A cyclist was found guilty of murder after fatally stabbing a BMW driver who knocked over his bike. Ahmed Chakile Gonladieu, 25, attacked Alexandros Josephs through an open car window on 10 May last year. Fatally wounded, Mr Josephs then drove a short distance down the road and crashed into a line of parked cars. […]
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Two defendants who armed themselves to murder a rival in ‘cold blood’ have been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of a total of 46 years. Abbas Jean-Pierre, 20 and Shakur Idan, 21, from Harrow, were convicted over the stabbing of Hamed Mani in August 2023. They were found guilty following a trial […]
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A defendant who plotted to abduct, rape and murder the TV personality Holly Willoughby was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 16 years. Gavin Plumb, 37, from Harlow, Essex denied soliciting murder, inciting kidnap and inciting rape between 2021 and 2023, but was found guilty following an eight-day trial and […]
6KBW College Hill are delighted to have been shortlisted in 5 Categories for The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024. We have been nominated for the following awards: Financial Crime Silk of the Year: David Perry KC Crime and Extradition Junior of the Year: Peter Ratliff Crime and Extradition Set of the Year Financial Crime Set […]
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We are pleased to launch our 2024 essay competition, aimed at fostering greater diversity and inclusion at the Bar. The deadline is 9 September 2024. For more information, please click here. […]
Alison Morgan KC, Rosemary Davidson, Will Hays, and Karl Laird are all contributors to the second edition of National Security Law, Procedure and Practice that has been published by Oxford University Press. In addition, Karl Laird is one of the assistant editors. In the foreword, Lord Sales describes the book as an “admirable guide across […]
6KBW College Hill would like to pay tribute to the outstanding service provided to Chambers by our Senior Clerk, Andrew Barnes, as he retires on 17 May 2024. His contribution to Chambers, especially as Senior Clerk, has been immense. Chambers also congratulates Richard Summerscales, who will take over as our Senior Clerk. We look forward to his leadership, […]
On 3 May 2024, following a three-week hearing, a disciplinary panel found not proved allegations that two MPS Counter Terrorism Specialist Firearms Officers breached the use of force standard of professional behaviour. The officers discharged their weapons in the context of an armed robbery of a cash-in-transit van in South Wimbledon on 3 December 2018. […]
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Annabel Darlow KC has been chosen to join the speaker panel at the ‘Sanctions in Disputes Forum 2024’. The conference will explore the Challenges Sanctions Pose in Different Areas of Private Practice and Strategies for Navigating Them. Follow this link to find out further information: […]
Annie Fendrich and Megan Millar assisted the World Council of Churches pro bono in preparing a submission to the Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court. The submission emphasised the limitations of the Rome Statute in addressing damage caused by climate change and identified opportunities for future legal development. An article summarising the […]
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