News & Views
Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Defence | Friday 12 April 2019
Client found not guilty of £1.4 million fraud allegations after 6-week 'Gatwick Airport Parking' trial
Keir Monteith QC and Shahida Begum were instructed by Shahid Khan and Abraar Ayaz at Advice Wise Solicitors.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Criminal Defence | Wednesday 3 April 2019
Inquest jury finds police failings led to death of detained man
The family of Lee Sparks was represented by Owen Greenhall of the Garden Court Crime and Civil Liberties teams. He was instructed by Lochlinn Parker of ITN Solicitors.
Criminal Defence | Wednesday 3 April 2019
Hillsborough trial jury find club safety officer guilty of safety breach and fail to reach verdict on match commander, David Duckenfield
Following eight days of deliberation the jury in the Hillsborough trial have delivered a guilty verdict against Graham Mackrell, the Sheffield Wednesday FC secretary and safety officer at the time of the disaster.
Criminal Defence | Friday 15 March 2019
Defendant found not guilty of multi-handed class A drug conspiracy
Keir Monteith QC and Shahida Begum of Garden Court were instructed by Guven Ates of Morgan Has solicitors to represent CI in a multi handed Class A drug conspiracy.
Criminal Defence | Wednesday 6 March 2019
YouTube star Ally Law avoids custody for breaking into Big Brother house
Ally Law was represented at his sentencing hearing by Tom Wainwright of the Garden Court Chambers Criminal Defence Team when he was given a community order for two counts of aggravated trespass.
Criminal Defence | Tuesday 19 February 2019
New Tredegar man acquitted of murdering convicted child killer, David Gaut
Ali Naseem Bajwa QC of Garden Court Chambers represented the defendant, Darran Evesham, who was acquitted of murdering the convicted child killer, David Gaut.
Protest Rights, Protest Rights, Protest Rights | Wednesday 6 February 2019
The 'Stansted 15' have today been kept out of prison following their conviction last year for Endangering Safety at an Aerodrome
Nine of the Defendants were represented by members of the Garden Court Crime Team – Dexter Dias QC, Tom Wainwright, Owen Greenhall, Terry Munyard, Susan Wright, Abigail Bache and Jacob Bindman, all instructed by Raj Chada of Hodge, Jones and Allen.
Criminal Defence | Friday 1 February 2019
Suspended sentence for client who admitted breaching the Worldwide injunction that protects killer Jon Venables
Venables and Thompson were 10 when they tortured and killed James Bulger after abducting the two-year-old from a shopping centre in Merseyside in 1993. In November that year, they became the youngest children ever to be convicted of murder in England.