Summary Assessment of Costs: A Warning from the Court of Appeal

Summary Assessment of Costs: A Warning from the Court of Appeal

Any lawyer dealing with hearings which last for less than a day, such as fast track trials or interim applications, will be familiar with the summary assessment of costs which usually follows immediately after the substantive decision. The same lawyers will also know...
Mike Brady KC, leading Kellie Enever, secure murder conviction

Mike Brady KC, leading Kellie Enever, secure murder conviction

After a 12-day trial before the resident Judge at Leicester Crown Court, Mike Brady KC, leading Kellie Enever, secured a murder conviction. The defendant had admitted to assaulting the deceased but denied an intention to cause really serious harm, despite multiple...
Gurpreet Secures Favourable Outcomes in Two Teacher Prosecutions

Gurpreet Secures Favourable Outcomes in Two Teacher Prosecutions

Gurpreet Rheel (instructed by Thompsons solicitors) represented a teacher who faced allegations of using inappropriate methods to de-escalate a situation involving a pupil within a Pupil Referral Unit setting and using inappropriate restraints. Whilst the panel went...
Amiee Parkes Secures Acquittal for Client at Worcester Crown Court

Amiee Parkes Secures Acquittal for Client at Worcester Crown Court

Amiee Parkes, Instructed by GC Law Ltd, successfully defended a man alleged to have caused grievous bodily harm with intent. It was alleged that the Defendant had gone to the home address of the male with an unknown 3rd person and attacked him in his shed causing very...