·R v Awomolo [2008] EWCA Crim 1135 – successful appeal against sentence in a case involving mixed verdicts

 

R v Hauxwell Smith & Others, Birmingham Crown Court - Appeared for the defendant in a Serious Fraud Office prosecution regarding an alleged £15 million fraud against IKEA – resulted in acquittals on all counts;

· R v H [2007] 2 AC 270; [2007] UKHL 7 - appeared for the Appellant in an appeal before the House of Lords in relation to the scope of serious fraud preparatory hearings under sections 7 and 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987; the House overturned the Court of Appeal line of authority commencing with Gunawardena but dimissed the appeal for other reasons; the leading authority on preparatory hearings and interlocutory appeals in criminal proceedings


· R v H (Interlocutory application: Disclosure),
1st August 2006, The Times Law Reports; [2006] EWCA Crim 1975 - appeared for the Appellant in an appeal in relation to the scope of serious fraud preparatory hearings under sections 7 and 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987; Court of Appeal, following Gunawardena [1990] 1 WLR 703 and Maxwell, unreported, 9th February 1995, held that disclosure was not for a s.7 purpose and therefore could not be appealed under s.9 of the 1987 Act;


· R v D,B, S and Y [2006] EWCA Crim 2600 - successful appeal against the conviction of a 16 year old youth for a serious group attack involving weapons (s.18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861);

· R v Bartlam (Gary) [2005] EWCA Crim 1801 - appeared for the 1st defendant in the high profile courts-martial of four British soldiers in relation to physical and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Basra, Southern Iraq; successful appeal against sentence;

· R v Bisla & Others, Central Criminal Court, January 2004 to March 2004 - appeared for the defendant in the Southall Broadway murder trial resulting in acquittal;

· R v Khan, Aziz & Riaz, Southwark Crown Court, October 2003 to January 2004 - appeared for the prosecution at trial, and in the subsequent confiscation proceedings, in a £1m telecommunications fraud.


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