Talbir Singh, of No5 Barristers’ Chambers, has successfully prosecuted the case against a violent rapist who also beat up his victim in the attack. Grant Mountford, 28, of Victoria Avenue, Bignall End, was handed a 15-year extended prison sentence after the jury at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court convicted him of rape, assault occasioning actual bodily harm […]
Richard Grimshaw appeared for the Claimant/Respondent in an appeal concerning the refusal by a district judge to grant relief from sanctions to the Defendant/Appellant in a moderately high value and complex clinical negligence case. The Defendant applied for an extension of time to serve a witness statement from a clinician after the deadline for exchanging […]
A motorist defended by counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers has been cleared of charges relating to the deaths of two people in a road traffic accident. PC James Dixon and 91-year-old Gladys Goodwin were fatally injured in Wargrave, Berkshire, in December 2017. Ian Bridge represented Agne Jasulaitiene, 36, from Crowthorne, who was found not guilty […]
Two advocates from No5 Barristers’ Chambers defended a man acquitted over a gang-related killing which saw three others found guilty of murder. David Mason QC and Simon Hunka acted for Kyle Kinchen, 19, who was found not guilty of murder following a six-week trial at Warwick Crown Court over the death of Emmanuel Lukenga, 21, […]
Counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers have successfully defended two male Metropolitan Police officers (Officers “A” and “B”) accused of discriminating against another officer (Officer “C”) on grounds of her race, and engaging in behaviour amounting to bullying and harassment of the same officer over a six-month period. The allegations included that officers A and B […]
Two reserved judgments have both been delivered on 23 January 2020 in which Philip Rule succeeded on behalf of two very different clients. In R (AB) v Kent County Council [2020] EWHC 109 (Admin) the issue was whether the local authority, when assessing of the age of the unaccompanied young person who had given the […]
Counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers led the defence of a lorry driver who was cleared of causing the death of a cyclist in a traffic accident. Mark Kelly defended Richard Merris who was accused of causing death by dangerous driving after his HGV struck two cyclists, killing one and injuring the other. Mr Merris, who […]
Seven barristers from No5 Barristers’ Chambers have been involved in a Fact Finding Hearing in the Family Court regarding brothers who alleged physical and sexual abuse by family members. Richard Hadley, who acted for the local authority, Kristina Brown, instructed by Talbots Law, Victoria Clifford, instructed by Harrison Clarke Rickerby Solicitors, Kathryn Taylor, instructed by […]
Two barristers from No5 Barristers’ Chambers, the UK’s largest set of chambers, are to be appointed to Her Majesty’s Queen’s Counsel by the Lord Chancellor at a ceremony taking place at Westminster Hall on Monday 16th March. No5 has welcomed the news that Peter Goatley and Henry Pitchers will be appointed QCs, taking the number […]
A ‘feared’ pastor has been found guilty following a rape trial in which a Queen’s Counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers led the prosecution. Michael Oluronbi, of Orchid Drive, Longbridge, Birmingham, was convicted of raping multiple members of his congregation. The offences took place in Birmingham and London. Phil Bradley QC told jurors that what the […]
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is delighted to welcome Gurprit Mattu to the Business and Property Group. Gurprit Mattu, called to the Bar 2007; and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) 2019 specialises in contentious banking and finance matters, shareholder disputes, contentious trusts, insolvency and regulatory matters. She has particular expertise in financial services regulation, litigation and corporate […]
A murderer has been jailed for life over the stabbing of a stranger in the street following a trial prosecuted by a Queen’s Counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers. Jonas Hankin QC was prosecuting at Birmingham Crown Court in the trial of Martyn Turley, 58, of Whitehouse Street, Tipton. Turley initially denied charges of murder and […]