Category: Crime
Philippa Southwell shortlisted in the LAPG Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards
The firm is very pleased to announce that Philippa Southwell has been recognised for her outstanding work with victims of human trafficking by being shortlisted for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the…
Acquittals in the Guralp Systems Ltd corruption case
On 18 December 2019, Mr Bell, the former financial director and acting CEO of Guralp Systems Ltd (‘GSL’) was unanimously acquitted by a jury of a single charge of conspiracy to make corrupt payments. His fellow co-defendants were also subsequently acquitted on 20 December 2019.…
Court of Appeal quashes convictions of the Oval Four
Forty seven years after they were convicted of ‘mugging’ on the London Underground, the Court of Appeal has quashed the convictions of Sterling Christie, Winston Trew, and George Griffiths following a referral from the Criminal Cases Review Commission (‘CCRC’). These men, together with Constantine Boucher, whom…
Timothy Greene appointed as a Circuit Judge
We are very pleased and proud to announce that Timothy Greene has been appointed as a Circuit Judge and will sit at Snaresbrook Crown Court from 25th March 2019. We will miss Tim greatly and our considerable loss is very much the judiciary’s gain. Tim…