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Child rapist's jail term cut to encourage paedophiles to plead guilty
Alan Parker represented Mr Wilson, from Nechells, Birmingham, who worked at the city’s Little Stars nursery and was jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years in July last year after admitting two counts of rape, 16 counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, 25 counts of making indecent images of children and three of distributing such images. Read more
Trevor Meegan wins insanity trial
The man was accused of a serious offence of wounding with intent after attacking his father with a hammer. Read more
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Child rapist's jail term cut to encourage paedophiles to plead guilty
Alan Parker represented Mr Wilson, from Nechells, Birmingham, who worked at the city’s Little Stars nursery and was jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years in July last year after admitting two counts of rape, 16 counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, 25 counts of making indecent images of children and three of distributing such images. Read more
Trevor Meegan wins insanity trial
The man was accused of a serious offence of wounding with intent after attacking his father with a hammer. After an initial finding of unfitness to plead, the man was eventually found fit to plead. Read more
Gerry Quirke Wins £300,000 in public access High Court Group Action
The action, for fraudulent misrepresentation and deceit, was brought on behalf of a group of investors against two businessmen from Warwick who, it was held, had induced them to enter into an investment scheme in the telecommunications industry by misrepresenting both themselves and their company’s services. Read more
Graham Russell successfully defends man suspected of cigarette smuggling
A judge at the Crown Cout at Maidstone directed the jury to acquit a man accused by the Crown of being a "co-organiser" of the evasion of duty on nearly 5 million cigarettes. Read more
Adam Western successfully defends Sky Sports News presenter
In a case of mistaken identity, the jury acquitted the man who was charged with assaulting somebody with a glass in a pub on New Year's Eve 2010. . Read more
Trevor Meegan successfully defends man charged with £1.2 million drugs conspiracy
The Crown Proseuction Service offered no evidence at Teeside Crown Court after the prosecution accepted his client was guilty of money laundering only. The man initially faced charges relating to a £1. Read more
Man cleared of Taser Robbery
Gurdeep Garcha successfully defended a man who was cleared by a Birmingham jury, following a five day trial, of being the leader of a team of robbers who burst into the home of a Birmingham family. Read more
Rachel Brand QC prosecutes man for killing his eight week old infant son
At Birmingham Crown Court on 12 December 2011 the man was convicted of manslaughter, following a trial in which the Jury heard evidence from several medical experts about substantial brain injury caused by impact and shaking. Read more
Man jailed for attempting to incite widespread disorder using Facebook
Abigail Nixon represented the man who was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court by Mr Justice Butterfield. The man claimed only to have created the page as a joke but comments that were left on it included some berating people for not getting involved in the August riots. Read more
Taxi driver sentenced to nine years for attacks on women
The man was convicted of two counts of rape and two indecent assaults. He was acquitted of four rapes and a count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. Read more
Daniel White chairs RFU Disciplinary Panel in Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu Twitter case
The Samoa and Gloucester player Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu was banned for three weeks after being found guilty of two charges of making "critical or sarcastic comments" about the rugby disciplinary process, World Cup and International Rugby Board, conduct which was deemed prejudicial to the interests of the Game and contrary to the Rules of the Rugby Football Union. Read more
Simon Rippon defends teenager for riot burglary
The teenager was sentenced to ten months in a Young Offenders' Institution after being caught on CCTV entering the premises and emerging 10 seconds later with the trainers after watching the shop being looted. Read more
Mark Wall QC appointed Leader of the Midland Circuit
Mark is head of the Citadel criminal team. The members and staff at Citadel would like to extend their warmest congratulations to him on this prestigious appointment. We are confident he will serve the Circuit well, in this demanding and important role. Read more
Katie Price joins Chambers
We are delighted to announce that Katie Price has accepted an invitation to join Chambers, following successful completion of pupillage at Citadel. For the last 12 months she has been involved in the Staffordshire Hospital Inquiry, which is continuing. Read more