A conditional caution was secured for a client facing charges of common assault by beating and criminal damage.  The incident occured following a disagreement over construction work completed by our client.  Damage was caused to the property and a minor injury to the complainant.  We produced detailed written representations for teh matter to be dealt with by a conditional caution.  These representations were accepted and our client avoided a conviction on his criminal record.

Client accused of defrauding their late father’s estate of £1.2million and forging his signature on documents. Chris made detailed written representations on behalf of his client following an interview under caution. Following consideration of the representations the police decided to take no further action.

Represented a vulnerable youth accused of assaulting a student from his school on the bus home. Chris drafted written representations to the police and an out of court disposal was accepted by the client.

Client was charged with affray.  The client was arrested when he was 16 years old, but the police did not charge him until a week after he turned 18. Chris drafted successful written representations to persuade the prosecution to offer no evidence given the material difference between being charged as an adult and being charged as a youth.  The decision to charge our client when he had just become an adult was arguably an abuse of process.

Charged with murder but accepted plea to manslaughter. The client was originally convicted of GBH against the victim.  The latter was left paraplegic as a result of the original assault and required 24/7 care.  After 14 years the victim died, and it was attributed to the original assault.  The Attorney general allowed the prosecution to bring a murder charge. Now in his 80s, our client accepted a plea of manslaughter by loss of control.  As he had already served 10 years in prison for the original offence the Judge at Old Bailey sentenced him to 18 months but suspended for two years.

The case was widely reported in the media.

Client accused of sexually assaulting his estranged wife.  Represented the client at the police station and no further action was taken.

Chris represented a client accused by their flatmate of voyeurism, using a hidden security camera in his apartment. The client was acquitted of the charge. 

Driving licence retained following charge of being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle.  Our client is a builder and requires his car for work.  We managed to persuade the magistrates' to award points instead of a ban.  Our client was very pleased to keep his licence and his job.

Client who was stopped 4 times over the legal limit of alcohol detected on breath.  He faced a custodial sentence, but we managed to have that sentence suspended so that he could obtain the help he required for mental health problems and alcoholism.

Extradition refused for a Polish national who was wanted to serve 18 months imprisonment for drug offences committed when he was a teenager.  Despite being a fugitive we presented arguments and evidence that it would be a disproportinate interferance with his Article 8 rights to extradite him.  The Judicial Authority did not appeal the decision and our client was awarded an order to claim back some of his legal costs.

Extradition refused for a requested person convicted of fraud and wanted by a Romanian Judicial Authority to serve a sentence of 2 years.  Successful arguments raised under Article 8 ECHR and Section 25 extradition Act 2003.  The Judge was persuaded that extradition would be disproportionate and oppressive given the requested person’s medical condition.

Citizen faced extradition to Czech Republic for fraud offences. We made representation with the prosecution and judicial authority in the Czech Republic, and they agreed she could go back voluntarily to attend the first appearance.  The case was dealt with, and she returned to the UK on the same day.

Successful appeal against extradition to Sweden based on Article 8 ECHR.

Successfully challenged U’s extradition to Poland based on Article 8 ECHR.

Successfully challenged extradition to the USA in a case involving malware.  Art 8 and forum bar.

Successful appeal against extradition to Greece for breach of Article 3 ECHR

Client had been given a caution for an offence of common assault following a ‘road rage’ incident.  He was unrepresented in the interview and in his answer to questions he had raised the potential that his actions were in self-defence.  We obtained a copy of the interview and made representations that the caution should be deleted as the police should not have dealt with it by way of a caution.  We were successful and the caution was removed from his criminal record.

Client received a caution as a youth for an offence of burglary.  The facts of the case clearly showed that the client, aged 11 at the time, was clearly inquisitive.  They entered with friends via an open window and all that was taken was a chocolate bar.  At the time he was arrested and interviewed the client was not properly represented.  Nearly 15 years later Chris’s client was able to have the caution removed.

Client was convicted of a sexual offence.  The offence did not involve a child, but a recommendation was made to add the client to barred list from working with children.  Utilising reports from a sexual psychologist, Chris made written representations to DBS to prevent him being added to the register.