Jason Aris

Year of Call: 1998

CPS Grade: 4
 

 

Areas Of Specialism

Common Law, Drugs & Gang-Related Offences, Firearms, Murder & Manslaughter, Sexual Offences

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Practice Summary

Details of practice

Jason specialises exclusively in criminal law, and has extensive experience of defending all types of serious criminal offences, including murder, serious violent offences, large scale drug conspiracies, firearm offences, and offences of dishonesty. He is frequently instructed to represent those who are charged with serious sexual offending, and in dealing with cases involving historical allegations, and multiple complainants.
Jason has a particular expertise in dealing with defendants who are vulnerable by reason of youth, mental health issues, personality disorders, or learning difficulties.
Jason is often commended for his calm and personable approach, and he has developed a reputation as being a highly sought after criminal advocate on circuit.
He is aware that early case preparation is the key to the successful resolution of cases, and therefore he is always willing to discuss instructions with his instructing solicitors at a very early stage in the proceedings, in order to give clear, practical, and realistic advice.
Jason is also a Grade 4 CPS Prosecutor, who prosecutes the most serious criminal offences.
Notable cases:

 

Sexual offences:
  • Represented a defendant who was charged with serious sexual offending over 3 decades where there were 12 complainants.
  • Defended a young adult who was charged with multiple offences of rape against complainants who had learning difficulties.
  • Represented a defendant who was charged with sexual offending against elderly persons who were resident in a care home.
Murder:
  • Represented a defendant who was alleged to have attacked a man, rendering him unconscious, before placing him into a vehicle, which he subsequently set alight, causing the man’s death.
  • Represented a defendant who was alleged to have conspired with others to murder a man in his own home, because of an outstanding drugs debt.
  • Represented a defendant who was charged with stabbing a man to death in his own home, in an unprovoked attack.
  • Prosecuted 2 defendants who attempted to murder a man with whom they had a long standing grudge.
Drugs:
  • Represented a defendant who was alleged to have conspired to supply Class A drugs in Worcestershire, on a large commercial scale, as part of a ‘County lines’ prosecution.
  • Prosecuted multiple defendants who were charged with conspiring to produce drugs, valued in excess of a million pounds, together, with money laundering offences.
Dishonesty Offences:
  • Defended a care worker, who defrauded her client of in excess of half a million pounds.
  • Represented a defendant who was charged with conspiring to rob multiple convenience stores, with others, by using firearms.
  • Represented a defendant who was charged with theft from an employee over a prolonged period of time, stealing approximately half a million pounds.
  • Prosecuted a gang of individuals who conspired to steal high value sports cars over a period of 18 months.
Other:
  • Represented the appellant in R v Dobson (2011) WLR (D) 221, which involved consideration of the law relating to inconsistent Jury verdicts.

 

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Witness Familiarisation Support And Courses

These are a few examples of courses in which our members have been involved:

  • Witness familiarisation with trainee police officers and special constables from Northamptonshire Police, where the officers were questioned regarding their statements about ‘mock’ arrest exercises
  • Similar exercises with detectives from the West Midlands Police
  • Witness familiarisation with officers of the Northamptonshire Probation Service.  These officers were given training on the process of giving evidence in sentencing hearings in the Magistrates Court and Crown Court
  • Expert witness familiarisation and training, with expert witnesses such as independent Forensic Scientists, and officers of the Health and Safety Executive. The exercises involved questioning regarding expert reports prepared by the participants

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