Criminal Law

All varieties of criminal work are undertaken covering a complete range of seriousness and complexity.

Cases are dealt with on behalf of both the prosecution and defence in both the Crown Court and Magistrates' Court.

Areas of Practice

Serious violence.

Assaults and Public Order.

Robbery (including armed).

Firearm Offences.

Fraud.

Burglary (including aggravated).

Theft and Dishonesty.

Drug Offences.

Sexual Offences.

Road Traffic Offences - including drink driving, speeding offences - advice on fines for speeding, careless driving, reckless driving, driving without due care, driving without a license or MOT and red traffic light offences. 

Regulatory offences including highways, police, public health, public transport, consumer protection, street trading, tv licensing, aeroplane

R.S.P.C.A. animal cruelty prosecutions and defence.

Hearings

A complete range of hearings are conducted.

Trials.

Appeals.

Sentences.

Preliminary.

Confiscation.

Condemnation.

Money laundering.

Bail Applications.

Noting Briefs.

Courts Martial

All members have experience with the use of video-link equipment for both examination and cross-examination during trials and preliminary hearings at the Crown and Magistrates' Courts.

If you want to find a lawyer who can deal with you under the public access scheme, then please email the clerks. The criminal law barristers deal regularly with work in the following courts (among others):

  • Leicester magistrates' court
  • Leicester crown court
  • Nottingham magistrates' court
  • Nottingham crown court
  • Coventry crown court
  • Coventry magistrates' court
  • Northampton crown court
  • Northampton magistrates' court
  • Peterborough crown court
  • Peterborough magistrates' court
  • Derby crown court
  • Derby magistrates' court
  • Lincoln crown court
  • Lincoln magistrates' court
  • Hinckley magistraes' court
  • Skegness magistrates' court
  • Boston magistrates' court
  • Grimsby magistrates' court
  • Scunthorpe magistrates' court
  • Mansfield magistrates' court
  • Grantham magistrates' court
  • Chesterfield magistrates' court
  • Worksop magistrates' court
  • Retford magistrates' court
  • Burton upon Trent magistrates' court
  • Loughborough magistrates' court
  • Corby magistrates' court
  • Kettering magistrates' court
  • Wellingborough magistrates' court
  • Daventry magistrates' court
  • Milton Keynes magistrates' court
  • Bedford magistrates' court
  • Birmingham magistrates' court
  • Wolverhampton magistrates' court
  • Walsall magistrates' court
  • Tamworth magistrates' court

The criminal law barristers group consists of: