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Inquest finds man shot dead by Police was lawfully killed

The Inquest into the death of Richard Cottier has concluded with the finding that he was lawfully killed. Mr Cottier had...

9th June 2021

Jury Returns Unlawful Killing Conclusion in Fishmongers’ Hall Inquests

After inquests lasting seven weeks, the jury have concluded that Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones were unlawfully killed during...

28th May 2021

Zabalotnyi v Hungary and the impact of the Supreme Court’s judgment

Ben Brandon of Mishcon de Reya and James Hines QC have discussed the impact of the judgment in the matter of Zabolotnyi v The...

21st May 2021

Three Raymond Buildings Awards the Fourth Nicholls Prize for Advocacy

Congratulations to Natalie Nguyen, winner of the 2021 Gray’s Inn Moot Final, and to Alice Defriend who was first runner...

21st May 2021

Zabolotnyi v The Mateszalka District Court, Hungary [2021] UKSC 14

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Oleksandr Zabolotnyi. James Hines QC appeared on behalf of the Respondent,...

4th May 2021

GPT pleads guilty to corruption charge on agreed basis

GPT Special Project Management Ltd appeared at the Crown Court at Southwark where it pleaded guilty to a corruption charge...

29th April 2021

Hugo Keith QC speaks at IBA Webinar

Hugo Keith QC has spoken at a Webinar ‘Brexit, criminal justice and the future for cross-border cooperation’, presented...

Trial begins for Police Officer charged with murder of former footballer

The trial of Police Officer, Benjamin Monk, began today at Birmingham Crown Court and is expected to last 8 weeks. ...

26th April 2021

Former Serco bosses cleared of hiding £12m in profits from electronic tagging contracts

Neil Saunders was lead counsel on behalf of Nicholas Woods, the first defendant, in a case brought by the SFO. Mr Woods was...

26th April 2021

Police withdraw £1.1M Account Freezing Orders

On 20th April 2021, following detailed legal and factual representations, Leicestershire Police applied to set aside Bank...

21st April 2021