Criminal Law

All varieties of criminal work are undertaken covering a complete range of seriousness and complexity.

Cases are dealt with on behalf of both the prosecution and defence in both the Crown Court and Magistrates' Court.

Areas of Practice

Serious violence.

Assaults and Public Order.

Robbery (including armed).

Firearm Offences.

Fraud.

Burglary (including aggravated).

Theft and Dishonesty.

Drug Offences.

Sexual Offences.

Road Traffic Offences.

Regulatory offences including highways, police, public health, public transport, consumer protection, street trading, tv licensing, aeroplane

R.S.P.C.A. animal cruelty prosecutions and defence.

Hearings

A complete range of hearings are conducted.

Trials.

Appeals.

Sentences.

Preliminary.

Confiscation.

Condemnation.

Money laundering.

Bail Applications.

Courts Martial

All members have experience with the use of video-link equipment for both examination and cross-examination during trials and preliminary hearings at the Crown and Magistrates' Courts.

The criminal law barristers deal regularly with work in the following courts (among others):

• Leicester magistrates' court
• Leicester crown court
• Nottingham magistrates' court
• Nottingham crown court
• Coventry crown court
• Coventry magistrates' court
• Northampton crown court
• Northampton magistrates' court
• Peterborough crown court
• Peterborough magistrates' court
• Derby crown court
• Derby magistrates' court
• Lincoln crown court
• Lincoln magistrates' court

The criminal law barristers group consists of:

• Patrick Thomas QC
• John Snell
• Olivia Maginn
• Kirstie Danton
• Fayyaz Afzal
• Adelle Eveleigh-Winstone
• Nathalie Bull
• Kirsty Gallacher
• Joseph Neville