R v G (2022) (Ongoing) (Kingston Crown Court)
Representing a defendant charged with three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of criminal damage.
To instruct Charles please contact our Clerks on +44 (0)20 7400 6400 or email clerks@3rblaw.com.
Charles joined Three Raymond Buildings in October 2020 following successful completion of his pupillage.
After pupillage, Charles undertook a Judicial Assistantship at the U.K. Supreme Court, working for Lord Hamblen of Kersey during the 2020-2021 legal year.
Whilst at the Supreme Court, Charles worked on appeals involving complex points of law across a wide range of different legal contexts. In particular, he worked on a number of high profile criminal and public law cases, including: R (KBR Inc) v Director of the SFO [2021] UKSC 2 (territorial scope of SFO’s investigatory powers); DPP v Ziegler [2021] UKSC 23 (appeal by way of case stated arising from protest activity); and Maduro Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela v Guaidó Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela [2021] UKSC 57 (recognition of a foreign head of state and act of state doctrine).
Since returning to chambers, Charles is developing a practice across Chambers’ main areas of work, with a particular focus on crime, public law and related areas of international law.
Charles appears regularly in the criminal courts for both the prosecution and the defence.
Charles has recent experience of appearing in cases involving allegations of theft, violence, public disorder and the possession and the supply of drugs.
During his time as a Judicial Assistant, Charles gained experience working on criminal appeals at both permission and full-hearing stages. He is therefore well-placed to advise on appeals against conviction and sentence.
Representing a defendant charged with three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of criminal damage.
Representing a police officer charged with theft.
Represented a youth client charged with two offences, one of which was a summary-only public order offence. After legal argument on the approach to counting the 6-month time limit under s.127 of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980, the Court accepted that the public order matter was time-barred.
Represented a Defendant charged with causing death by dangerous driving. Led by Trevor Burke QC.
Secured an acquittal for a Defendant charged with racially aggravated public order.
Charles accepts instructions across the main areas of Chambers’ public law work. He has a particular interest in judicial review proceedings which concern criminal justice and national security matters.
He has recent experience of public inquiry work and is currently involved in proceedings before the Special Immigration Appeals Tribunal.
Instructed as part of a team led by Hugo Keith QC in pending proceedings before the Special Immigration Appeals Tribunal.
Led by Matthew Butt QC and Saba Naqshbandi, instructed by a Core Participant in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry to assist with the preparation of Rule 9 statements.
Charles accepts instructions to appear in and advise on matters which concern civil preventative orders. Current and/or recent instructions include applications for Sexual Harm Prevention, Sexual Risk, Stalking Protection and Closure Orders on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Service.
Representing the MPS in Stalking Protection Order proceedings against a respondent charged with stalking, witness intimidation and making a threat to kill against the same complainant in ongoing criminal proceedings.
Charles has a growing interest in financial crime and the proceeds of crime, accepting instructions across these areas. He has recent experience of representing a police force in account freezing order proceedings, successfully applying to extend an order freezing over £100,000 held across two accounts.
Charles accepts instructions to appear on behalf of requested persons in extradition cases.
Charles accepts instructions in licensing and other regulatory matters. He has represented the MPS in review and transfer proceedings before licensing sub-committees. Charles also represents Transport for London in licensing appeal proceedings.
Successfully represented the MPS who opposed applications to vary and transfer a license to enable an Oktoberfest event to take place in Walpole Park, Ealing. The Sub-Committee rejected the applications to promote the crime and disorder prevention licensing objective.
Charles has recently advised on Russian sanctions and accepts instructions in other sanctions-related matters.
To instruct Charles please contact our Clerks on +44 (0)20 7400 6400 or email clerks@3rblaw.com.
Education
Scholarships and prizes
Throughout his legal studies, Charles has been involved in a number of pro bono projects in different areas including prison law, criminal appeals, social security and education law. He intends to maintain his involvement in pro bono and other access-to-justice-related work whilst in practice.
Charles has developed a significant academic interest in criminal justice and public law. At Cambridge, Charles’s MPhil dissertation considered the relationship between harm, dangerousness, sentencing and probation. At Penn, his studies spanned constitutional law, criminal law, international human rights law and the ever-growing field of U.S. law referred to as “crimmigration”, which seeks to understand the relationship between immigration law and criminal justice. Charles hopes to maintain this interest in academic law alongside his practice.
Outside of law, Charles has worked in politics in his native Northern Ireland, on a voluntary basis, with a particular interest in human rights, cross-community and constitutional issues.
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Depending upon the circumstances of the case, the legal bases upon which I process personal data are (i) the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract, (ii) the processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations to which I am subject, or (iii) the processing is necessary for the legitimate interests set out above, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subjects which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. When I rely on (iii) legitimate interests, my ‘Legitimate Interests Assessment’ can be found here. When I process data which has not be obtained directly from the data subject (e.g. personal data contained in evidential materials), it will have been supplied to me as part of my instructions in circumstances covered by legal professional privilege.
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