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Cases of note:
R v DeSilva (conspiracy to commit armed robberies by the “lottery” robbers),
R v McCotter and others (The IRA Whitemoor prison escape),
R v Daley (4 year investigation into large scale conspiracy to supply heroin & cocaine throughout W Yorkshire),
R v Blanchard (ongoing case involving a 3 year investigation into allegations of substantial fraud),
R v Naini [C.A No.99/0442/X3] (Junior counsel in a case concerned with the jurisdiction of domestic courts to try a conspiracy to defraud where the conspiracy was to take effect abroad).
R v Al Ali [2008] EWCA Crim 2186, [2008] WLR(D) 302
This case concerned the issue of the test to be applied by the Court of Appeal when considering whether to grant leave to appeal under Part 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Paul was successful in resisting the Crown’s application to overturn the terminating ruling of the Crown Court Judge. The Court of Appeal accepted that in deciding whether or not to grant leave to appeal they ought to look rather more widely at the interests of justice than simply considering whether the appeal had a realistic prospect of success.
R v Thompson and Rowe –Old Bailey, 2008.
Paul acted for one of the two defendants charged with the “Sweet Bar” murder. Following written submissions to the Prosecution the crown accepted pleas to manslaughter.
Paul is a former solicitor who trained with the London firm, Simons Muirhead and Burton.
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