Author: Richard Summerscales

Rebecca Chalkley KC and Rabah Kherbane (Doughty Street Chambers), instructed by Sharon Toor at Kalber Struckley Toor Solicitors successfully defended the high-profile American stand-up comedian Reginald D Hunter in a Private Prosecution brought by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (“CAA”) in relation to three social media posts.   On 23 December, in a significant judgment, a judge at Westminster Magistrates’ Court […]

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Ben Lloyd was instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the prosecution of Howard Phillips, who was sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment for seeking to assist a foreign intelligence service. His conduct included seeking to provide information relating to Grant Shapps, who at the time was Defence Secretary, to persons Mr Phillips believed were Russian […]

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We are delighted to announce that 6KBW College Hill has been named ‘Crime Set of the Year’ at the Chambers UK 2025 Awards. This recognition is a testament to the dedication, expertise, and hard work of everyone across Chambers. Our sincere thanks go to our clients, instructing solicitors, and colleagues for their trust, feedback, and […]

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Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 24 years and 191 days in the Crown Court at Derby following his guilty plea to the murder of Gurvinder Johal. The Court heard that Nur had armed himself with a knife and entered a busy city centre bank, randomly selecting […]

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Hosted by Criminal Law Week and The Criminal Bar Association. Calling all junior members of the Bar — the annual Autumn 2025 online evening talk series is back! Each session brings insights from leading practitioners on issues central to the daily work of junior criminal barristers. Public Inquiries Uncovered: What Every Criminal Barrister Should Know […]

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On 24 October 2025, Cheema-Grubb J sentenced the first two defendants convicted under the National Security Act 2023, together with four co-defendants. In March 2024, Dylan Earl was recruited by the Wagner Group – a proscribed terrorist organisation with close ties to the Russian state – to carry out an arson attack on a warehouse […]

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A security guard who plotted to kidnap, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his sentence. Gavin Plumb was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years (less the time spent on remand) last year after being unanimously convicted of soliciting murder and encouraging […]

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Rebecca Chalkley KC is instructed on behalf of a high profile comedian who is being Privately Prosecuted for alleged malicious communications “tweets” posted on social media platforms. The issues relate to both Abuse of Process and the Right to Freedom of Speech […]

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Rebecca Chalkley KC has successfully defended the Private Prosecution of a former accountant and financial director accused of fraud, false accounting and obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception. Following lengthy legal argument, the District Judge quashed the summons having found that the Private Prosecutor had failed to comply with the duty of full and frank disclosure […]

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