HIGH COURT PROVIDES IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION OF INSOLVENCY RULES TO BUSINESSES
The High Court, King’s Bench Division, Administrative Court provided clarity to the definition of ‘company’ within section 216(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986 and rule 22.7 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 - sometimes referred to as the ‘existing use’ provisions or the third excepted case. Such provisions are designed to curb the mischief of phoenix trading.
MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTIONS SECURED
A jury at Leicester Crown Court has returned verdicts following the trial of a university student for stabbing his former friend.
APPOINTMENTS TO THE BSB TRIBUNAL REPRESENTATION PANEL
We are delighted to announce that Natalia Constantine and Charles Drinnan have been appointed as panel members of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) Tribunal Representation Panel.
SUCCESSFUL SUBMISSION OF NO CASE TO ANSWER- HISTORIC CHILD SEX OFFENCES
Dominic Hockley, leading Mahesh Karu, secured the acquittal of W, on counts of historic child rape.
CONVICTIONS SECURED IN BABY CRUSHING CASE
Following a month-long trial in the Crown Court at Portsmouth, a jury has returned unanimous verdicts against two parents for Causing or Allowing Serious Injury to their 6-week-old baby
ARSON CONVICTIONS SECURED AT THE OLD BAILEY
Following a six week trial at the Central Criminal Court, James Dawes KC and James Caldwell secured the convictions of two teenagers for arson with intent to endanger life and related knife offences
CONVICTION BY A MILITARY BOARD OF ARMY RECRUIT WHO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED FELLOW RECRUIT ON A NIGHT OUT
Jenny Burgess successfully prosecuted an army recruit for three offences of sexual assault against a fellow recruit
ACQUITTAL BY A JURY OF YOUNG MAN OF MULTIPLE SEXUAL OFFENCES AND STALKING
Jenny Burgess successfully represented a young man in his early 20s acquitted by a jury of multiple sexual offences and stalking against an ex-partner.
FORMER G4S EMPLOYEE SENTENCED AFTER COMMITTING FRAUD IN EXCESS OF £117,000
Imogen Nelson prosecuted Kwabena Kissi, a former G4S employee, who kept his uniform and used his insider knowledge to commit a fraud of over £117,000 at Santander in Brixton in July 2022, before fleeing to Ghana for 4 years
NOMINATIONS AT THE LEGAL 500 BAR AWARDS 2026
Two Harcourt Buildings is delighted to announce that several of its members have been shortlisted across multiple categories in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2026.
SENTENCES PASSED IN MURDER CASE
James Dawes KC and James Caldwell prosecuted 5 defendants over the fatal stabbing of a young man in Exmouth, Devon
IMOGEN NELSON PROSECUTES FORMER MODEL
Imogen Nelson prosecutes a former Vogue model facing 13 charges of controlling & coercive behaviour, false imprisonment, intentional strangulation, and ABH.
PAUL CAVIN KC AND JULIAN JONES SECURE MURDER CONVICTION
Paul Cavin KC and Julian Jones prosecuted a man who chased down and stabbed a 40-year-old father of three to death on Castlegate, Newark for "revenge" after a fight in a pub
DEFENDANT ACQUITTED FOLLOWING A MONTH-LONG TRIAL AT WOOLWICH CROWN COURT
Tom Nicholson leading Ani Yeghikian, represented a defendant charged with two separate kidnaps and two counts of rape, after a month-long trial at Woolwich Crown Court where the jury returned not guilty verdicts
DEATH BY CARELESS DRIVING ACQUITTAL
Mahesh Karu successfully defended a man charged with Causing Death by Careless Driving
MONEY LAUNDERING TRIAL CONVICTIONS
John Ojakovoh and Dominic Hockley secured the conviction this week at Southwark Crown Court of three men at the heart of a complex scheme to launder some £24 million of criminal property
MATTHEW HARDING JOINS CHAMBERS
Two Harcourt Buildings is delighted to announce that Matthew Harding has accepted an invitation to join Chambers as a practising door tenant.
CONVICTION SECURED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY CASE
Sarah Gaunt led in the successful prosecution of a European Human Trafficking conspiracy involving multiple illegal migrants over a substantial period of time via several different routes and modes of transport, through or into several EU countries
CHILD RAPIST SENTENCED
William Goss prosecuted Anthony Sobogun for 17 offences of historic child sexual abuse
SIX CONVICTED IN CENTRAL LONDON CASINO ROBBERY SPREE
A jury has returned unanimous guilty verdicts against three defendants standing trial over a series of violent robberies targeting casino winners in central London, marking the conclusion of a four-week trial prosecuted by Julian Jones leading Charles Drinnan.