By Angus Evers, Peter Williams The government is consulting on a proposed future trajectory for the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) for commercial buildings. Its favoured approach is raising the minimum EPC rating to B by 2030. When proposals for MEES were first put forward in 2014, the minimum EPC rating that would permit a […]
Three men have been cleared of plotting to blackmail a Premier League footballer, with two of the accused defended by counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers. Phil Bradley QC represented former Take Me Out contestant Tyrone Coleman, 34, from Birmingham, while Talbir Singh represented his brother, Nathan, 38, of Sussex, over allegations that they jointly, with […]
Three men have been jailed for more than 70 years over the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old, following a five-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court, prosecuted by Michael Duck QC. Abdullah Muhammad, 17, was knifed in the chest in Sara Park, Small Heath, on February 20. Demille Innis, 19, of Pugh Crescent, Walsall, admitted murder […]
By Phil Bradley QC, Talbir Singh Two counsel from No5 are representing the defence in a blackmail case featuring a premier league footballer at Bristol Crown Court. Phil Bradley QC is representing former Take Me Out contestant Tyrone Coleman and Talbir Singh is representing his brother, Nathan, over allegations they jointly, with two others, planned […]
By John Butterfield, Mark Heywood A convicted murderer making headlines for warning teenagers of the risks of arming themselves with knives was prosecuted by John Butterfield QC of No5 Barristers’ Chambers at his 2015 trial. Sadam Essakhil was 15 when he murdered Lukasz Furmanek in Handsworth on 31 May 2015. He is now featuring in […]
Matthew Brook of No5 Barristers’ Chambers has prosecuted a rapist who claimed his victim consented to sex within minutes of him approaching her on the street. Homeless Farirai Shereni, 25, denied raping the woman, a total stranger, as she walked to work in the early hours of November 6. He said she had agreed to […]
Mark Heywood QC and Martin Liddiard have successfully represented the defence of a pensioner charged with murder and manslaughter following the death of her 81-year-old husband. Mavis Eccleston, 80, denied the charges and was found not guilty after a two-week trial at Stafford Crown Court. The prosecution alleged that Mr Eccleston, who had been diagnosed […]
By Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst No5 Barristers’ Chambers are pleased to announce that a former medical practitioner has joined its ranks after successfully completing his pupillage. The now dual-qualified Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst, who started his medical career in the Royal Army Medical Corps, practising in both the Army and in the civilian world, will practise from […]
A No5 barrister who specialises in judicial review and public law will be part of the proceedings at the Supreme Court on September 17 as Brexit comes under legal scrutiny once again. Ramby de Mello was instructed to make written submissions on behalf of two groups of clients as the Supreme Court hears a Brexit-related […]
Four counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers were involved in a murder trial following the shooting of Dwaine Junior Haughton in Wolverhampton. Four men were convicted of the killing after a six-week trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court in which Michael Burrows QC and Antonie Muller acted for the prosecution. Montell Gray, 22, of Springhill Road, Wolverhampton, […]
No5 are delighted to announce that Esther Gamble has been appointed by the Queen as Recorder, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC MP, and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, The Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. Esther has been deployed to sit on the […]
Two counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers are defending an 80-year-old grandmother accused of killing her husband in a ‘mercy killing overdose’. Mark Heywood QC and Martin Liddiard are leading the defence of Mavis Eccleston who denies murder and a alternative charge of manslaughter over the death of her terminally ill husband Dennis, 81. The couple, […]