David Wright shortlisted for Legal 500 Senior Clerk/Chief Executive of the Year award

Chambers are extremely proud to announce that our Director of Clerking, David Wright, has been nominated for the Legal 500 ‘Senior Clerk/Chief Executive of the Year Award’. During the research

Former Professional Cage Fighter Jailed for 32 years

…bloodshed. Tim Storrie QC for the Prosecution, together with Charlotte Crangle of the CPS, for CPS North West. To read more follow the links below: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-55176880 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9014581/Cage-fighter-37-stabbed-ex-girlfriend-32-death-jailed-32-years.html https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/andrew-wadsworth-melissa-belshaw-wigan-19389073 https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/murdered-mums-friend-says-killer-19386404  …

Kate Blackwell QC successfully represents two clients for Olliers Solicitors

…guilty to a series of “up skirting” offences. Mr Kim narrowly escaped a custodial sentence and was ordered to comply with a community order. See here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9311747/Student-21-secretly-filmed-20-women-campus-avoids-jail.html and here: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/student-secretly-filmed-up-female-19926396…

Life Imprisonment For Woman Who Strangled Her Partner

…QC and Katherine Pierpoint appeared for the Defendant, instructed by Yvonne Garside of Burton Copeland Solicitors. To learn more about the case follow the links below: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-61570403 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/evil-woman-killed-partner-fatally-27054975 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10850065/Evil-woman-25-jailed-life-choking-vulnerable-boyfriend-53-death.html https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/woman-murdered-partner-strangling-him-24048943…

Suspended Sentence imposed in £1.5 million counterfeit toys trial – Dan Thomas & Marianne Alton defend

…instructed by Jeremy Pinson, a specialist business crime consultant at Olliers Solicitors and David Phillips & Partners, due to their experience in civil Trade Marks matters. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/counterfeit-toy-trader-banned-after-1-5m-scam-busted-by-trading-standards-1-8516161 http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/crime/firm-that-flooded-blackpool-with-counterfeit-toys-is-found-guilty-1-8378840 https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/plot-for-250-000-fake-toys-leads-to-conviction-1.432847  …

Suspended Sentence imposed in £1.5 million counterfeit toys trial – Dan Thomas & Marianne Alton defend

…instructed by Jeremy Pinson, a specialist business crime consultant at Olliers Solicitors and David Phillips & Partners, due to their experience in civil Trade Marks matters. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/counterfeit-toy-trader-banned-after-1-5m-scam-busted-by-trading-standards-1-8516161 http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/crime/firm-that-flooded-blackpool-with-counterfeit-toys-is-found-guilty-1-8378840 https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/plot-for-250-000-fake-toys-leads-to-conviction-1.432847  …

Jermaine Baker Public Inquiry Commences

…11 December 2015 during a police operation relating to an attempt by Mr Baker and others to free a prisoner en route to Wood Green Crown Court. The Inquiry Chairman…

CARE HOME ABUSE TRIAL CONCLUDES WITH MIXED VERDICTS

Complex Case Unit as led junior counsel for the Crown. Sentence will take place on 2nd October 2015. Watch and read more here: http://www.itv.com/news/2015-08-18/three-convicted-of-ill-treatment-of-99-year-old-dementia-sufferer-who-was-scalded-in-bath/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-33964749 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0663bz3/north-west-tonight-18082015 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3202716/Three-care-home-workers-convicted-ill-treating-99-year-old-dementia-sufferer-suffered-extensive-burns-immersed-scalding-hot-bath.html http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/breaking-care-home-boss-convicted-of-ill-treating-elderly-residents-1-7416165    …

Neil Usher successfully prosecutes Fred Talbot on historic sex offence case

…each of the boys he took advantage of would find it impossible to speak out and tell other adults what he had done”, Mr Usher added. Read more here http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fred-talbot-found-guilty-molesting-8623436…

Success in murder case for Lisa Roberts Q.C. and Sobia Ahmed

…to murder. Sentencing Bennett to life imprisonment, with a minimum term to serve of 21 years, Mr Justice Goss described this as “a dreadful case of callous brutality.”   http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/jury-told-man-accused-murder-12106397…

Lincoln House Chambers raise money for Prince's Trust with battle of the bands

and Louise Kitchen, were up against some strong competition from across the legal professional in Manchester. This year’s competition, ‘Manchester Music Makers 2’, was hosted at Band on the Wall…

Lincoln House Chambers raise money for Prince’s Trust with battle of the bands

and Louise Kitchen, were up against some strong competition from across the legal professional in Manchester. This year’s competition, ‘Manchester Music Makers 2’, was hosted at Band on the Wall…