R v JC – Hatton Garden Safety Deposit burglary resulting in claimed £14m haul. As trial counsel, advanced successful arguments against Crown’s application for reduction of credit for early guilty plea where an “overwhelming case” had been served against the principal conspirators following intrusive surveillance operation.

R v JR – Lead Defendant in an almost 9 month Modern Slavery trial. Counts relating to forced or compelled labour spanning a five year period with 559 witnesses served as part of the initial crown case and in excess of 40,000 pages of used evidence.  The majority of the 14 victims were vulnerable and assisted by intermediaries for cross-examination.

R v CUU – Following police interception of a transaction involving the illegal purchase of firearms by an infamous London street gang the courier of the weapons was murdered whilst co-defendants awaited trial.  Client acquitted of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to possess illegal firearms.

R v UU – Lead defendant in large scale organised fraud against benefit system resulting in multi-million pound losses through the co-ordinated submission of thousands of fraudulent claims;

R v KM – Defendant acquitted of s.18 GBH after accepting his involvement in an altercation where the victim suffered multiple stab wounds in his back and was fortunate not to die from his injuries.  The case advanced on behalf of the defence was that the victim had caused the injuries to himself.

R v SH – Client acquitted having been alleged to have been involved in conspiracy to kidnap and inflict s.18 wounding to victim in London gangs “postcode wars”;

R v HB – Client acquitted whilst other family members were convicted of false imprisonment and s.18 allegations arising from faith healer led exorcism.

R v DG – Key defendant in significant organised crime group tobacco importation resulting in losses to the exchequer in excess of £8m.

R v DB – Allegations of conspiracy to import cocaine and cannabis with a value in excess of £2m.

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