Essay Competition winners

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2023 6KBW College Hill Essay Competition is Nicole Chan. Many congratulations to Nicole. Second place went to Lewis Hazeldine and third place to Francesca Jackson. The top three essays will be published on our website. The winners were selected by Mrs Justice Arbuthnot, HHJ Sarah Whitehouse KC and […]

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Valdo Calocane – Nottingham Attacks

Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane fatally stabbed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, on the streets of Nottingham on the morning of 13 June. He then stole Mr Coates’s van and used it to drive into three other people, attempting to kill them. Calocane will be detained at […]

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James Atkinson allergy inquest

The inquest touching on the death of Mr James Atkinson began yesterday before HM Senior Coroner Karen Dilks at Newcastle Coroners’ Court.    James died following an anaphylactic reaction shortly after eating a takeaway chicken tikka pizza bought from a restaurant via the Deliveroo platform. The pizza was found to contain peanut to which James […]

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Chambers Christmas Opening Hours 2023

Over the festive period, we will have reduced opening hours. Monday 25th December Closed Tuesday 26th December Closed Wednesday 27th December 9:30am – 5.00pm Thursday 28th December 9:30am– 5.00pm Friday 29th December 9:30am – 5.00pm Monday 1st January Closed Tuesday 2nd January Open (usual hours) If you need assistance outside of these hours, please use our switchboard number 0203 […]

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Successful forum appeal in OneCoin cryptocurrency extradition

Christopher Hamilton, a British citizen and life-long resident, was sought by the USA for the purpose of prosecution in the Southern District of New York for conspiracies to commit money laundering and wire fraud related to the bogus cryptocurrency ‘OneCoin’. The global fraud is said to have caused three and a half million victims to […]

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Ex-GCHQ man jailed for life after stabbing US security worker

Duncan Penny KC successfully prosecuted Ex GCHQ worker, Joshua Bowles. Bowles, who had two knives, punched and stabbed a US government employee repeatedly at a leisure centre car park on 9 March. Joshua Bowles, 29, was sentenced to a minimum of 13 years behind bars for the “premeditated, targeted and vicious” attack. Read more here. […]

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Bernie Ecclestone

Katherine Hardcastle (led by Clare Montgomery KC) represented Bernie Ecclestone in alleged tax fraud proceedings brought by HMRC and the CPS, which concluded at Southwark Crown Court on 12 October 2023. The proceedings were a landmark resolution of criminal and civil investigations. Katherine was instructed by Corker Binning and Herbert Smith Freehills. News coverage:https://www.ft.com/content/fe4aebde-0917-48a7-b646-502389d2f08a and https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67088503 […]

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