Megan Millar is acting as Junior Counsel to the Inquiry in the Patrick Finucane Inquiry, which opened yesterday in Belfast. Mr Finucane, a prominent solicitor, was murdered by terrorists in his home on 12 February 1989. The Inquiry was established in March this year, following a 37-year campaign by Mr Finucane’s family, to investigate the […]
Martyn Bowyer has secured the conviction of a Justice of The Peace for being concerned in the supply of both cocaine and diamorphine. Purshotam Dhillon, of Hounslow in West London sat as a Lay Magistrate at Ealing, Feltham and Uxbridge Magistrates’ Courts having been appointed in 2002. He was identified by the Metropolitan Police Service’s […]
Duncan Atkinson KC and Ros Earis have secured the convictions of two British-Hong-Kong dual nationals for assisting a foreign intelligence service and misconduct in public office. The convictions represent the first of their kind in British history concerning Chinese-led intelligence activities and came following a nine week trial at the Central Criminal Court. The court […]
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Paul Page has been sentenced to a total of 6 years’ imprisonment and as an offender of particular concern for offences including the possession of explosive substances, the possession of prohibited weapons and prohibited ammunition, possession of firearms and ammunition without a certificate, and the possession of documents likely to be useful to a person […]
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Following an 11-week trial at the Central Criminal Court, Lucy Organ, led by Anthony Orchard KC of 5KBW, successfully prosecuted five men for the murder of a young man in Walworth. Giovanny Rendon Bedoya, 21, was fatally stabbed in South London in April 2025 after tensions escalated between two groups. The sentencing hearing is scheduled […]
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Instructed by the CPS Southwest Complex Casework Unit, James Curtis KC and Vincent Scully prosecuted two parents for seriously injuring their newborn baby. Following a four-week trial in Cirencester, the jury convicted Carl Furley of causing or allowing serious injury to a child, and Danielle Turley-Hailes of child cruelty by neglect. […]
Rebecca Chalkley KC and Vincent Scully have successfully privately prosecuted four defendants at Southwark Crown Court for 13 counts of money laundering and conspiracy to defraud. All defendants were convicted on all counts. The convictions followed a 7 week trial. The frauds were multi-million US Dollar and Euro investment frauds. The funds were laundered through accounts and […]
Nicholas Gilpin, aged 23, was charged with encouraging terrorism, possession material likely to be useful for a terrorist purpose and inciting racial hatred. Following conviction by the jury at Woolwich Crown Court, he was sentenced to a special sentence for offenders of particular concern of 3 years 4 months plus a year on licence. Man […]
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Instructed by the CPS Special Casework Unit, Sasha Wass KC prosecuted two men who kidnapped a drunken mother who was separated from her friend. Following a 3-week trial at Kingston Crown Court the Jury found the victim lacked the capacity to consent to sex and the defendants were convicted by the jury of Kidnapping and […]
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 6KBW College Hill Essay Competition is Reuben Wood. Many congratulations to Reuben! Second place went to Cameron Samuel Keys and third place to Emilia Cieslak. The top three essays will be published on our website in due course. The winners were selected by Mrs Justice Arbuthnot, HHJ […]
