Chloe Lane

Gurdeep Garcha K.C. was successful in overturning a conviction for Assault by Beating against a police officer who has served West Midlands police for over 20 years.   The officer was off duty at the time of the incident. He was alleged to have launched a wholly unprovoked assault against a female at a barbecue, […]

Jamie Scott has prosecuted a man for multiple charges relating to the promotion of racial hatred online.    Over the course of a year, the defendant had posted from multiple accounts on X racist and anti-Semitic memes, slurs and threats, intending to stir up racial hatred. He had been referred to the Prevent strategy four

Ilana Davis represented the only defendant out of five to be acquitted after a two-week trial at Warwick Crown Court for section 18 wounding with intent.   The trial, which was before HHJ Montgomery KC, concluded on the 28th August 2026.    The prosecution case was that the five defendants had participated in a joint,

Gurdeep Garcha KC represented Madalin Dumitru after himself and his partner, Adina Mihai, drugged four men in a bid to steal money and belongings, resulting in two of the victims dying.    Oxford Crown Court heard of how Mihai, assisted by Dumitru, created an online profile and posed as a sex worker to gain access

Gurdeep Garcha KC and Curtis Myrie are defending a 65 year old West Bromwich man who is standing trial at Birmingham Crown Court accused of the murder of a 36 year old woman whose body was found in a Tipton canal a week after she was last seen alive.    The defendant is said to

The defendant had previously been sentenced to 46 weeks’ immediate custody at Warwick Crown Court for 4 offences of shop theft.   Emily Andrew, instructed by Hine Solicitors, was granted leave to appeal by the Single Judge, and appeared before Mr Justice Goose, Lord Justice Foxton, and Her Honour Judge de Bertodano. Emily’s advocacy was

Robert Tolhurst, instructed by Luke Cleghorn of David Coyle Solicitors, Nuneaton, defended for a client acquitted by a jury on 28th July 2026 following a trial at Warwick Crown Court. The indictment alleged eight offences: two counts of Rape, Sexual Assault and five counts of Sexual Activity with a Child. All the allegations were made

Rachel Brand KC prosecuted Andrew Gorrell, whose trial took place at Wolverhampton Crown Court in February. He was sentenced on 6th July 2026 by the Recorder of Wolverhampton HHJ Chambers KC.    In the early hours of the morning on 11th May 2025, Gorrell set fire to the wheelie bin in the front garden of