Inner Temple

Practice

Serious criminal work. Care proceedings
In recent years has acted in many high profile and complex cases involving sex and violence

Other Information

Is a member of the Criminal Law Bar Association and the Family Law Bar Association

Notable Cases/Recent Work

Attorney General’s Reference [Nos 4 & 5 of 2000]
2001 All ER (D) 30
(Armed robbery – security guard and cash box)

R v Collins [1994] 16 Cr App R (S)
(Juveniles concurrent sentences s. 53(2) and detention in a young offender institution – application of automatic release provisions to time spent on remand in regional secure units)

R v Scarlett [1993] 4 All ER 629
(Involuntary manslaughter – test for use of excessive force)

R v Clarke [1991] Criminal Law Review 383
(Provocation – section 3 Homicide Act 1957 – relationship of provocative acts to death)

R v Doherty [1986] 8 Cr App R (s)
(Armed robbery – shotgun in victim’s house – sentence)

R v Bhatti [2001] The Times 31st January 2001 CA
(Conspiracy - compendious counts possible)

Attorney General’s Reference (No 82 of 2001)
2002 EWCA Crim 93
(Manslaughter - lack of intent - stabbing)