CHRISTOPHER WHITEHOUSE	Call Date: 1997
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AREAS OF PRACTICE

Chris is instructed in the full range of serious cases in the Crown Court and Court of Appeal. He has substantial experience in complex multi-handed conspiracies involving large-scale drugs importation, fraud, and armed robbery.

Chris regularly deals with issues of expert evidence including DNA, blood-spattering, cell-site, mobile telephones and computers.

Chris is very experienced in dealing with clients with mental health issues. He has represented those facing (or already subject to) section 41 Mental Health Act restrictions for cases such as rape and homicide.

RECENT CASES

The following is a sample of Chris’s criminal cases in recent years:

• R-v-Sempel – £50million drug importation acting for the principal defendant – junior counsel
• R-v-Y – manslaughter -  defending a 16 yr-old at the Central Criminal Court charged with unlawful act manslaughter of an 18-year old
• R-v-H – rape – defending a 17-year-old defendant with a very low IQ against accusations by a 15-year old complainant
• R-v-W< and others – defending the principal defendant in a long-running nine-handed trial for wounding and violent disorder
• R-v-Sandhu – arson with intent to endanger life – case involving the night-time fire-bombing of a family home
• R-v-H – cash-in-transit robbery of high street banks - four-handed conspiracy
• R-v-Morey – attempted murder –junior counsel

Civil and Employment law

Chris also accepts instructions in employment law, commercial disputes and general common law.  Chris has regularly appeared in the Employment Tribunals representing employees and employers in a range of cases including political parties, the NHS, the civil service and solicitors’ firms.

In his civil practice, Chris is regularly called upon to advise and/or appear in cases of personal injury, debt, commercial leases, housing repossessions, and land and buildings disputes.

MEMBERSHIPS

Member of Criminal Bar Association

Employment Law Bar Association

OTHER INFORMATION

Chris is Licensed to take Direct Access work.

CONTACT DETAILS

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