Posts By: pareekc

Tuckers Solicitors have successfully defended a number of Albanian Nationals who have previously claimed to be  “Kosovan”.  The UK Border Agency were seeking to deprive them of their British citizenship.  After litigation, the UK Border Agency has now confirmed that they will take no further action against them.  They will now be free to remain as citizens,… Read more »

Renata Pinter has successully represented Miss Iuliia Redia  who, along with her husband, was requested by the Government of Ukraine in respect of allegations of large scale faud with a value of £750,000, forgery, conspiracy to commit money laundering offences and use of forged documents.  Issues were raised concerning extradition offences and potential breaches of Articles 3,… Read more »

Renata Pinter is acting in connection with an appeal against extradition which has been joined with two other test cases to consider the approach to be taken by a court where the requested person has been identified as a suicide risk. In this case, Biskup v Poland, the extradition request concerned serious allegations of murder, attempted murder,… Read more »

Phil Smith has been instructed by Dale Walker, a Kent solicitor who vehemently denies charges of fraud and money laundering.  The charges arise out of Operation Cotton, an ongoing FCA investigation into the activities of three land banking companies: Plott UK Limited (Plott), European Property Investments (UK) Limited (EPI) and Stirling Alexander Limited. The case… Read more »

Andre Clovis has successfully settled an action against the police for substantial damages in a claim relating to the assault of a solicitor.  Catriona Sheehan suffered injury when forcibly removed from the custody suite in which she was trying to represent her 13 year old client. Mr Clovis said: ‘A solicitor’s obligation is to their… Read more »

Roberto Martini, of Tuckers’ Manchester office, successfully acted for one of the London based defendants charged with murder following an incident outside a Liverpool nightclub preceding a Liverpool v Arsenal match last year. Rob acted for Mark McEwen from police station through to Crown Court trial. The case involved 3 defendants all of who denied… Read more »

Richard Edwards & Dan Gaskell, from Tuckers’ Manchester office, represented Marcel Madden who pleaded guilty to possessing prohibited weapons at Manchester Crown Court.  As reported in the Daily Mail, Mr Madden was largely undone by virtue of the phones that he took of himself handling his Smith & Wesson revolver, which he kept on his… Read more »

Caroline Wilbraham, from Tuckers Manchester office, recently represented David Collier in a widely reported case.  The facts of the incident have made for some lurid headlines and unsympathetic reporting of the case, epitomised by the article in the Manchester Evening News – http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/evil-bully-david-collier-who-1725196 Commenting on the press coverage of her client, Caroline said “This was… Read more »

Roz Weekes, in Manchester, acted for a University student who was recently convicted of using Facebook to pervert the course of justice, but creating a fake page from which she “harassed” herself in the name of the victim, David Parnell.  As a result, Mr Parnell was arrested on four separate occasions in connection with the… Read more »

In a continuation of the investigation following the revelation that undercover officers were forming intimate relationships with women as part of their operations, the Home Affairs Select Committee has submitted a report which is highly critical of undercover policing practices and which recommends an overhaul of RIPA.  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/01/law-undercover-police-mps Jules Carey at Tuckers acts for “Charlotte”… Read more »