Chambers is renowned as one of the leading sets in the fields of serious crime. Our members regularly act in high profile criminal cases across the country and we are also frequently instructed in large scale prosecutions on behalf of the CPS, HM Revenue and Customs, Serious Fraud Office and DWP.
The main areas that assemble under serious crime are:
- Murder
- Drugs
- Sexual Offences
- Violent Offences
Listed below are some of the high profile cases members have been instructed in:
- R v Lavender - contract killing by wife (Sir Desmond de Silva QC)
- The Millenium Dome jewel heist (Charles Benson)
- R –v- Kelly – Largest drug importation case in European history.
(Sir Desmond de Silva QC) - R –v- Carty – “New years eve” gangland shooting in Birmingham (Malcolm Bishop QC)
- R –v- Sivakumar – longest ever murder trial at the Old Bailey
(Malcom Bishop QC) - The Cardiff Three (Lynette White Case, The Saunders Newsagents, The Body in the carpet, The Tooze double murder (Jonathan Jones)
- R v Haase & Others, represented Barry Oliver, who was acquitted of involvement in gun and drug running at Liverpool Crown Court (li) (Roderick Johnson QC)
- R v Huynh and others, the Cardiff Vietnamese gang murder case
(Brian Lett QC and Mark Williams) - People trafficking involving Chinese "Snakehead" gangs, and serious violent assaults on adults, children and babies. (Harendra de Silva QC, Patrick Mullen, Catherine Milsom)
- R v Bradley, Gangland Murder (Roderick Johnson QC)
- R v Lyon, where a House of Commons Clerk was accused of downloading paedophile images (Jerry Hayes)
- R v McMenamin, movie star accused of air rage (Jerry Hayes)
- R v Quinten Hann – the high profile rape case of the Australian snooker champion (Rachel Lawrence)
- R v Arango, baby shaking murder
- R v Ellis, rape of 10 year old niece (Catherine Milsom)
- R v Hedges, section 18 assault using a dangerous dog as a weapon
