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Charles Langley KC and Natalie Bird succeed in CBD hemp business trial

11th July 2025

Charles Langley KC led Natalie Bird in the defence of JM: the first of seven defendants prosecuted in relation to JM’s business selling low-THC high-CBD hemp flower, imported from the EU prior…

Jim Sturman KC & Tom Daniel in corruption acquittal

10th July 2025

Jim Sturman KC, leading Thomas Daniel, instructed privately by Jim Meyer and Richard Egan of Egan Meyer Solicitors represented X (an eminent high-net-worth individual) who was acquitted of bribery…

Matt Kingswell secures suspended sentence on appeal in case of causing...

9th July 2025

Matt Kingswell successfully appealed against an immediate custodial sentence imposed by the Guildford Magistrates’ Court, persuading the Crown Court judge that the sentence should be halved in…

Cases

Matt Kingswell success in axe attack trial

14th July 2025

Matt Kingswell successfully represented a man charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm with an axe. The Crown’s case was that Matt’s client had attacked the complainant within his own…

Tom Daniel represents Police officer cleared of multiple misconduct...

14th May 2025

Thomas Daniel represented a Metropolitan Police officer, who was alleged to have assaulted a member of the public and then taken various dishonest attempts to ‘cover up’ his actions. The Panel…

Claire Mawer’s client acquitted of causing death by careless driving

12th May 2025

Claire Mawer acted for GR who was acquitted of causing death by careless driving following a four-day trial at the Central Criminal Court that received media attention. GR was alleged to have…

Seminars & Blogs

Big fines may be getting bigger: What the amended sentencing guidelines...

With little more than a murmur on 1 June 2025, the Sentencing Council of England & Wales quietly issued a change with major implications for large businesses: courts are now expected, not just…

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The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 – A statutory duty to...

The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (TPPA 2025), widely known as Martyn’s Law, was enacted following critical findings from inquiries such as the Manchester Arena…