R v Vance Miller
VANCE MILLER, self-styled largest privately owned kitchen retailer in the World, acquitted of alleged fraud The case concerned the kitchen business conducted by Vance Miller from Maple Mill in Oldham and involved 3 counts of conspiracy to defraud customers and 10 alleged offences under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968. The case arose following numerous raids…
R v H – Two speeding tickets, 113mph but no fine or points
Mr H was accused of speeding on the M42, having been followed by a police officer. The traffic officer conducted two speed captures throughout the process, with the higher one suggesting a speed in excess of 113mph in a 70mph limit. As Mr H was travelling between Warwickshire and Birmingham, he surprisingly found himself summonsed…
R v W – Acquitted of possession of bladed article – Manchester and Salford magistrates court
The defendant Mr W, was stopped by police and searched in accordance with powers under S2(a) Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 which allows officers to search persons or vehicles where he or she believes that they will find either stolen or prohibited articles including weapons. He was found in possession of a lock knife and charged…
R v (G) – February 2017 Manchester Crown Court.
Mr G was charged with a number of offences of both physical and sexual violence against a number of his 15 children. Mr G was a member of the close Hasidic Jewish community which of itself raised its own unique issues. Securing witness statements from members of the community in support was challenging due to their natural…
R v (P) May 2017 Nottingham Crown Court
Following an investigation lasting almost five years carried out by the West Midlands Police into the practises of a leading West Midlands surgeon the defendant was charged with 20 counts of S18 wounding; the allegations being that he carried out operations on patients which no reasonable body of surgeons would have performed. The case involved…
Zahra Hussain v General Pharmaceutical council [2016] EWHC 656 (Admin)
An appeal to the High Court following allegations heard by the General Pharmaceutical Council (“GPhC”) Fitness to Practise Committee which resulted in Ms Hussain’s name being erased from the register. Index case Ms Hussain was the responsible pharmacist for Safeer Pharmacy. She faced allegations at the GPHC Fitness to Practise Committee following an undercover report by the…
Historic allegations of sexual assault in wake of jimmy saville
R v T Following on revelations concerning Jimmy Savile complaints about the activities of a number of celebrities from the 60’s and 70’s came under close scrutiny. One such individual was Mr T, a trainee DJ under Savile. Mr T was arrested following a number of complaints made by females under the age of 16,…
Solicitor accused of perverting the course of justice acquitted following successful submission of no case to answer by Queen’s Counsel
Damian Wall represented a solicitor charged with Perverting the Course of Justice in relation to an allegation that, whilst defending a man on trial at Burnley Crown Court. Alleged our client whilst defending a man on trial at Burnley Crown Court tried to communicate to his client whilst he was giving evidence from the witness box.…
Employee duped by his brother, acquitted of multi-handed £150 million fraud
Operation Veneer: A multi-handed money laundering case which concerned the running of a money service business alleged to have been involved in a £150 million fraud. Mr S was acquitted of all charges. This case concerned the activities of two central London bureaux de change businesses, one of which ran by Mr S from Buckingham…
Family man accused of alleged £200 million money laundering wins application to stay proceedings
Operation Enigma: Mr R, a local business and family man was accused of £200 million money laundering, involving a money transfer business moving the proceeds of crime out of the country. Mr R ran a money service bureau in Manchester and was suspected by HMRC to be part of a network of seemingly legitimate businessmen…
Dentist accused of dishonesty restored to the register after successful appeal
Mr N is a dentist who was accused of dishonesty in relation to record-keeping at his former place of work. In 2014, despite being absent from proceedings and having requested an adjournment of the same proceedings, Mr N was erased from the dental register by the GDC Professional Conduct Committee. As Mr N’s registered address was in…
Blackpool businessman cleared of alleged fraud conspiracy
The defendant was the director of a company selling advertising to members of the public wanting to sell vehicles. It was claimed that the company deceived customers by passing themselves off as another well known online company. The business was raided in December 2008 and again in February 2009 by Trading Standards and Police and a vast…
r (on the application of haney, kaiyam, robinson and massey) v secretary of state for justice
Following the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of R (on the application of Haney, Kaiyam, Robinson and Massey) v Secretary of State for Justice [Kaiyam represented by Carl Miles, of Burton Copeland LLP and Pete Weatherby QC and Vijay Jagadesham, of Garden Court North Chambers], Indeterminate Sentenced Prisoners (ISP) (that is…