Against a wider background of prosecuting and defending many allegations of serious crime, including murder, manslaughter, rape and blackmail, cases include:
Prosecuting
R v Lincoln White & Others
Led NCS prosecution of 12 defendants accused of £170m international crack cocaine conspiracy. All 12 convicted, with “Mr Average” Lincoln White receiving 25 years’ imprisonment. Two others were subject to historic extradition proceedings from Jamaica
Operation Opaque
Leading 24 handed prosecution alleging industrial scale cannabis cultivation across the UK by organised criminal network
Jonathan Vai
Prosecution of a man for grooming a child, the first under section 15 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003
Sandra Mujuru
Prosecution of mother for allowing the death of her child at the hands of a violent babysitter partner, the first under section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2003
Operation Alpine
Prosecuting ‘ground-breaking’ international conspiracy to distribute indecent photographs of children through commercial internet newsgroups
GhostMarket
Prosecution of four individuals responsible for extraordinary internet forum dedicated to fraud
Ryan Cleary and others
Prosecution of Cleary and others in relation to widely publicised alleged offending through the international LulzSec group, requiring close co-operation with concurrent US proceedings
Fraud
Substantial confidential advisory work for City-based proceedings
Barclays $Libor
Defending senior New York based Barclays trader
R v Dougall and others
Junior counsel (to John Kelsey-Fry QC) for SFO in relation to proceedings arising from corporate corruption quantified at £40m in the Greek orthopaedic market by Johnson and Johnson
Michael Wilson-Smith (reported as R v G, R v B)
Junior counsel for defence of solicitor in alleged £80m fraud (as reported, the case collapsed in consequence of disclosure errors by SFO)
Frank Warren
Junior counsel for boxing promoter accused of substantial VAT fraud
Public Inquiries
Alexander Litvinenko (as Counsel to the Inquiry)
Anthony Grainger (on behalf of the police officer responsible for the fatal shot)
Police
[Representing the individual officers unless otherwise stated]
Recent judicial reviews include those challenging the IPCC as to its powers under Schedule 3 of the PRA 2002 (IPCC v West Yorkshire Police (Armstrong); Mackaill and others (the ‘Plebgate’ Police Federation representatives) v IPCC); PC Andrew Birks (challenge to suspension of officer with proven intention to become vicar); WYP v IPCC (Armstrong) (challenge to power of IPCC investigation reports to determine civil or criminal liability); Chief Executive of IPCC v IPCC (IPCC seeking to quash its investigation report into death of Jordan Begley following use of taser, representing affected officers); and David Crompton v Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire Police (successful challenge by former chief constable to decision by PCC under section 39 to require him to resign following comments relating to the Hillsborough stadium disaster)
Misconduct cases include:
DCI White and DS Bennett
Officers accused of unlawful bugging of privileged conversations in Lincolnshire police stations (misconduct, judicial review)
Tania Moore, deceased
Police misconduct proceedings arising from failures preceding the murder of Ms Moore (Derbyshire Fed: misconduct)
PS Andrew Hickinbottom
Officer accused of manslaughter of heroin addict having authorised her release at roadside near Grimsby (crime (led); misconduct)
Operation Kalmia
Investigation into conduct of police officers at ranks up to chief officer arising from the murder of Kevin Nunes
Inquests
Shooting of Yassar Yaqub on the M62
The Birmingham Pub Bombings
Anthony Grainger
Instructed to represent the firearms officer responsible for shooting the deceased (now a public inquiry)
Jordan Begley
Representing individual officers, including the taser officer, in circumstances where Mr Begley died following discharge of a taser
Alexander Litvinenko
Counsel to the Inquest
Colin Berry
Deceased died from a gunshot wound during a police entry and search of his home address (West Yorkshire)
Kingsley Burrell
Representing individual officers responsible for restraining Mr Burrell when he was demonstrating acute behavioural disturbance in a psychiatric hospital
Alistair James Bell
Instructed by West Yorkshire Police to represent all officers at inquest following fatal shooting of Mr Bell during containment. Bell discharged some 34 rounds at these officers, some of which were unarmed and hit whilst retreating
Flt Lt Cunningham
Instructed by Lincolnshire Police in relation to the fatal ejection of a Red Arrows pilot
Reece Staples
Misconduct and pending inquest proceedings arising from the death in custody of Reece Staples following cocaine overdose
Raoul Moat
Instructed on behalf of West Yorkshire Police taser officers
Mark Saunders
Junior counsel for widow of Mark Saunders, the barrister shot by police in Markham Square, Chelsea
7/7 London bombings inquests
One of team of four counsel instructed by the MPS
Paul Coker
Representing 13 officers at the 6 week inquest into the death of Paul Coker at Plumstead police station (MPS Fed: inquest, misconduct, judicial review)
Peter Connelly
Instructed as leading counsel by the MPS to argue against the resumption of the inquest into the death of Peter Connelly (previously referred to as “Baby P”)
Colette Lynch
Officer accused of misconduct arising from the circumstances preceding the murder of Colette Lynch, in the first (and only) public discipline hearing directed by the IPCC, and subsequently appeared for various officers at the associated subsequent 10 week inquest (Warwickshire Fed: leading counsel)
Michael Powell
Represented the senior police officer in relation to misconduct in public office charges arising from the controversial death of Michael Powell in Birmingham (trial 2006), and 10 officers at the associated 6 week inquest and various judicial review proceedings (West Midlands Fed: crime, misconduct, judicial reviews, inquest)
Jean Charles de Menezes
21 surveillance officers at the inquest and associated judicial review proceedings (MPS Fed: inquest, judicial review; led)
Simon Murden
Police inspector that authorised deployment of a firearms team to A63 near Humber Bridge resulting in fatal shooting (Humberside Fed: 6 week inquest)
Roger Sylvester
Represented eight MPS officers from outset of proceedings, at inquest and through to successful judicial review of inquest verdict of unlawful killing (MPS Fed: reported as Anderson and others; led)
Institutional safeguarding
Independent Review into the criminal conduct of William Vahey at Southbank International School
Independent review of RNIB’s safeguarding management and governance of regulated services (publication pending)