Cases

Recent Special Advocate Cases

R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
[2008] EWHC 2048 (Admin), [2008] EWHC 2100 (Admin) and [2008] EWHC 2519 (Admin)
Junior Special Advocate in an application by the final British detainee in Guantanamo Bay for disclosure of documents held by UK Government under the Norwich Pharmical principals as a result of allegations of torture/CIDT of Mr. Mohamed.

Clive Roberts v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust [2008] EWHC 1934 (QB)
Acted as Special Advocate on an application by Mr. Roberts for disclosure under the Data Protection Act 1998 of a Psychological Report written on him by an employee of the NHS Trust for use by him at a Mental Health Review Tribunal Hearing. Mr. Roberts had been detained under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983 since October 1989.

ZZ v Secretary State for the Home Department (Special Immigration Appeals Commission) 30th July 2008 SC/63/2007/355/08
Junior Special Advocate, issues included - Immigration(European Economic Area) Regulations 2006; Restrictions on Free movement; Expulsions from UK on grounds of National Security; Standard of Proof; Article 6.

Other Cases

R – v – Yassin-Noor and others
Junior counsel for the Crown in the prosecution at the Central Criminal Court of seven members of the Ferrier Gang for the attempted murder of a university student who had confronted the gang after his brothers had been robbed by the gang on two separate occasions.

R - v - Christopher Kendrick
Instructed to prosecute Mr. Kendrick on three separate indictments for attempted murder, wounding with intent and robbery. All were committed within two months of him being released from a previous sentence. The attempted murder was complicated by the fact that the victim could remember little, had a history of drug abuse and had a significant amount of previous convictions for dishonesty and violence.

R - v - Roger Vincent and others
Instructed as junior counsel for Roger Vincent. A huge investigation commenced following the murder of a notorious gangster in Hertfordshire with an AK-47, the first time one was used in the mainland United Kingdom. The investigation gave rise to a lengthy trial where Roger Vincent was alleged to be the gunman. The trial was complicated by the Crown’s wish to place Mr. Vincent’s previous acquittals for murder before the jury. Various individuals in a number of countries are still being sought by the police.

R – v – Anwar Ibrahim and others
Instructed as junior counsel for the Crown. This case followed an eighteen-month investigation into car jacking, car ringing, theft and insurance fraud by a number of individuals in Ilford. The case involved close liaison with the fraud investigation departments of a number of large insurance companies and has lead to them changing their procedures for the investigation of such matters.

R – v – Darshan Gill and others
Instructed as junior counsel for Darshan Gill. Mr. Gill was part of a group accused of organizing fake marriages on a large scale. Vulnerable women would be married to Indian males so that they could gain the right to remain in the United Kingdom. If the women tried to back out they were threatened with rape and left in India without their passports or any means to survive.

R – v – Kurshid Faruq and others
Instructed as junior counsel for Khurshid Faruq. Mrs Faruq and her family were involved in the circumventing of the immigration laws by getting members of their family to claim incorrectly that they were from war torn areas of Afghanistan or Pakistan so that they could then claim asylum and the related benefits. The Crown sought confiscation orders in excess of £24 million.


R – v – Glen Cornwall and others
Instructed as junior counsel for Glen Cornwall. Mr. Cornwall was arrested after his girlfriend alleged that he had falsely imprisoned her for nearly two weeks. During this time she said he kept her naked in a wicker basket, raped her and physically assaulted her on numerous occasions. The case was complicated by the fact that Mr. Cornwall’s previous two girlfriends had made similar allegations against him, but these allegations had not lead to convictions.

R – v – Glynn Atkinson and others
Instructed as junior counsel for Glynn Atkinson. This case related to large number of serious post office robberies in which a gang held rural post office owners at gun point, gagged and bound overnight whilst waiting for time locks on safes to be released. There were substantial issues of disclosure – as a rival gang had been convicted and then escaped from custody and continued to commit similar copycat attacks around the entire North of England.