Ilana Davis

Crime

• Ilana receives instructions on behalf of both the defence and prosecution in the Crown Court, Youth Court and Magistrates’ Court.
• Ilana has also appeared on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, National Probation Service, West Midlands Police and Home Office.
• Ilana has experience of a breadth of cases involving violence, dishonesty, drugs, sexual offences and motoring offences.
• Ilana also has experience in confiscation proceedings for both prosecution and defence. She has been instructed on cases involving hidden assets, tainted gifts and third party interests in assets.

Notable Cases:

• Operation Brutus (2022) – led prosecution junior in a 13-handed for conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis and conspiracy to produce cannabis
• R v J (2022) – prosecuted a 12-year-old for an LGBT hate crime on another child
• R v H (2022) – successfully defended a man charged with attempted s18 GBH; the defendant had suffered more serious injuries that the complainant and expert evidence demonstrated it was the defendant’s blood on the alleged weapon
• R v C (2022) – prosecuted a man charged with armed robbery during which a student was stopped at knifepoint in the street and then taken to his home where his laptop was stolen
• R v T (2022) – prosecuted an off-duty police officer for shoplifting from John Lewis; persuaded the court that expert evidence that the defendant could not have formed intent was inadmissible
• R v R (2021) – successfully defended a man charged with resist arrest after demonstrating that the police officers’ behaviour was “appalling” resulting in an unlawful arrest
• R v W (2021) – persuaded the Court of Appeal that the sentence imposed for an attempt dwelling burglary was manifestly excessive
• R v G (2021) – represented a 77-year-old man at sentence for sexual offences committed between 1969 – 1972
• R v T (2020) – represented a man at first appearance charged with attempted murder, said to have been committed during the Covid-19 lockdown period
• R v D (2019) – successfully defended an 18-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a vulnerable, youth complainant in a park
• R v S (2019) – prosecuted a man who uploaded a threatening rap video to YouTube; successfully argued that uploading to YouTube amounted to sending a malicious communication and the personalised threats in the video went beyond artistic licence

Ilana also has experience in other non-criminal areas of the law.

Licensing

Ilana is available for instructions in licensing matters relating to taxi/private hire, alcohol and tobacco as well as regulatory matters.

Civil Litigation

Ilana has experience of small claims and fast track trials including claims for credit hire and general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity arising from road traffic accidents. Ilana has been instructed on cavity wall insulation cases. She is available to draft statements of case. She has appeared in the County Court for applications in insolvency and property matters.