Charter Chambers

Member: Ian Bourne QC
Before taking silk and moving to Charter Chambers in 2007 he was described in Chambers UK ‘Leaders at the Bar’ section as ‘capable of performing astonishing mental gymnastics at the drop of a hat and is great on his feet’. He is a leading criminal defence specialist whose practice includes murder, complex fraud, substantial drug trafficking cases and other serious offences.
 

Cases

Murder: R v Mcleod & Morrissey 2006 (Leicester CC); R v George Stevens 2007 (CCC); R v Maenzanise and others 2007 (CCC); R v Giblin and others 2007 (Maidstone CC)

Drugs: R v Yilmaz and others 2003-4 (7-month trial for Class A drugs supply at Woolwich CC, convictions quashed by CACD in 2007 and re-trial ordered); R v Powell and others 2004 (Class A drugs supply at Worcester CC); R v Sims and others 2005 (Class A drugs supply at Liverpool CC); R v Omar Lobban and others 2006 (Class A drugs supply at Winchester CC)

Fraud: R v Kounnou and another 2003 (SFO prosecution at CCC involving Letters of Credit and the loss to banks in the Middle East of $200 million); R v Asaf and others 2004 (Isleworth CC); R v Jason Henry and others 2005 (Southwark CC) R v Saiffe and others 2006 (Southwark CC); R v Adelana and others 2006 (Southwark CC)
 
 
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Ian Bourne
Year Of Call
1977 Inner Temple
Year Of Silk
2006
Appointments
Recorder
Affiliations
CBA
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