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The Tuckers App is now live and available in the Google Play store to be downloaded onto any Android phone or tablet.   We are awaiting confirmation of registration in the Apple App store – which we will announce shortly. The Tuckers App is a unique resource for Tuckers’ clients to be able to find us,… Read more »

We are delighted that we have finalised the terms of our partnership  with Mulrooney Craghill Limited.  The Mulrooney Craghill name will  continue to exist and the practice  will continue in its current form. The benefits to both parties are the ability  to share resources and back office functions to lower the overall costs of  practice. Both parties share a… Read more »

Phil Smith’s client, Neil Wallis, has spoken out regarding his devastation following being charged with conspiring to hack mobile phones.  In a full article, the Independent newspaper traces the history of Mr Wallis being arrested, being on police bail for nearly two years before being told that no further action would be taken.  Believing that… Read more »

A version of the article that Phil Smith published on the Huffington Post has now appeared in The Times as “the case with no barristers” continues to cause the MoJ significant embarrassment.  Read the article in full in The Times at http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/law/article4102530.ece

Phil Smith, solicitor for Dale Walker in the case of R v Crawley, has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal in connection with the continuing fall out from the dispute between Ministry of Justice and Barristers regarding the cuts in rates paid to barristers in Very High Cost Cases. It has long been an… Read more »

Tuckers has successfully applied for the Lexcel quality mark from the Law Society.   The Law Society’s standard is awarded to those firms committed to excellence in practice and which meet its stringent audit criteria.  Practice Director, Adam Makepeace said “Tuckers has long been committed to excellence in its legal services and achieving the highest standards… Read more »

Philip Smith’s article regarding the inherent unfairness of retaining “suspects” on bail for nearly two years, only to conclude there is insufficient evidence to bring a prosecution is published by the Huffington Post at http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/philip-s-smith/freddie-starr-sex-allegation_b_5287707.html

The story of the case of R v Crawley being stayed by Judge Leonard at Southwark Crown Court has far reaching implications for the administration of justice, as reflected by the significant amount of media interest generated by the decision.  For Phil Smith’s reaction to the ruling click World At One 1.5.14 (1) for the article… Read more »

Road traffic specialist at Tuckers solicitors, Asim Ali, managed to argue that “exceptional circumstances” applied in the case of Brandon Fernandez – meaning that he avoided both prison and a driving ban.   Mr Fernandez argued that he had suffered a blackout before the collision and had no memory of the crash.  See more details of… Read more »