Peter Kelson QC

Year of Call: 1981 LLB (Hons)
Year of Silk: 2001
Affiliations: Criminal Bar Association


Biography Cases

Criminal ) Both prosecution and defence; all fields but specialising in homicide, fraud, serious sexual offence cases and serious misuse of drugs cases. Health and Safety Police Disciplinary Tribunals

Representative cases

R v. John Palmer (‘Goldfinger’) – Represented in confiscation and appellate proceedings, successfully overturning a £33,000,000 confiscation order.

R v. Nicholas van Hoogstraten – Sentence and appellate proceedings.

R v. Ashton and others (1993) 97 Cr.App.R. 203 – House of Lords, judicial review.

R v. P. Turner (1996) – Prosecuted South Yorkshire’s first ever murder trial where the deceased’s body was never found.

R v. Shippey (1988) Crim. L.R. 767 – Submissions of no case to answer (plums and duff).

Johnson (Christopher) [1989]1 WLR 740, CA – homicide, provocation.