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James Mee begins his Second Six on 24th March

20th March, 2025

James will be on his feet and accepting instructions from 24 March 2025. Throughout his first six period James has been supervised by Graham Bailey and Joanne Barnett and has gained experience across all areas of family law.

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Financial Crime Specialists Jonathan Savage and Helen Longworth secure convictions in £266 million pound money laundering trial 'Operation Larkshot'

18th March, 2025

Jonathan Savage and Helen Longworth, led by Jonathan Sandiford KC, have secured convictions in the largest money laundering trial in English legal history at Leeds Crown Court.

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Keira Shaw secures unanimous acquittal for her client charged with assaulting a police officer

17th March, 2025

Keira Shaw, instructed by Tim Drugan of FMB Solicitors, represented AR who was charged with one allegation of assault by beating of an emergency worker.

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Phil Barnes prosecutes corrupt prison officer

11th March, 2025

A prison officer has been imprisoned for 5 years and 3 months having admitted offences including misconduct in a public office and conspiracy to convey list A articles into a prison.

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Arbitration in family law

5th March, 2025

Arbitration is the cost-effective binding solution to court waiting lists and the team at 9 can help.

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Success acting for Local Authority in complex medical Public Law Case

26th February, 2025

Sarah Kilvington acted as a leading junior, leading Emily Landale for a local authority in a case which involved very serious multiple fractures to an immobile child, in which all other parties were represented by silk and senior juniors.

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Suspended sentence for British Army Corporal following nightclub attack

20th February, 2025

Emma Clarke represented CH, a Corporal in the British Army, who pleaded guilty to strangulation and assault following an attack on two men in a nightclub, one of whom was left unconscious.

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Keira Shaw secures unanimous acquittal for her client

19th February, 2025

This case involved examination of the law under s.139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and s.25 of the Theft Act 1968.

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Robert Smith Leads for the Prosecution in Operation Album Resulting in Combined Sentences of Over 76 Years

3rd February, 2025

On Thursday the 30th January 2025, seven defendants were sentenced for their roles in repeated efforts to kidnap, rob and falsely imprison a vulnerable victim for significant volumes of crypto-currency. As well as being tied up and burned, the victim was threatened with a prohibited firearm.

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Matthew Snarr secures a damages agreement of £2,650,000.00 settlement sum for a man who suffered a transtibial amputation

30th January, 2025

At a joint settlement meeting in January 2025, Matthew Snarr acted on behalf of a client who suffered a transtibial amputation in a workplace accident.

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