On Wednesday, 17 September 2025, Harpreet Sandhu KC (Leader of the Midland Circuit and representing the Bar Council) gave evidence before the House of Lords…
On 12th September 2025, 39-year-old Matthew Jonathan was sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of 55-year-old Jamie Gawler. His Honour Judge Burbidge KC…
Phil Bradley KC and Siobhan Collins, instructed by Douglas Marshall of the Complex Casework Unit, secured murder convictions following an eight-week trial at Loughborough Crown Court. The…
Jonas Hankin KC was instructed by West Midlands CPS Complex Casework Unit to prosecute a case concerning the murder of a 31-year-old man by his…
Chloë Ashley represented “J” who faced a sentence in respect of two allegations of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs, possession of…
Mark Fenhalls KC and Sharon Bahia, instructed by West Midlands Complex Casework Unit, successfully prosecuted Ovidiu Gurita for Murder, administering a stupefying drug with intent…
Harpreet Sandhu KC and Michelle Heeley KC were delighted to be invited to 10 Downing Street as guests of the Lord Chancellor. The event was…
Adrian Keeling KC, leading Daniel Oscroft, prosecuted eight men from Walsall who have now been jailed for their involvement in a violent attack on five…
The defendants were convicted of the possession of firearms with intent to endanger life. The defendants had arranged the purchase of blank firing handguns which…
A defendant who had pleaded guilty to causing the death of a 4 week old baby by dangerous driving, and causing serious injury to the…
Harpreet Sandhu KC was instructed to prosecute Owen Blades who pleaded guilty to murdering a 69-year old man in his own home by stabbing him…
Adrian Keeling KC prosecuted Duane Gardner who assaulted 11 strangers in Stoke on Trent in a 3 hour spree. Mr Keeling KC said in his…
No5 Barristers’ Chambers are delighted to announce that James Hay (Lamb Building) has agreed to join Chambers as an Associate Tenant from the 1st May. Michael…
Joshua led the prosecution team in this two week trial involving the targeting and trafficking of a vulnerable Romanian family to Birmingham. The family were…
A defendant was convicted of committing two violent assaults within weeks of each other. Andrew Thorpe firstly stabbed a man multiple times, resulting in a…
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Founded over a century ago, we now number over 260 barristers, including 41 silks, and provide a national and international service out of No5’s offices in Birmingham, London and Bristol.
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