ATTEMPTED MURDERER SENTENCED
Sally Mertens represented the prosecution at the sentence of a defendant recently convicted of attempted murder following trial.
CHARLES DRINNAN SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS RAPPER ACCUSED OF CLASS A DRUG SUPPLY
A well-known and successful rap artist represented by Charles Drinnan was acquitted this week at St Albans Crown Court. The client was alleged to have been running multiple drug telephone lines supplying Class A drugs in a 'County Lines’ operation in Hertfordshire.
ATTEMPTED MURDER CONVICTION SECURED
Sally Mertens recently prosecuted a case of attempted murder. Following a three week trial, the defendant was unanimously convicted by a jury.
SALLY MERTENS PERSUADES JUDGE TO DEPART FROM SENTENCING GUIDELINES
Sally Mertens represented a defendant who was charged with causing/inciting penetrative sexual activity with a child, causing/inciting non-penetrative sex with a child and sexual communication with a child between 1st February 2023 and 28th May 2023. The child was a pseudo child.
SARAH GAUNT ACTS IN LANDMARK COURT OF APPEAL JUDGMENT
Sarah Gaunt acted as lead counsel in a landmark judgment which confirmed "digital assets" (in game currency/instantiated data code) are "property" for the purposes of criminal dishonesty offences.
NICK WORSLEY KC JOINS CHAMBERS
Two Harcourt Buildings is delighted to announce that Nick Worsley KC has accepted an invitation to join Chambers as a practising door tenant.
ATTEMPTED MURDERER SENTENCED
Ibrahim Ahmed was convicted by a jury of attempted murder for violently attacking his landlord.
TWO HARCOURT BUILDINGS MEMBERS AWARDED NEW GRADINGS
Members of Two Harcourt Buildings have been successful in obtaining improved gradings on the CPS Advocate Panel following the recent application round
CONVICTIONS SECURED IN HISTORIC CHILD SEX CASE
Catherine Donnelly, leading Charles Drinnan successfully prosecuted a children’s mentor employed at a well-known London school following a lengthy and complex investigation into historical child sexual abuse
CONVICTIONS SECURED
Jenny Burgess successfully prosecuted three defendants in a “sham marriage” case, who were convicted by a jury after four weeks of evidence, of conspiring to facilitate a breach of immigration law.
CONVICTIONS SECURED
Joe Weeks, led by Sam Willis of 5KBW, prosecuted an 8-defendant money laundering case arising from a sophisticated fraud against EE’s Recycle and Reward Scheme (designed to pay customers for trading in their old mobile phones when taking out a new contract).
CONVICTION & SENTENCE SECURED
Sally Mertens successfully prosecuted Deniz Karaniev who was found guilty by a jury of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, coercive and controlling behaviour in an intimate or family relationship, three counts of anal rape and attempted criminal damage
JOHN OJAKOVOH AND MAHESH KARU SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND CLIENT ACCUSED OF CYBER CRIME
A man represented by John Ojakovoh and Mahesh Karu was acquitted this week after 4 weeks of trial at Wood Green Crown Court.
SIX YEARS' IMPRISONMENT FOR UNLAWFUL IMMIGRATION CONSPIRACY
Amy Oliver secured the conviction and sentence of a man who played a key role in a conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration.
TWO HARCOURT BUILDINGS AND ITS MEMBERS RANKED IN 2026 CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS
We are delighted to announce that 2 Harcourt Buildings and 8 members individually have been ranked in the Crime and Financial Crime categories within the 2026 edition of Chambers and Partners UK.
POLICE OFFICER FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULTING FARE DODGER
Mark Gadsden secured the conviction of a police officer who grabbed a 15-year-old girl by the neck after she had passed through the barriers at Camden Road Station without paying for a ticket.
NEW TENANTS
We are delighted to announce that Fenn Van den Brande and Walter Verkaik have accepted offers of tenancy in Chambers.
TWO HARCOURT BUILDINGS AND ITS MEMBERS RANKED IN 2026 LEGAL 500
We are delighted to announce that 2 Harcourt Buildings and 18 of its members (in 3 different practice categories across 4 different circuits) have been ranked within the Legal 500 UK 2026 publication.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW PUPILS
We are delighted to welcome two new Pupils: Emer Byrne and Oliver Tally who start their first six pupillages today.