Education
LLB (Hons) 2:1
Areas of Practice
Criminal: Prosecutes and defends a full range of criminal cases:
including misuse of drugs, sexual offences, fraud, homicide and violent
crime.
Extensive experience in s.8 C.P.I.A. disclosure applications and
challenges to Public Interest Immunity claims.
Civil: All
aspects of general civil law practice, including Personal Injury
litigation. Advice and conduct of Employment Tribunal hearing, in
particular cases involving unfair and wrongful dismissal.
Immigration: Considerable experience in Asylum Appeals and
Judicial Review.
Recent Criminal Cases
R v Livingstone &
Others
(CPS Special Case Work) Junior Counsel in large scale drugs
conspiracy. NCS operation involving 12 defendants, nine month long
voir dire and disclosure process. Procedural challenges to
disclosure process following European decision in Edwards v Lewis.
R v Bell
(CPS Special Case Work) Junior Counsel in Fraud. £1
1/2million.
R v Milson
Murder. Death of 8 month old baby
from methadone overdose.
R v MacKenzie
Gross Negligence
Manslaughter. Death of 78 year old woman from suspected hypothermia.
Personal
Moved to chambers in
August 2002, having practised on the Midland and Oxford Circuit for a
number of years. Lives in York. Interests include skiing, sailing and
painting.
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