Practice Profile

Is regularly instructed as junior counsel in homicide cases ranging from “shaken baby” to gangland execution and torture and murder of prostitutes. In addition, appears as leading junior counsel in manslaughter and attempted murder cases with a practice that recently has predominantly been at the Old Bailey. Instructed in over 15 homicide cases over the last four years.
Has particular expertise in organised crime including large drugs conspiracies or other offences involving the use of covert surveillance, telephone intercepts and probe material together with the disclosure regime around such material.
Is recognised as a sexual offences specialist both in rape (including “cold case rape”,) child sexual offences and internet paedophile crime. (CPS Rape list)

Experience as Leading Counsel in fraud cases including international advance fee frauds, police misconduct and computer crime.Also advises upon and appears in cases involving confiscation and asset recovery under the DTA, CJA and POCA. (CPS fraud specialist).

Cases

Reported Cases:

As prosecution counsel:

R v Templar (Confiscation order upheld)
R v Danila &c (Murder conviction upheld)
R v Simmonds (Murder conviction upheld)

As defence counsel:

R v Walker and Hodges (Admissibility of expert evidence from police officer)

Other notable cases:

R v Stanislawski

As leading junior counsel.
Undercover internet sting operation of defendant seeking to access a child for sexual intercourse.
Received national media coverage.

R v Ringland

As leading junior counsel.
Prosecution by the National Hi Tech Crime Unit of adult male involved in blackmail and acts of indecency with young girls. Defendant used a Trojan virus to corrupt victims’ computers. Extensive technical evidence involved.
Received national TV and newspaper coverage.

R v Templar and Others

As sole counsel.
Having appeared as junior counsel for the Crown in a 14 handed drugs conspiracy, successfully upheld a £1,000,000 confiscation order in the Court of Appeal following argument under ECHR.

R v Subramanian

As leading junior counsel.
Defendant charged with numerous deception offences and under Financial Services Act in relation to proposed hotel and leisure development on Turks and Caicos. Witnesses from Poland, Canada, USA and Monaco.


R v Pepe Brown and Others

As junior counsel.
Drive by shooting in Hackney; use of witness anonymity, voice modulation, and screens. Trident Operation.
Received national media coverage.


R v Johnson and Others

As junior counsel.
Complex murder and robbery of prostitutes. Much detailed evidence of telephone and cell site analysis. Trial lasted three months.
Received national media coverage.



R v Alecu and Others

As junior counsel.
Gang motivated murder of Romanian national whilst seeking refuge in rear of ambulance.
Received national media coverage.

R v Jones and Others

As leading junior counsel.
Successful prosecution of serving Metropolitan police officer and others for obtaining and distributing sensitive police information.