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The motives of individuals when preparing terrorist activities do not provide mitigation, but the circumstances of each case must be considered. The appellants pleaded guilty to an offence under section 5(1) of the Terrorism…
Simon Smith and John Femi-Ola have appeared for the defendants in fraud case at Basildon Crown Court in which they posed as an internet lover to defraud a victim of £1.6 million. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/08/duo-who-conned-woman-with-fake-lover-on-dating-site-jailed http://news.met.police.uk/news/romance-fraudsters-jailed-145292?utm_campaign=mm_email_notification&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3390615/Lonely-hearts-conmen-seduced-woman-dating-site-tricks-pick-artist-s-bible-Game-jailed-scam-tricked-1-6million.html Simon was instructed…
Tom Cockroft, who was elected onto the Bar Council in 2015, has been invited to join the Law Reform Committee. The Law Reform Committee responds to government consultations across all areas of law on behalf…
Clare Dowse has secured the acquittal of a London man who had been accused of repeatedly raping his step-daughter when she was aged between 10-14. The jury unanimously acquitted Clare's client on all seven counts of…
Defendant charged with selling stories about Prince Harry to the ‘The Sun’ and the ‘News of the World’ newspapers. Gordon Ross has successfully defended a former soldier charged with misconduct in public office. Arising from…
Tim Forte has been instructed in Operation Petral a £5.6m multi-commodity organised crime group conspiracy where he represents the first defendant.Tim is instructed by Nadeem Ullah of Abbey Solicitors http://www.abbeysolicitors.co.uk/
Adam Davis QC has been instructed to lead Tim Forte in the case of Clayton Williams, charged with the murder of PC Dave Phillips in Wallasey.Adam is instructed by Andrew Egerton at DDE Law, Liverpool.http://www.ddelaw.com/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/pc-phillips-murder-accused-insists-10231370http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11922699/Pc-Dave-Phillips-murder-Teenager-accepts-his-driving-caused-death.htmlhttp://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pc-david-phillips-clayton-williams-6595111http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pc-dave-phillips-clayton-williams-appears-court-accused-murdering-merseyside-police-officer-1523056http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-34488744https://twitter.com/BBCNWT/status/652514396070105088
A case that further clarifies when a court should, and should not, make confiscation orders in combination with compensation orders. In this case Davenport, described as a very sophisticated fraudster, had paid £12 million…
For indictable-only offences of a cross-border nature (including Scotland), the Attorney-General’s consent must be obtained prior to sending the case to the Crown Court. This case involved 18 applications for extension of time to…
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