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Mia McNevin prosecutes three-handed trial and secures convictions in the second largest cannabis seizure in Warwickshire

A team of three cannabis growers were sentenced on Wednesday 8th May 2024 to a total of over 12 years’ imprisonment following their successful prosecution by Mia McNevin at Coventry Crown Court. In the trial, the jury were told that the cultivation was on an industrial scale and the value of the cannabis plants seized […]

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Gurdeep Garcha KC and Adam Western defend in murder of a 62-year old former soldier

Trial started this week at Winchester Crown Court of 37-year old Winter Swan-Miller for the murder of a 62-year old former soldier in his Andover home in June last year. Gurdeep Garcha KC and Adam Western, instructed by BH Mohammed solicitors, are defending. It is the prosecution case that the defendant inveigled her way into

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Gurdeep Garcha K.C. and Curtis Myrie defend a Smethwick man charged with the murder of a 24 year old DPD driver.

Gurdeep Garcha K.C. and Curtis Myrie are defending a Smethwick man charged with the murder of a 24 year old DPD driver, who was beaten to death whilst out making deliveries in Shrewsbury in August 2023.  The defendant is charged alongside four other men. It is the prosecution case that the defendants hatched a plan

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Dan White prosecutes an organised crime group who had stolen cash and jewellery worth over £200,000

Operation Abridge was a reactive investigation into a series of armed robberies committed in the West Midlands between November 2022 and June 2023 which resulted in over £200,000 of cash and jewellery being stolen.  The five commercial robberies were committed by an organised crime group, all of whom were convicted.  Teams of three disguised individuals

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Rachel Brand KC and Nicholas Berry prosecuted two teenagers (aged 19 and 16 years) convicted by a jury of murder following a three-week trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

The victim, 18 year old Jack Lowe, was stabbed in an unprovoked and premeditated attack within an area of grassland in Darlaston near Walsall. After the attack the defendants were seen and heard on CCTV footage to be celebrating as they left the scene.   The defendants will be sentenced in January 2024.

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Henry Skudra successfully applies for warrant of commitment in huge tax fraud confiscation matter.

A defendant in one of the largest ever tax fraud cases, Operation Amazon (prosecuted at trial and confiscation by Tim Hannam K.C.), failed to pay anything but £70,409.56 of his £ multi-million confiscation order. Owing over £3.46 million, the defendant was ordered to serve a further 8 years and 9 months’ imprisonment. A C.P.S. press

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  • 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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Uniquely (to our knowledge) we offer direct financial support to members returning from parental leave in order to cushion the cash flow impact of return to practice . 

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