TRAFFICKING GANG JAILED FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS

…Simon Gurney for Waddingtons Solicitors, Burnley. For Petra Dzudzova Philip Holden for Steele Ford & Newton Solicitors, Burnley. Read more here: BBC News The Telegraph & Argus Daily Mail  …

Rick Holland successfully defends Chief Inspector in mortgage fraud case.

…Buttress was arrested in front of shocked colleagues at GMP’s Newton Heath HQ in March, 2013. At that time he had been a serving officer with the GMP for 18…

Adam Johnson Jailed for Six Years Following Prosecution led by Kate Blackwell QC and Dan Thomas

…instructed by Senior Crown Prosecutor Jim Hope of the Complex Case Unit Newcastle. Further coverage can be found here on the links below The Guardian BBC Manchester Evening News  …

Alistair Webster Q.C. Responds to Press Reports Naming Josh Molnar in the Yousef Makki Murder Case

On 6th October, a number of newspapers identified Josh Molnar as the acquitted defendant in the murder trial relating to Yousef Makki. The tone and nature of the reports varied…

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 – Mid Year Update

…our basic civil liberties its 14 parts, 209 sections and 21 schedules and 337 pages covers a wide range of topics. Two of its provisions have made the news. On…

Sick raid on sisters' home

…live with family. Abbas, of Whalley New Road, Blackburn, admitted burglary. Hussain, of Ormerod Street and Ali, of Nelson Street, both Accrington, pleaded guilty to affray. Sentencing, Judge Beverley Lunt…

Environmental Law & Waste Management

companies, government departments, insurance companies, specialist solicitors, local authorities, regulators and industry bodies. We provide a dedicated expert advisory and advocacy service and are regularly instructed in cases involving: Waste…

Murder & Manslaughter

and manslaughter cases nationally. We are instructed by both defence solicitor firms and the CPS (including Complex Casework Units, Special Divisions and Headquarters). Several of our team have national reputations…

Matthew Howarth Property Law Update

Matthew Howarth successfully represented a local Manchester Landlord in obtaining forfeiture of a Commercial lease from a non-paying Tenant Following a fact finding hearing and legal submissions Mr Howarth was…

Heather Aspinall and Dan Thomas appointed to Attorney General’s Civil Panel of Counsel

…will be undertaking complex civil and EU work for all government departments. Head of Chambers, Alistair Webster Q.C., commenting on the appointments stated: “I am delighted to congratulate Dan Thomas…

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS MANAGER REPRESENTED BY MR JEREMY LASKER ACQUITTED OF ALLEGATIONS OF TACHOGRAPH OFFENCES.

In October 2017, following an investigation by the Vehicle and Vehicle Standards Agency which began in 2013 into the commercial affairs of Westram Limited, a substantial Transport company operating from…

Sentences for Corporate Manslaughter and Health and Safety Offences following fatal accident at quarry

An agricultural contracting company, from Lancashire, has been sentenced for Corporate Manslaughter and its directors imprisoned following the death of an employee.   Benjamin Edge, aged 25, died when he…