>IN THE NEWS... ANNIE JOHNSTON INSTRUCTED TO DEFEND $100 MILLION ‘BOILER ROOM’ FRAUD
Annie Johnston has been instructed to defend one of seven people who have been charged this week with conspiring to defraud investors through a series of alleged share scam operations, known as 'boiler rooms'.Click here more information and link
>IN THE NEWS... FANTASIST MEDIC CLAIMED HE WAS QUALIFIED
Robert Bryan recently concluded a case at Portsmouth Crown Court that has been widely reported. It poses serious questions about how stringently qualifications on medical CVs are checked. Although he was already a qualified nurse, Greig Ferguson decided to exaggerate his qualifications when he applied for the post of emergency nurse practitioner. Click here more information and links
>IN THE NEWS... CHAMBERS UK DIRECTORY RECOMMENDATION
For the second year running, we are proud to announce that barristers at One Paper Buildings have been given ‘Top Ranked’ status in the 2010 Chambers & Partners UK directory. They say “One Paper Buildings offers a wide choice of quality counsel.” This ranking is a sought after accolade and is only awarded after extensive research by the directory. Click here to read more
>IN THE NEWS... ADVANCE IN DNA SNARES RAPIST
Stephen Spence recently secured the conviction of a rapist twenty years after the crime had taken place thanks to advances in DNA techniques. Ipswich Crown Court heard how Phil Collins, 50, was identified after advances in DNA techniques pinpointed a link to him via a family member. Click here for more links
>IN THE NEWS... TWO JAILED FOR MURDERING TERMINALLY ILL MAN
Karim Khalil QC successfully prosecuted two men charged with beating a terminally ill man so severely that he died the next day from his injuries. Father-of-three John Vry, 55, suffered a "horrific and sustained" attack in an alleyway in Lowestoft in December 2008, Ipswich Crown Court heard. Click here for more links
>IN THE NEWS... ALASTAIR MALCOLM QC ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT TO SFO QUEEN'S COUNSEL LIST
Chambers congratulate Alastair Malcolm QC upon his appointment to the inaugural Serious Fraud Office Queen's Counsel list. Alastair is one of a select band of Queen's Counsel chosen to be included in the list... Click here for more information
>IN THE NEWS... MOTHER FOUND GUILTY OF 18 CHARGES OF ABUSE UPON HER OWN CHILDREN
Andrew Shaw successfully prosecuted a mother of six who had subjected her children aged between 6 months and 14 years old to a prolonged period of abuse. She was alleged to have beaten the children with various kitchen utensils and also threatened other children when they witnessed the abuse. Also acting in the case is fellow One Paper buildings barrister, Georgina Gibbs, who was acting for the defendant. Click here for more information and links
>IN THE NEWS... GANG OF SEVEN JAILED FOR ‘PROLIFIC’ SPATE OF BURGLARIES
Gregory Perrins led Quinton Newcomb in successfully prosecuting a gang of seven men at Ipswich Crown Court who had been involved in over 170 thefts or burglaries. The total value of goods stolen was thought to be in the region of £300,000. Judge Peter Fenn remarked when sentencing that these were “extremely serious and prolific” offenders. Click here for more information and links
>RECORDERS APPOINTED
Chambers are delighted to congratulate Chris Morgan and Angela Rafferty on their appointments as Recorders of the Crown Court. Click here
>IN THE NEWS... RAPIST JAILED ‘INDEFINITELY’
Lindsay Cox appeared at Ipswich Crown Court to prosecute a double rapist who received an indeterminate jail term. The attack on one of the women was so severe that she attempted to feign her own death in order that the defendant would cease the attack. Click here for more information and links
>IN THE NEWS... LORRY DRIVER SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS FOR DEATH BY DANGEROUS DRIVING
After a six day trial, a Cambridgeshire driver was sentenced to three years imprisonment and was banned from driving for four years as a result of being found guilty of dangerous driving. Click here for more information and links
>IN THE NEWS... FOSTER CARER ALLEGEDLY GROOMED, ABDUCTED AND RAPED TWELVE YEAR OLD BOY IN CARE
Alastair Malcolm QC is acting for the prosecution on a matter that has attracted press interest both in the UK and beyond. Click here for more information and links
>IN THE NEWS... APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE FOR MURDER RE-ENACTMENT REFUSED
Karim Khalil QC successfully represented the Crown in the appeal against sentence of Jonathan Clarke, one of the defendants in the murder re-enactment case. Appearing before the Lord Chief Justice, Henriques J and Rafferty J, it was decided that the Trial judge took into account all mitigating factors, and that the correct jail term of 30 years had been handed down. For more information on this case see the earlier news item or click here to be re-directed.
>IN THE NEWS... Jehad Mustafa
Building upon his success in gaining tenancy last year Jehad Mustafa has been approached to write a regular column for the Lawyer2B website. Click here for more information and links
>IN THE NEWS... Stephen Spence
Stephen Spence has been interviewed by BBC Look East further to their recent series of news items on the local courts and court users. Click here for more information and links
>IN THE NEWS... NURSERY JOB VETTING TOO LAX?
Lindsay Cox successfully appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on a case which highlighted the deficiencies in vetting potential employees within the childcare sector. Click here for more information and links
>IN THE NEWS... TEENAGER TORTURED AND MURDERED IN RE-ENACTMENT OF HORROR FILM
Karim Khalil QC and Christopher Morgan successfully prosecuted three defendants charged with a ‘grotesque’ torture and murder case at Norwich crown court. Click here for more information and links
>IN THE NEWS... WOMAN SENTENCED TO 33 YRS FOR MURDERING HER DAUGHTERS
John Farmer and Claire Matthews gain conviction for CPS in the high profile Regina v Kumari-Baker murder trial at Cambridge Crown Court. Click here for more information and links
>Chambers have recruited a new Marketing Director
>Robert Clive Smith has joined Chambers as a door tenant
>Nicola Talbot accepts invitation to join Chambers
>One Paper Buildings has achieved a top ranking in the most recent edition of Chambers UK, click here to see the article
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