News: Crime

Court of Appeal reduce sentence in sexual assault case from 8 years to 5 years

Ailsa Williamson represented the Appellant in this successful appeal against sentence which raised issues about the meaning...

9th December 2019

Hugo Keith QC, Neil Saunders and 3RB nominated for Legal 500 Awards

Hugo Keith QC has been nomintated for criminal QC of the year, Neil Saunders has been nominated for criminal junior of the...

27th November 2019

£7M+ Confiscation ordered against former company executives

Former company executives of Saunders Electrical Wholesalers Ltd (SEWL) have been ordered to pay back over £7M of criminal...

18th September 2019

Stephen Port’s drug dealer convicted of murder

Gerald Matovu was convicted of murder at the Old Bailey; he and his partner Brandan Dunbar targeted their victims through gay...

16th July 2019

Young father died by ‘misadventure’

In an inquest lasting almost 5 weeks, Neil Saunders and Heather Oliver represented 5 plain clothed officers who were involved...

13th June 2019

Multi Million Fraud Gang Convicted

John Hardy QC, leading John Greany, successfully secured the convictions of a gang for their part in the fraud of millions of...

20th May 2019

Design right infringement in the fashion industry

Stuart Biggs & Gareth Minty of Mishcon de Reya consider criminal law responses to unauthorised copying. Click here to...

12th March 2019

Patrick Gibbs QC & Ben Summers win Legal 500 Awards

Chambers are delighted to announce that Patrick Gibbs QC & Ben Summers have both won Legal 500 Awards for Public Law Silk...

3rd January 2019

Japanese pilot sentenced

Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, a Japan Airlines pilot, has been sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment after being arrested at Heathrow...

30th November 2018

Officer cleared after smashing through suspect’s windscreen

A police officer captured in a video that went viral was cleared at Southwark Crown Court of criminal damage, common assault...

30th July 2018