The Legal Aid Practitioners Group Awards celebrate the best of legal aid lawyers in the country. Now in its’ 20 th year, there are 12 awards available for various practice areas and individual awards. Find out more here: LAPG LALY 2022 Press...
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Serious Economic, Organised Crime & International Directorate - is it just a reshuffle of resources?
On 01 April 2022, the Crown Prosecution Service announced the immediate creation of a new team, the Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID). The new team was created as a part of the ‘Economic Crime...
On 15 March 2022, the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill (‘the Act”) received Royal Assent paving the way for the bill to become an Act of Parliament. The Act clarifies and improves upon the sanction’s regime,...
Two recent acquittals for protestors, the 'Colston Four' on Wednesday 5 January 2022 and the 'Shadwell Three' on Friday 14 January 2022 have caused Conservative MP’s and political commentators to criticise the...
Partner, Natalie Berman instructed Jonathan Green of Drystone Chambers . Our client was accused of deliberately starting a fire over a dispute with a neighbour. The complainant alleged that he had been blocked in his room and that our...
Chambers and Partners is an independent research company operating across 200 jurisdictions delivering detailed rankings and insight into the world's leading lawyers. Edward Fail, Bradshaw and Waterson are delighted to once again be recommended...
Head of Crown Court Team and Partner, Natalie Berman was advocate and was instructed by Partner, Kirsty Bishop. Our client was one of three men who was alleged to have entered an address at gunpoint and stolen two bags and a watch. Our client...
The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions and is the client guide to the best law firms. We are delighted that we are once again recommended again for our expertise in crime. Edward Fail, Bradshaw &...
Head of Crown Court Team and Partner, Natalie Berman who was instructed by one of our Partners Kirsty Bishop (assisted by Cally Gormally) successfully argue for exceptional circumstances in a peculiar firearms case where the mandatory minimum applied. Our...
Following on from the successful appeal on behalf of successful appeal on behalf of Amelia Halls last week, today our client Neil Traynor had his conviction overturned at the Central Criminal Court. Our client, Neil Traynor, was initially...
An open letter to Ian Blakeman, Governor of HMP Pentonville concerning access to HMP Pentonville with electronic tablets Dear Sir, Re: Access to HMP Pentonville with Tablets My partner, Natalie Berman attended HMP Pentonville this morning,...
Today, our client Amelia Halls had her conviction overturned at the Central Criminal Court. Amelia was represented by Head of Protest Department, Adeela Khan who instructed Shina Animashaun of Garden Court Chambers. Our client was initially convicted...
Natalie Berman instructed Ben Smitten of 25 Bedford Row, to defend a Colonel in the British Army (who was also a Cambridge law graduate) at the Catterick Court Martial Centre. In 2019, the defendant was President of the Board in...
Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPA) were largely considered an American mechanism until their introduction in February 2014 by Schedule 17 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. Since then, there has been 12 DPAs between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and...
The recent decision by the Court of Appeal in the case of R-v-Plaku & Ors [2021] EWCA 568 makes clear that to be entitled to full credit, a plea (or indication) must be unequivocal at the first opportunity - being likely to plead is not...
Our first press release can be found here On behalf of Alan Foster: Introduction We of course accept the verdict of the Inquest of unlawful killing. However, this trial was not about how people tragically died on that day. We entirely...
The Ruling and Appendix can be found here Today, Mr Justice William Davis ruled there was no case to answer Mr Foster's sympathy remains with the families of and those who tragically lost their lives on 15th April 1989. Such sympathy...
Judgment on the Post Office Appeals We are pleased that the convictions of our Post Office Appeal clients have finally been quashed today. The Court of Appeal found both categories of abuse in each of their cases. The successful Appeal against the private...
Proposals are contained at Section 46 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021 to allow for specific provision for the prosecution of criminal damage to memorials, to increase sentencing powers and allow for those cases to be tried...
Remote hearings were introduced early in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 5 January 2021, the Lord Chief Justice published guidance in light of the third lockdown and stated that “ No participant in legal proceedings should be...