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Andre Clovis instructed in moped death case
The family of the Holloway teenager who died after crashing his moped during a police chase last week have instructed Andre Clovis, consultant at Tuckers, who specialises in complaints against officers. Details of the events leading up to the case can be read here
Criminal Contracting – a request to the Lord Chancellor
In contemplation of the imminent announcement to abandon the Two Tier contracting process, the Big Firms’ Group calls on the Ministry of Justice to implement a further, short, “freeze” of the duty solicitor rotas pending swift consultation with regards the structure of duty solicitor scheme rules that should stand alongside the 2015 Own Client Contract,… Read more »
“Leveson 2” abandoned
Phil Smith, lawyer for Neil Wallis former deputy editor of the News of the World in connection with allegations of phone hacking brought before the courts and the original Leveson enquiry, has described the abandonment of the second Leveson enquiry into alleged police corruption as the “inevitable correct decision” and that this “needless” enquiry could… Read more »
Operations Weeting & Golding abandoned by DPP
Phil Smith, lawyer for Neil Wallis, former deputy editor of the News of the World, and a number of other journalists being treated as suspects in the long running phone hacking enquiries, has welcomed the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions not to bring any more prosecutions related to the enquiries. On Twitter, Phil… Read more »
Stephensons solicitors join CrimeDiary
Tuckers is delighted to welcome Stephensons onto CrimeDiary. Stephensons becomes the fourth large criminal defence firm to be a member of CrimeDiary, using the bespoke software to better manage their current diary requirements and opening up the potential benefits of more collaborative styles of working through the shared database of appointments. Adam Makepeace, Practice Director… Read more »
The case against the Criminal Courts Charge
Any criminal offence committed after 13 April 2015 attracts the payment of the criminal courts charge. The premise underlying the charge is that those convicted of offences are responsible for the need for court proceedings and so should contribute towards the costs of those proceedings. The charge is intended to be applied to fund HMCTS…. Read more »
Chambers & Partners – accolades for Tuckers
Tuckers have once again had two Partners named in the top tier of individual lawyer’s ranked in the Crime section of Chambers & Partners, with the firm ranked in both the Crime and Financial Crime categories once again. Sarnjit Lal is identified as an “Associate to Watch”, a little out of date now she has… Read more »
Update – Manslaughter plea accepted in decapitation case
The Tuckers’ team of Phil Smith and Henrietta Ronson and Counsel, Alex Cameron and Louise Street, instructed on a private basis by James Richardson, attended at the sentencing hearing today of this high profile case. The Crown had already accepted a guilty plea from Mr Richardson to a charge of manslaughter, on the basis that… Read more »
Manslaughter plea accepted in decapitation case
Phil Smith, Partner at Tuckers, assisted by Henrietta Ronson and instructed Counsel Alex Cameron QC and Louise Sweet, were privately instructed to represent James Richardson in his defence to an allegation of murder, in circumstances where a bread knife was used in a sawing action in an apparent attempt to decapitate his girlfriend, Natalia Czekaj. After… Read more »
Congratulations to our new Partners
We are delighted to announce that Barry Tucker and Franklin Sinclair have invited 3 long standing members of staff to become Members of Tuckers Solicitors LLP – and will appear on our website and to the outside world as Partners! Nick Inge – the sage of Camberwell has been with us since merger with Nick… Read more »