Case News

A decision by a County Council to issue a noise abatement notice in respect of a large factory was judicially reviewed. Following advice to the County Council and drafting the detailed acknowledgment of service at short notice, the application for judicial review failed even to get past the permission stage. The Administrative Court ordered the […]

A Worcester man has been sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for causing the deaths of two women and a six-year old child.  Adam Western defended Joe-Lewis Tyler at Worcester Crown Court at the hearing on Monday 5th August.  Mr Lewis had earlier pleaded guilty to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving and a

Rachel Brand KC and Justin Jarmola represented one of two 12-year old boys convicted of murder following a stabbing in a park in Wolverhampton in November 2023.     The boys are amongst the youngest ever convicted of murder in the UK.       There will be further hearings to determine whether reporting restrictions can be lifted to allow

Leading Caroline Harris, Tim secured the acquittal of a young adult on charges of facilitating transport with a view to exploitation after a seven week trial in a case which had a history of serious disclosure failings.  The two complainants were aged between 15 and 17 at the time of alleged offences but made complaints as

Tim Hannam KC and Caroline Harris prosecuted Omari Lauder (23) and Obi Mpho (22) for murder and secured their conviction on 17th May 2024 following a three week trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court in which the only eye witnesses were the defendants themselves and where the victim had himself been armed with a knife and

Andrew Davidson, leading Jas Dhaliwal, recently prosecuted a man charged with firing a handgun in Birmingham’s busy city centre whilst crowds of people were present. At around 3:30am on 17th June 2023, Deraj Meade fired two gunshots on John Bright Street in Birmingham. At that time, the area was crowded with members of the public coming

Robert Tolhurst represented an 82-year-old man, of exemplary character, who had pleaded guilty to Attempted Murder on a previous occasion. After a 50-year marriage characterised by unconditional love and unstinting care for his wife and son, the defendant attempted to take his own life and his son’s following the death of his beloved wife.  The

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

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

On 18th April, following a nine-day trial at Warwick Crown Court, Caroline Harris’ 20-year-old client was acquitted of ‘gang rape’, following a successful submission that there was no case for the defendant to answer. He and four other defendants were said to have taken a young woman to a Coventry hotel room under false pretences, to