AREAS OF PRACTICEJeremy has been practising Criminal Law continually since being called 28 years ago. Formerly Grade A on the Customs and DWP lists, for the last 8 years he has devoted himself exclusively to defence work. He is experienced in all manner of criminal work and has led for the defence in many substantial cases, including fraud, the wholesale supply of drugs, people-trafficking, the commercial supply of firearms, attempted murder, and organised football violence. Jeremy was instructed as leading counsel for one of the conspirators involved in a series of cash-in-transit robberies that culminated in the shooting dead of two men by the police in Chandlers Ford. The case was said to involve the most expensive telephone investigation ever conducted by the British police. Other recent noteworthy cases have included representing the leader of a gang of drug-dealers who was accused of supplying drugs to a number of prisons and who continued to supply drugs from his own prison cell; a courier caught with 53 kilos of pure heroin in the boot of his car; two large scale football violence cases, in which rival gangs had agreed to riot by mobile phone; a man accused of raping a girl in the Philippines, in which Jeremy established that the act alleged was not an offence in that country; a consultant to the Health Service Ombudsman who was accused of falsely claiming £141,000 in expenses; a domestic rape in which the lies of the complainant were exposed through examination of her text messages; and a rape by an asylum seeker who was found unfit to plead. Jeremy has been instructed a number of cases involving insanity and fitness to plead issues. Throughout 2010 and 2011 Jeremy has been engaged in a much publicised private prosecution of blackmail in which his client was accused of demanding £14million from a Chinese tycoon while falsely claiming to be bearing his child. At an abuse of process argument, following an earlier inconclusive trial, in which Jeremy was led by Paul Purnell QC, the Judge stayed the prosecution and ordered the prosecutor to pay the defence costs. Jeremy was also engaged by the same client as one of her junior counsel (to Peter Crampin Q.C.) in a Chancery action against the same prosecutor, which also resulted in a victory for the Defendant after a two week trial. Jeremy is well-practised in cases involving cell-site analysis, interrogation of computers, mobile phones and sat-nav devices. He has a particular interest in cases involving computers, and is very experienced in cases involving the downloading and distribution of child pornography. He was instructed in the trial of a senior member of a “top five” city solicitors firm, accused of downloading indecent images at work. Working particularly with Lewis Nedas & Co. Jeremy has established a reputation in this field, often in cases involving detailed technical defences. Jeremy is frequently instructed in serious sexual cases and is adept at cross-examination by video link. Jeremy prides himself on his attention to detail and prompt and thorough written work. He invariably establishes a good rapport with his client and is known for his good humour, frank advice and dogged determination to win at (almost) any cost. His manner in court is calm and understated but, when the occasion demands it, he can be a tenacious and aggressive cross-examiner. NOTABLE CASES
Jeremy appears regularly in the Court of Appeal challenging unfair convictions and excessive sentences. In recent years he has put his name to a number of reported cases including: R-v-Penner, Times June 3, 2010, in which Jeremy was said to have “ambushed” the prosecution with a jurisdictional defence not disclosed in the Defence Statement; R-v-Knipe [2009] EWCA, in which a Sexual Offences Prevention Order was successfully appealed on the grounds that its ambit was too wide; R-v-Adams [2008] 1 Cr. App. R. 355, dealing with the admission of hearsay in the case of an absent witness; R-v-Edwards [2006] 1 Cr. App. R.: bad character applications; R-v-Ali (Faraz) [2009] Crim. L. R 40: essential reading for those interested in identification by police officers from CCTV; R-v-Branton-Speak [2007] 1 Cr. App. R. (S.) 55: sentencing for a director of MTV in a case of supplying cocaine. R-v-Rechak [2006] EWCA Crim 2975: jurisdiction in cases involving the assisted entry of illegal immigrants. R-v-Lewis [2008] 1 Cr. App. R. 35: discharging a jury on revelation of a matter subject to PII and joinder in cases involving firearms offences. Jeremy has been involved in a number of cases involving substantial POCA applications, both in the criminal courts following trial and in the Administrative Court. In 2005 he was instructed to represent the Defendant in a High Court action brought by the Assets Recovery Agency in which the criminal proceeds passing through the Defendant’s bank account in one year alone amounted to £350 million. CONTACT DETAILSThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
