Justin Jarmola
Year of Call: 2009
Career overview
Practice Summary
Justin is regularly instructed in cases alleging Homicide, Terrorism, High Value Dishonesty, Drug Importation and Supply, Grave Violence and Sexual Offending, as Led Junior to King’s Counsel, as Leading Junior himself or as Junior alone. Conspiracy indictments, homicide and fraud represent a substantial proportion of his workload.
Further, Justin frequently appears in Regulatory cases, involving Trading Standards, Consumer Protection, Licensing, Environmental, Health and Safety and Animal Welfare matters.
Details of practice
Homicide
Relevant cases include:
- Operation Aspodin (2024): Defence case of murder in the Crown Court at Birmingham, before a High Court Judge.
- Operation Falabella (2024): Defence case of murder and child destruction, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, before a High Court Judge.
- Operation Aratio (2024): Defence case of murder, representing a twelve year-old, in the Crown Court at Nottingham, before a High Court Judge.
- Operation Falabella (2024): Defence case of murder and child destruction, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, before a High Court Judge.
- Operation Acrylic(2024): Defence case of murder, in the Crown Court at Nottingham, before a High Court Judge.
- Operation Botwood 2 (2024):Defence case of double attempted murder, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton.
- R v AT (2024): Defence case of double attempted murder, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
- Operation Redox (2024): Defence case of attempted murder, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
- Operation Inskip (2024): Defence case of attempted murder, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
- R v SB (2024): Defence case of attempted murder, in the Crown Court at Stafford.
- Operation Carotin (2023): Defence case of preparation of terrorist acts, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
- Operation Contigo (2023): Defence case of murder and attempted murder, before a High Court Judge, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton.
- Operation Coastclay (2023): Defence case of rape and murder, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton.
- Operation Ogoru (2023): Prosecution case of murder, in the Crown Court at Warwick.
- Operation Botwood (2023): Defence case of double attempted murder, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton.
- R v HF (2023): Defence case of attempted murder, in the Crown Court at Northampton.
- Operation Rubus (2023): Defence case of manslaughter, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton.
- Operation Feather (2022): Defence case of double murder, before a High Court Judge, in the Crown Court at Leicester.
- Operation Baritone (2022): Defence case of murder, before a High Court Judge, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton.
- Operation Greendale (2022): Defence case of murder, in the Crown Court at Leicester.
Dishonesty
Relevant cases include:
- Operation Mayfly (2024): Multi-million pound defence pay-tv piracy fraud, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
- Operation Raider (2024): Multi-million pound defence pay-tv piracy fraud, in the Crown Court at Shrewsbury.
- Operation Boron (2024): Multi-handed defence conspiracy to steal case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
- Operation Red Wezen (2023): Multi-handed defence MTIC fraud conspiracy, in the Crown Court at Cardiff, prosecuted by Silk and Junior Counsel.
- Operation Flawless (2023): £10 million multi-handed defence fraud, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel. The largest pay-tv piracy case in the jurisdiction.
- R v CH (2023): Multi-million pound defence fraud, in the Crown Court at Stoke-on-Trent.
- Operation Redcrab (2023): Multi-handed defence armed robbery conspiracy, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Redder (2023): Multi-handed defence cheque fraud, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
- Operation Editor (2023): Multi-handed defence conspiracy to defraud case, in the Crown Court at Reading.
- Operation Kyoga (2022): £1.5 million multi-handed defence conspiracy to steal case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
- Operation Cook (2022): Multi-handed defence conspiracy to steal case, using explosives, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
- Operation Hailwood (2022): Multi-handed defence conspiracy to defraud case, in the Crown Court at Warwick, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel
- Operation Oganesson (2022): Defence “smishing” and “phishing” cryptocurrency fraud case, in the Crown Court at Woolwich.
- Operation Sunbeam (2022): Multi-handed defence case, alleging hundreds of dwelling burglaries, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton.
- Operation Lava (2022): £750k multi-handed defence money laundering case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
Drugs
Relevant cases include:
- Operation Impel (2024): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Shrewsbury, prosecuted by Silk and Junior.
- Operation Lozenge (2024): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Stoke-on-Trent, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Kindling (2024): Multi-handed defence Encrochat class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Germanium (2024): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies and human trafficking case, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Bradstock (2024): Multi-handed defence case of importation of drugs from Africa.
- Operation Laverda (2024): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton.
- Operation Hunterian (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Lucrific (2023): Multi-handed defence Encrochat class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Tintoo (2023): Multi-handed £20,000,000 cocaine conspiracy, in the Crown Court at Stafford.
- Operation Amalfi (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Worcester, prosecuted by Silk and Junior Counsel.
- Operation Sunstone (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Uptown (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Checkmate (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Derby, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Furnace (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Chervil (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Stafford, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Oklib (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton.
- Operation Boscastle (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton.
- Operation Bicep (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton.
- Operation Librarius (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
- Operation Hornet 2 (2023): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham.
- Operation Facade (2022): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, prosecuted by two junior Counsel.
- Operation Brooklyn (2022): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Mold, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Tafius (2022): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
- Operation Atoll (2022): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Warwick.
- Operation Global (2022): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Gloucester.
- R v MH (2022): £2 million heroin importation defence case, in the Crown Court at Isleworth.
- Operation Centara (2022): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Worcester.
- Operation Hogg (2022): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Stafford.
- Operation Incant (2022): Multi-handed defence class ‘A’ drug conspiracies case, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, prosecuted by two Junior Counsel.
Sexual Offending & Grave Violence
Relevant cases include:
- Operation Marzano (2023): Multi-handed defence conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life case, in the Crown Court at Stafford.
- Operation Ableness (2023): Defending in an NCA investigation into a conspiracy to acquire firearms, in the Crown Court at Birmingham, prosecuted by Silk and Junior Counsel.
- Operation Satchel (2022): Five-month multi-handed defence child sexual abuse case, in the Crown Court at Wolverhampton, prosecuted by two Silks and Junior Counsel