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…
Tim Harrington, leading Francesca Perera prosecuted Edward Spencer for causing death by careless driving and causing serious injury by careless driving. At around 4:08pm on…
Operation Tavara” saw the prosecution of three men for murder and possession of a firearm following the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Connor Brookes in Walsall…
Matthew Brook KC and Siobhan Collins, instructed by Paul Farrow of the Complex Casework Unit, prosecuted a man who murdered his vulnerable father in Tamworth…
Harpreet Sandhu KC and Daniel Oscroft prosecuted two defendants who were convicted of the manslaughter of an 80-year old man, Bhim Kohli. The defendants were…
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is pleased to announce that Giles Pengelly has been appointed as a Deputy Traffic Commissioner by the Secretary of State for Transport….
‘Operation Thistle’ concerned a police investigation into the death of Rhys Howell in a bed-sit in Skegness on 19th August last year. Police were called…
Andrew Wallace prosecuted the actor Alexander Westwood, who following a lengthy trial, in which he steadfastly denied all the allegations, was convicted of a catalogue…
I. Introduction The common law has developed a ‘rule against hearsay’. For present purposes, ‘hearsay’ is evidence that emanates ultimately from someone, W, who has…
Siobhan Collins and Sarah Slater were instructed by West Midlands SVOC to prosecute Saabir Mohamed and Tygon Cogger in relation to a shooting which occurred…
Jonas Hankin KC led Chloë Ashley in the case of a father accused of gross negligence manslaughter of his severely disabled six-year-old son. Joseph Davidson,…
The defendants, Demalji Hadza, Abubaker Alezawy, Ali Hassan, Wasim Omar and Mohammed Sharif undertook the campaign of robberies across Derby and Birmingham between April 2023…
The appellant is represented by Philip Rule KC, Henry Orren Merren IV (of George Town, Grand Cayman), and Samir Amin. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council…