Counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers prosecuted in a trial which saw a lorry driver found guilty of careless driving following the death of a cyclist. John O’Higgins led the prosecution in the trial of Joseph Large, 30, of Mount Road, Wolverhampton, at Stafford Crown Court. Large was found guilty of causing the death of Paul […]
Counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers prosecuted and defended (Mike Duck QC prosecuting and Ian Bridge defending) in the recent high profile and tragic case involving the death of Dr Suzanna Bull. Dr Bull died when her bicycle was in collision with an LGV driven by experienced lorry driver Robert Bradbury. Mr Bradbury was found not […]
By Michelle Heeley QC, Sarah Allen Michelle Heeley QC is leading Sarah Allen, both of No5 Barristers’ Chambers, in the prosecution of a historic child sex abuse case. They told jurors at Birmingham Crown Court that a 12-year-old girl was ‘traded like a piece of meat’ by a group of men who were abusing her […]
By Stephen Goodfellow Personal Injury analysis: This analysis considers Master Cook’s judgment in RXK in which he sets out the circumstances in which the court will order an interim payment despite final quantification still being some years hence. It explains why this will be welcome news for claimant solicitors, even though no substantive decision was […]
By James Dixon James Dixon, instructed by Oliver Carter of Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, represented the family of Mr Shaun Dewey at an Inquest before Senior Coroner for Avon, Maria Voisin, sitting with a jury, between 28 October and 18 November 2019 Shaun was on remand in respect of a charge of murder which he denied. […]
Michael Burrows QC of No5 Barristers’ Chambers has seen Keanu Bedward jailed for life for the fatal shooting of Remal Hunt. The shooting, in broad daylight on Church Road in Erdington, came about after a “chance” meeting between factions of two rival gangs. Bedward, who fled to Dubai immediately after the killing, was sentenced to […]
By Matthew Brook Counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers is prosecuting a case in which volunteers are accused of running a ‘terror website’ and spreading the messages of a convicted hate preacher. The Old Bailey heard that Mohammed Kamali, 31, and Mohammed Amad, 38, allegedly published sermons given by Abdullah el-Faisal, 56. Faisal, who calls himself […]
By Tim Harrington Counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers was part of the prosecution team in a trial which found a Black Country man guilty of murdering a 34-year-old father. The killer was given a life sentence and will serve a minimum of 26 years. Tim Harrington was involved in the three-week trial of Nabeel Choudhary, […]
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 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 […]