  • Christopher Ware acts for the FA against three players for breaching FA conduct rules
  • Vivienne Tanchel’s client acquitted in LIBOR broker trial
  • Jonathan Laidlaw QC is listed as one of Britain’s 500 most influential individuals
  • Orlando Pownall QC and David Whittaker commence Operation Tabernula
  • Case of R v Michael Misick & 8 Others
  • Congratulations to Oliver Glasgow on his QC appointment
  • Leon Kazakos represents the first defendant in the case of Sebastiano Magnanini
  • Jonathan Rees QC secures convictions in child destruction case
  • Marios Lambis secures an acquittal for a doctor
  • Further finding of unacceptable professional conduct in Trojan Horse case
  • Narita Bahra and Harry Bentley secure an acquittal in the UK revenge attack against the followers of those who burnt the Guru Granth Sahib in India
  • Brendan Kelly QC secures acquittal for a solicitor charged with Perverting the Course of Justice
  • Orlando Pownall QC and Jonathan Laidlaw QC successfully defend in Cairns Trial
  • Findings of misconduct in first Birmingham Schools Trojan Horse case
  • Oliver Glasgow appointed Senior Treasury Counsel
  • 2 Hare Court is an “exceptionally good set” that is home to “advocates of outstanding quality”
  • Stephen Brassington wins Chambers UK 2015 Professional Discipline award
  • Tom Day represents the FA over Arsenal’s breach of football agents regulations
  • Should Cartel Activity be a Criminal Offence in Hong Kong?
  • “Trojan Horse” Cases: 2 Hare Court Team Commence the First NCTL Hearings
  • Orlando Pownall QC & Jonathan Laidlaw QC Defend in Cairns Trial
  • 2 Hare Court are pleased to announce the arrival of Michael Hayton QC
  • Tesco Cash for Crash Insurance Fraud Conspiracy
  • 2 Hare Court nominated in 3 categories for the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2015
  • 2 Hare Court ranked top 5 for quasi-criminal Barrister rankings in the Legal 500 2015
  • Orlando Pownall QC and Zubair Ahmad successfully defend murder suspect at the Central Criminal Court
  • Orlando Pownall QC Represents Former Cricket Captain Accused of Perjury & Perverting the Course of Justice
  • Narita Bahra acts for client in Aylesbury Child Sex Ring Trial
  • Operation Cotton – Allegation of Conspiracy to Defraud
  • 2 Hare Court are shortlisted for ‘Chambers of the Year’ – Legal Awards 2015
  • Trevor Gibbon Fatally Stabs Neighbour in Two-Year Noise Row Revenge
  • Stage 1 Large Casino Licence Granted for Aspers in Southampton Royal Pier Development
  • Martin Heslop QC Secures Acquittals in Alleged Multi-Million Pound Class A Drug Smuggling Conspiracy
  • New GDC PCC & ISG Guidance
  • Teenager Charged with Acts of Terrorism and ‘Terror Grooming’
  • Christopher Geering successfully appeals the GMC’s decision to erase a doctor from the register
  • Category: Newsletters
    • Business Crime & Financial Services Autumn Newsletter
    • Private Prosecution Newsletter
    • Professional Discipline Summer Newsletter
    • Criminal Regulatory Spring Newsletter
    • Crime Group Spring Newsletter
    • 2 Hare Court’s Sports Law Newsletter
    • Professional Discipline Winter Newsletter
    • SFC fine EFG Bank AG
    • Call for consistency across Coronial areas
    • Brexit Select Committee Publishes Sanctions Report
    • Publication of The Fourth Annual Chief Coroner’s Report for 2016 to 2017
    • What is a “Criminal Cause or Matter” and why does it matter?
    • As a $31m Crypto-Currency Heist is Revealed, is there a Wave of Crypto-Crime Litigation on the Horizon?
    • Nutanix – an Erosion of the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination?
    • Bishop’s Review of Hillsborough Families’ Experiences Calls for Change Including Publicly Funded Legal Representation for Bereaved Families at Inquests
    • Hong Kong: Asia’s FinTech Hub
    • Regulatory Crime Newsletter
    • Business Crime & Financial Services Group Autumn Newsletter
    • Financial Sanctions: A Minefield for Business
    • Regulatory D-Day for Hong Kong’s Insurance Industry
    • Professional Discipline Autumn Newsletter
    • Tax Group Newsletter
• Category: Newsflash
  • Combatting a Culture of Adjournments?
  • Court of Appeal’s “Very Regrettable” Forced Hand Following Indictment Errors in Historic Sex Trial
  • R v Tas [2018] EWCA Crim 2603: manslaughter and joint enterprise post-Jogee
  • Litigation Privilege Restored by Court of Appeal in ENRC v SFO
  • No Presumption of Erasure: Bawa-Garba v GMC [2018] EWCA Civ 1879
  • Civil Standard for Suicides: R (Maughan) v HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2018] EWHC 1955 (Admin) (Leggatt LJ, Nicol J)
  • Newsflash: Sentencing Guidelines for Manslaughter Introduced
  • The Challenges of Challenging the Coroner: R (Parkinson) v HM Senior Coroner for Kent, Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust & Sameer Hijazi [2018] EWHC 1501 (Admin)
  • The Relevance of Retirement? General Optical Council v Clarke [2018] EWCA Civ 1463
  • Sentencing company Directors
  • The Duty of Candour: “its importance cannot be overstated”
  • Defending Directors: Hidden Gems in the Companies Act 2006
  • When is a “Reasonable Excuse” Reasonable?
  • Fresh OFSI Guidance for Importers and Exporters & Significant Iran Sanctions Developments
  • USA Rachets up Russia Sanctions – Will the UK follow?
  • Soft Drinks – Hard Times
  • A Money Laundering Directive Too Far?
  • FCA Enforcement Policy – Consultation Unveiled
  • Lack of integrity: A Useful Shorthand
  • When is an Expert not an Expert?