15 August 2024
‘A defendant responsible for sending ISIS footage via social messenger application Telegram was convicted of five counts of disseminating a...
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Defence practitioners may have found themselves in a position where a non-expert prosecution witness gives evidence about the complainant having Post...
Read More26 July 2024
A man accused of Aggravated Burglary and Criminal Damage was unanimously acquitted following a four-day trial at Aylesbury Crown Court. Olivia...
Read More22 July 2024
A defendant accused of a conspiracy to commit violent domestic robbery was acquitted following a seven-day trial at Chichester Crown Court. The case...
Read More19 July 2024
“The test of a country’s justice is not the blunders which are sometimes made, but the zeal with which they are put right.” (Cyril...
Read More12 July 2024
Welcome to the first edition of The Appellate Brief, the 5KBW Criminal Appeals Unit newsletter covering appeal judgments from the Caribbean. We send...
Read More9 July 2024
Chambers are delighted to announce that Mark Heywood KC has been shortlisted for Financial Crime Silk of the year, Louise Oakley has been shortlisted...
Read More1 July 2024
An Organised Crime Group who imported 177kg cocaine and 632kg ketamine from Europe have been convicted after a four week trial at Hove Crown...
Read More26 June 2024
Following a 6-week trial at Southwark Crown Court, a professional woman was acquitted of conspiracy to defraud. Her husband, who pleaded guilty on the...
Read More24 June 2024
On 6th June 2024 5KBW were privileged to have an in-house training session from Daniel Greenberg CB, looking at the principles of statutory...
Read More19 June 2024
Following a 10-week trial at the Central Criminal Court which concluded in May, two individuals were convicted of the murder of an...
Read More6 June 2024
Six former semi-professional football players have been jailed for their parts in a conspiracy to supply over 2.7 tonnes of cocaine. The...
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