Aftab Jafferjee QC defends in Essex lorry deaths trial

Verdicts have been reached in the trial of two men for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people whilst smuggling them into the UK. Aftab Jafferjee QC was instructed for one of the defendants Gheorghe Nica who was the ‘coordinator of the operation’ . Please see the news coverage here. […]

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The Sentencing Act 2020 Webinar

Paul Jarvis, Vincent Scully and Lyndon Harris will be hosting a Webinar on The Sentencing Act 2020 at 17:00 this evening. Please see the documents provided for the Webinar: To access the handout PDF, click here. To access the slides, click here. If you haven’t yet registered and would like to, please follow this link: lnkd.in/gM2fSv3 […]

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Johnny Depp loses libel case over Sun ‘wife beater’ claim

Today Mr Justice Nicol handed down his Judgement in the Libel claim Johnny Depp bought against the publisher of The Sun Newspaper and its executive editor, Dan Wootton who was represented by our Sasha Wass QC.  Three months after the high profile three-week trial, Judge Justice Nicol has now ruled that the tabloid’s report on allegations […]

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