October Cases 2016
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Date02 Nov 2016
R v M Our client was charged with cultivating a large number of cannabis plants found inside his house when the police found his friend dead. This case should have been sent to the crown court due to its seriousness... Read More →
May Cases 2016
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Date17 Jun 2016
R v A Police suspected that two of our clients were involved in an organised high value dwelling burglary conspiracy, which included 5 individuals and operated across the south of England. At court in preparation for the trial, the case... Read More →
Drink drive offence – case
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Date06 May 2016
Our client was charged with drink driving as a result of a high reading of alcohol recorded in their breath, which if found guilty would have meant being disqualified for over 2 years. We managed to persuade the prosecutor on... Read More →
Joint Enterprise – 30 years of court errors
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Date02 Mar 2016
A recent decision by the Supreme Court has revealed that the courts have been wrong interpreting the law on joint enterprise for as long as 30 years. The court declared that the key test imposed by judges in assessing joint... Read More →
Divorce Law: Court blunder – error on thousands of FORM E’s
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Date24 Feb 2016
Thousands of couples who have settled their divorce in the last 20 months may have to re-open negotiations because a critical fault has been found in software to calculate financial terms – potentially inflating financial worth of a party It is... Read More →
Judge slams blatant dishonesty
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Date09 Dec 2015
A High Court Judge has said that a costs judgement against a dishonest party should act as a deterrent to others considering deceiving the Court. Sir Peter Singer said the husband in a divorce settlement case, named as Clive Joy-Morancho,... Read More →
Ignore the court at your peril
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Date09 Dec 2015
A hospital consultant Essam Ali was ordered to pay all his assets worth £550,000 to his wife in a controversial case. The husband left his family and moved abroad to Bahrain and has not paid a penny in maintenance or... Read More →
The delayed divorce; can you ever stop looking over your shoulder?
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Date09 Dec 2015
In an unprecedented case earlier this year, Wyatt vs Vince, the Supreme Court judged that the ex-wife of a former new-age traveller, who later became multi-millionaire wind farm entrepreneur, can bring a claim for financial support from his fortune more... Read More →
Testators wishes shunned by the court
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Date09 Dec 2015
In a landmark ruling earlier this year a daughter cut out of her mother’s will has been awarded £164,000 from the will preventing the whole estate of £486,000 from being gifted to animal charities as intended by the mother. It... Read More →
Reporting restrictions
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Date09 Dec 2015
Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton’s current divorce battle has triggered a landmark legal dispute over what can be reported in the public’s interest from the family courts. Both the former Oasis frontman and the All Saints singer, the high court... Read More →