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Jas Dhaliwal secured the acquittal of his client following legal submissions and representations made to the Prosecution. Jas’s client was charged with Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (ABH). The client was a prison officer alleged to have beaten a prisoner in his own cell. The attack was said to have

Retired Worcestershire farmer David Venables was sentenced yesterday, Wednesday 20th July to a life sentence and a minimum term of 18 years’ imprisonment following his conviction for murder. Timothy Hannam QC and Adam Western, instructed by Sarah Brady of Lister Brady solicitors, defended Mr Venables in a five-week trial at Worcester Crown

A man has been acquitted of Attempting to Inflict Grievous Bodily Harm at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Ilana Davis represented the defendant, who suffered more serious injuries during the incident than the complainant. Experts had advised on the cause of the defendant’s injuries and blood found on items at the scene.

R v Faris Uddin [2022] EWCA Crim 751 Simon Rippon successfully opposed the Crown’s application to increase Faris Uddin’s sentence, and  successfully argued for a change in the law concerning the lawfulness of suspending a sentence of imprisonment under the ’two strikes’ legislation. Westlaw has described the decision a ‘significant