No fewer than 7 Cornwall Street Barristers were instructed in the high-profile Bailey Atkinson murder trial murder trial which concluded yesterday at Nottingham Crown Court.
As reported widely in the media, Mr Atkinson was stabbed to death in a revenge attack in Walsall by a gang of youths. Members of Cornwall Street appeared on behalf of a number of the defendants.
Oliver Woolhouse, led by Kath Goddard KC was instructed by Masawar Iqbal of IB Legal (https://iblegal.co.uk); Stephen Cadwaladr, led by Mike Brady KC by Ben Shepherd of Shepherds Solicitors; Tariq Shakoor, led by Peter Glenser KC, by Sheila Hicklin of Clark Brookes Turner Carey (https://www.cbtcsolicitors.co.uk) and Charles Crinion, led by circuit leader Michelle Heeley KC, was instructed by Sarjit Lalli of Lalli & Co.
In another high-profile matter, Oliver Woolhouse, Cornwall Street’s Head of Chambers, has been instructed by Andrew Brocklehurst of Smith Dawson Solicitors to represent a West Midlands mother accused of murdering her 10 year old daughter earlier this month.