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Heads the North
Eastern Circuit Continuing Education Programme and plays an
important role in the training and education of barristers and
others. He is an accredited advocacy trainer.
Education:
University of London (Queen Mary College) LLB Hons
ICSL Bar Examinations 1980
Inner Temple, Ashworth Scholarship 1980
Areas of Practice
Has particular experience of cases
involving child witnesses and others with special needs and has
prosecuted the first case in England involving a witness with
Aspergers Syndrome (who also had other significant psychological
difficulties). Prosecutes and defends in all forms of serious
criminal cases involving homicide, fraud, sexually related crime,
and child abuse (with particular expertise in the medical aspects of
this work). Has covered the whole spectrum of personal injury and
general civil litigation. Also judicial review and family law (with
particular emphasis on child welfare).
Civil and Family Work
General Civil (Personal injury)
Judicial Review and Local Government
Family (Public Law and Child
Care)
Sexual Abuse and homicide of children
Criminal Work
Murder, major fraud and sexually related
crime. Conducted many cases involving the death and abuse of
children.
Judicial Review in relation to criminal work.
Conducted several sensitive cases including the prosecution of a CPS
official in London.
Reported Cases
R v British Steel PLC (Health and Safety)
R v Trantrum and others (Jury reconsideration of verdicts)
R v
Garbutt (A.G. Reference) (Sentence for robbery where there are
serious unforeseen consequences.
R v Munro (Legality of part
staying an indictment)
R v Lincoln Justices ex parte Wickes PLC
(Abuse of Process and multiple summonses in Sunday trading cases)
R v Robinson (Attempted rape is a Sexual Offence for the purposes of
the Criminal Justice Act 1991)
R v Knight (A.G. Reference)
(Sentence in "one punch" Manslaughter cases)
R v Leeds
Crown Court ex parte Bagoutie and others (Custody Time Limits)
In
re XY and Z (Disclosure of child care papers in a Libel Action
arising out of the Cleveland Child abuse Inquiry)
In re P
(Appeals - Stay of Execution) (Stay of Execution guidelines in
appeals from Magistrates Family cases)
Wansbeck District Council
v Marley (Possession of council property for redevelopment)
R v
JH (Childhood Amnesia)
R v Hobson & others (Sentencing guidelines
case: `Whole life' minimum term).
Trials
Fraud:
Leyland DAF Fraud (Junior for the
Managing director)
South Shields Solicitor Mortgage Fraud
(Junior)
Chicken Fraud (Leader for the General Manager in the pet
food chicken fraud)
Diesel Oil Fraud (Leader for the Transport
Manager in the Diesel Oil Duty Fraud)
Murder:
R v Dunlop (Body
under the bath case)
R v Bryan (Multiple Shooting Murders in
Leeds)
R v Bradley (Murder of retired Leeds solicitor)
R v
Holdsworth (Child murder - killing toddler)
R v Hobson (Murder of
4 people near York, twins and elderly couple)
R v Faunch and
Wathey (Child sexual abuse: child witness with Asperger's syndrome.
R v Mohammed Ali (Sheffield drugs gangland murder)
Deputy High Court Judge in Family
Division. Sits as a Recorder in criminal [authorised to try serious
sexual cases], and family courts
(including public Family Law work)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Panel (monitoring and assisting Foreign lawyers representing British
Citizens abroad in criminal and Human Rights Cases).
Additional Information
Door
tenant at 36 Bedford Row, London
School Governor of a Special
Needs School (Vice Chairman of Governing Body)
Chairman of
Chambers Management Committee 2006-
Chairman of the Pupillage and
Education Committee
Local Councillor (Sheffield) 1983-87
Particular interest in equal opportunities
Professional Memberships
Criminal Bar Association
Family
Law Bar Association
Associate Member of American Bar Association
North Eastern Circuit (Secretary 1991-96)
North Eastern Circuit
(Head of Continuing Education 2006-)
Interests
Foreign Travel
Aviation
Theatre and the
Arts (formerly a Director of the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield) |