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      • The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
      • Max Hardy secures life sentence for convicted rapist
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      • Justin Hugheston-Roberts returns to 9BR Chambers
      • International People’s Tribunal on Iran’s Atrocities returns its Judgment; Colleen Rohan on panel
      • CTL victory in murder case
      • David Hughes represents Bristol defendant in test case within The High Court brought by the Crown Prosecution Service
      • Emma-Louise Heath has been appointed as Chair of the Youth Practitioners Association
      • Ben Joyes resists Slovakian extradition request on proportionality grounds
      • Elise Groulx Addresses the IMI International Peace Day Conference
      • Ignatius Hughes KC achieves sentence of 57 months for manslaughter
      • Martin Forde KC leads Gary Summers in Dr Bashir Ahmedsowida High Court challenge against an MPTS erasure order
      • Stuart Allen led by James Hines KC successful before divisional court in securing extradition to Bulgaria
      • Steven Kay KC with Sarah Bafadhel from 9BR Chambers and Ruby Sandhu, were honoured to be invited to a historic event held in the Republic of South Sudan
      • 9BR Chambers are pleased to announce that Jane Bickerstaff KC has been shortlisted for crime silk of the year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022
      • 9BR Chambers are pleased to announce that Steven Kay KC has been shortlisted for International law silk of the year at The Legal 500 Bar Awards
      • Ben Joyes successfully resists extradition request on behalf of Polish national
      • Max Hardy prosecutes double stranger rapist
      • Stuart Allen instructed by Oracle solicitors successful in securing the discharge of a Romanian EAW on both Article 3 ECHR and Article 8 ECHR grounds
      • Joey Kwong secured acquittals in rape trial before escalation of Bar Action
      • Max Hardy prosecutes former police officer for online child sex offences
      • Ben Joyes successfully resists extradition in Poland v K
      • Gillian Higgins Reviews International Cultural Heritage Law by Janet Blake
      • Lucy Waterstone secures discharge of requested person sought by Belgium
      • Stefan Hyman and Ben Joyes successfully defend discharge in case concerning Greek prison conditions/Article 3 ECHR
      • Max Hardy and Corinne Bramwell prosecute sex deception case at Snaresbrook Crown Court
      • Jonathan Swain secures discharge on Irish extradition request for historic burglary
      • Emma Heath secures non-custodial sentence for 15-year-old charged with s18.
      • Ben Joyes secures discharge on all grounds of challenge in Czech extradition case
      • Jordan Santos-Sindes secures acquittal for defendant charged with section 18 GBH following 4-day trial at Wood Green Crown Court.
      • HMRCs revocation decision of Brac Sajaan’s MSB licence successfully appealed
      • Chambers' Max Hardy has written a short open letter for the attention of the Lord Chancellor concerning the action taken by the Criminal Bar.
      • Simon Stirling, leading Emma Heath, begin a two month multi-handed, human trafficking trial before Swindon Crown Court
      • Stuart Allen successful before Divisional Court instructed by a German Judicial Authority
      • Mustapha Hakme, leading Drea Becker, secures the only acquittal in multi-handed 7 week people trafficking case at Southwark Crown Court
      • Joshua Kern submits responses to IHRC / Addameer and former Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk to UN Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry
      • Jonathan Swain obtains discharge on French extradition request
      • Stefan Hyman achieves refusal of extradition at Westminster Magistrates’ Court
      • High Court kick starts extradition to Lithuania
      • Stefan Hyman on DELF Panel on new trends in post-Brexit extradition law
      • Sarah Bafadhel appointed to the ADC-ICT Executive Committee
      • No Returns Statement
      • Stefan Hyman and Fadi Daoud successful in Greek extradition case
      • Fraudster who stole antiques from elderly jailed
      • Stefan Hyman appointed to the CCBE’s Criminal Law Committee
      • Adam Kirke, Lucy Kinder and Doug Wotherspoon join Chambers
      • Now on YouTube! See Lennart Poulsen chair an expert panel discussion at the UN War Crimes Committee Conference on the topic of Universal Jurisdiction
      • Joshua Kern of 9BR Chambers and Anne Herzberg of NGO Monitor deconstruct claims of apartheid arising from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
      • 9BR Chambers releases a new international report on the conflicts in South Sudan from 2013 to 2016
      • Ruth Jones, leading Emma Heath, secure acquittal for their client after an 8-week trial before the Woolwich Crown Court
      • Ben Joyes secures discharge of Romanian requested person due to lack of dual criminality in firearms case
      • Jessica Clarke successfully defends a 32 year old woman accused of sexual intercourse with her 12 year old nephew
      • MATTHEW CORRIE JOINS 9 BEDFORD ROW
      • Dr. Mark Ellis, Executive Director of the IBA and longstanding colleague of 9BRChambers the most poignant assessment upon the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Nutan Fatania secures minimal sentence for young and vulnerable defendant
      • Max Hardy prosecutes stabbing in Putney
      • Scott Smith successfully defends Army nurse facing 45 charges of professional misconduct brought by the Nursing and Midwifery Council
      • Chambers and Partners new ranking for Elise Groulx
      • Katrina Charles and Rebecca Steels invited to speak at Highgate School as part of its response to issues raised on the Everyone’s Invited website
      • New Crimeline-9BR Extradition Hub update: Appeals procedure in extradition cases
      • New Crimeline-9BR Extradition Hub article - Marosan v Romania [2021] EWHC 3098 and an underlying theme: how to ascertain the EU law obligations of foreign courts
      • David Hughes successfully prosecutes five individuals charged with the possession of firearms with intent to endanger life
      • Max Hardy prosecutes a shooting for which the defendant was jailed for 21 years with a 4 year extension for paralysing a teenage boy
      • David Hughes successfully defends carer who suffocated suspected thief during citizen's arrest
      • MBL Webinar on 'The Evidence of Child Witnesses'
      • Stefan Hyman appears as junior in new case on consent in extradition proceedings
      • Max Hardy quoted in the Daily Mail on why doubling magistrates' sentencing powers may add to the spiralling court backlog
      • Poland v WS - Article 8 success for requested person represented by Ben Joyes
      • Joey Kwong defended man originally indicted with Attempted Murder resulting in sentence of 4 years 1 month’s custody
      • Corinne Bramwell successfully prosecutes “landmark” driving case
      • CPS Specialist Panel regrading success (1)
      • CPS Advocate Panel regrading success (1)
      • Abbas Lakha KC defends gang planned gun murder of tv star's brother
      • 9BR Chambers' Joshua Kern and NGO Monitor’s Anne Herzberg publish “False Knowledge as Power: Deconstructing Definitions of Apartheid that Delegitimise the Jewish State”
      • Max hardy prosecutes Danish Ryder Cup golfer Thorbjorn Olesen in relation to an incident on a flight from Nashville to Heathrow
      • Joey Kwong defends Loughborough man jailed for abuse of nine-year-old girl
      • Lennart Poulsen chairs expert panel on universal jurisdiction at un war crimes commission conference
      • Jordan Santos-Sindes obtains discharge in Spanish accusation case
      • Stefan Hyman & Ben Joyes secure discharge In Greek prisons case
      • Prosecution discontinued after Adam Kirke argues abuse of process
      • Katrina Charles and Katie Mustard prosecute ‘rogue’ antiques dealer who preyed on elderly homeowners
      • New Crimeline Extradition Hub Article: Litwinczuk & Others v Poland (Prison conditions in Poland)
      • Chambers is delighted to welcome Elise Groulx as a Door Tenant
      • Chambers & Partners Rankings 2022
      • Jonathan Swain successfully argues for discharge of an individual detained on an arrest warrant, who was not the person whose extradition was requested
      • Massive £34m money laundering case collapses after legal arguments led by Zacharias Miah
      • Zacharias Miah represented accountancy boss sentenced for offering non-existent jobs in the City and Canary Wharf
      • Peter Glenser KC prosecutes Northumbrian Water for sewage discharge
      • Sean Sullivan appointed as  Fee-Paid Judge of the Employment Tribunal
      • Steven Kay KC and Joshua Kern act in US complaint against Hatem El Beblawi, former Prime Minister of Egypt
      • Joey Kwong successfully prosecutes Lutterworth arsonist
      • Lennart Poulsen is featured in this month’s edition of Counsel magazine
      • 9BR Chambers is pleased to announce yesterday’s recommendation by the 2022 Legal 500 directory of 9 silks and 12 Juniors
      • Extradition Hub: New Term Update - three important extradition cases
      • Jordan Santos-Sindes in successful abuse of process application
      • Zacharias Miah Speaks at the 2021 Annual Convention of Bangladeshi Doctors
      • 9BR Chambers has released a new report today titled “Kazakhstan: Questions About Government, Justice & International Arbitrations”
      • Webinar: Kazakhstan Questions about Government, Justice and International Arbitrations
      • 9BR Chambers Team release Interim Report on the 2020 armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
      • Chambers is delighted to welcome Mr Joey Kwong as a tenant
      • Jessica Clarke secures acquittal of an ‘unfit’ defendant in an attempted rape
      • 9BR Chambers team secures discharge of requested person on basis that he is unfit to plead or participate in proceedings
      • Jonathan Akinsanya secures the acquittal of 17 year old youth
      • 9BR Chambers and the Legal 500 rankings
      • Chambers & Partners Rankings 2023
      • Poland v ES: client discharged at first instance
      • 9BR Chambers Reopens Office in The Hague
      • 9BR Participate in UNICRI Conference on Cultural Heritage, Crime and Security
      • 9BR Chambers’ Extradition Team publishes new article on Crimeline’s Extradition Hub
      • 9BR Mission to Rome To Discuss Cultural Heritage
      • Emma Heath successful in s.45 Modern Slavery Act defence
      • Nutan Fatania, led by Diana Wilson, prosecuted multi million pound conspiracy to money launder at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court
      • Steven Kay KC and Max Hardy in direct access private prosecution of Stephen Jones a Solicitor charged with fraud of $16million from US company in purchase of Scottish Castle
      • We are pleased to announce that Gary Dolan has joined Chambers
      • 9BR International Practice Group Reception in The Hague
      • Ruth Jones, leading Emma Heath, successfully represented a company director charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by abuse of a position of trust
      • CPS Panel Re-grading Successes
      • Katrina Charles successfully prosecutes sexual predator who raped an unconscious woman in her own bed
      • Douglas Wotherspoon successfully appeals conviction for possession of ammunition
      • Andrew Judge takes up Tenancy at 9BR Chambers
      • 9BR Chambers is delighted to welcome Tihomir Mak to Chambers
      • Jordan Santos-Sindes appears in 4-day sentence hearing for Encrochat drug conspiracy supplying in excess of 1 tonne of cocaine
      • Stefan Hyman & James Chaplin win Greek extradition case at Westminster Magistrates’ Court
      • Steven Kay KC leads a team to work with the Libyan Asset Recovery Management Office to recover over £150bn
      • Max Hardy acts in CCRC referral to the Court of Appeal
      • Will Smout joins 9BR Chambers
      • Double success in Upper Tribunal
      • 9BR Launches Cultural Heritage Desk
      • Ben Joyes secures discharge due to lack of dual criminality and retrial rights in Poland
      • Jollyon Robertson secures acquittal in rape, strangulation and harassment with violence case
      • Emma Heath secures YRO following successful remittal from the Crown Court
      • Jordan Santos-Sindes successfully argues application to dismiss for 3 clients at Canterbury Crown Court
      • Lucy Waterstone resists extradition on basis that insulting a police officer is not a criminal offence in England and Wales
      • Gary Summers Authorised to Represent Clients Before the Dubai International Financial Court
      • R v David Wilson, Southwark Crown Court
      • Ben Joyes and Jonathan Swain appear in extradition judicial review - Sikora v Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2022] EWHC 3516 (Admin)
      • Asylum appeal success for Gary Dolan
      • Will Smout Secures Acquittal for Defendant Following 3-Day Trial
      • Stefan Hyman & Ben Joyes successful in Cypriot prison cases
      • Jordan Santos-Sindes successful in the Court of Appeal
      • WhatsApp, Sovereign Immunity and Clear, Unambiguous and Explicit Waiver
      • Ben Joyes of 9BR successful in High Court extradition appeal on Romanian retrial rights
      • Joey Kwong’s submission of no case to answer accepted in Conspiracy re-trial
      • Will Smout and Andrew Judge secure an acquittal for Court Enforcement Agents charged with Theft
      • Zacharias Miah secures acquittal
      • Chambers are delighted to welcome Adrian Chapman to our clerking team
      • Ben Joyes successful in High Court extradition appeal
      • Justin Hugheston-Roberts successfully defends in care home, abuse case.
      • Steven Kay KC interviewed by the Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers
      • Three imprisoned in one of Britain’s largest dark web drugs cases
      • Amir Khan robbery
      • Writing in Crimeline, Stefan Hyman explores the UK effect of two important EAW cases
      • Justin Hugheston-Roberts secures acquittal on a man charged with attempted murder
      • Justin Johnson and Lucy Waterstone join 9BR Chambers
      • 9BR Chambers Granted Law Firm Status Before the Dubai International Financial Court
      • Justin Johnson and Lucy Waterstone make successful submissions of no case to answer in a multi-handed youth robbery case
      • South Sudan Government adopts 9BR Chambers recommendations
      • Stefan Hyman succeeds in Greek extradition case
      • Sean Sullivan successfully defends man accused of massive drug importation
      • Question Time discussion on Sanctions, Political Policy and the Law
      • Daniel Higgins appointed as a Recorder
      • Court of Appeal: No duty on a defendant to bring issues relating to electronic tagging equipment to the attention of the court
      • Hospital theatre manager jailed over £600k fraud
      • Belgian extradition request discharged at Westminster Magistrates’ Court
      • Corinne Bramwell successfully prosecutes a 5-week rape trial
      • Max Hardy prosecutes sexually motivated strangulation case at Reading Crown Court
      • Stefan Hyman in High Court case considering res judicata in permission decisions
      • Steven Kay KC letter in the Times on sanctions
      • Stefan Hyman in extradition case which recognises post-Brexit principle of proportionality
      • Justin Johnson and Sophie Stevens secure a community order for a youth who passed a significant age threshold during the currency of proceedings in relation to several charges of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
      • Jessica Clarke and Jordan Santos-Sindes successfully prosecute man charged with burglary and robbery
      • Gary Dolan successfully resists extradition in Polish case
      • Gary Dolan secures discharge in Hungarian extradition request
      • Max Hardy represents Andrew Malkinson in successful appeal
      • Asylum success for Gary Dolan
      • Elise Groulx named amongst the Top 10 Global Leaders in Business & Human Rights Law in 2023
      • Judgment has been handed down in favor of Max Hardy's client, Andrew Malkinson
      • Jane Bickerstaff KC secures acquittal after 5 year wait for justice
      • Podcast: Supply Chain School with Helen Carter and Elise Groulx
      • Tihomir Mak resists a Polish extradition request on proportionality, dual criminality and Article 8 grounds
      • Joey Kwong represents client with intellectual development disorder
      • Lundin case: Read Steven Kay KC, Gillian Higgins and John Traversi's report for the company
      • 9BR Chambers sponsors DELF annual conference 2023
      • Lecture: Andrew Malkinson - What went right and what went wrong: A lecture by Max Hardy and James Burley
      • Joshua Kern and Kirsty Sutherland appear as counsel in landmark mock trial
      • Lecture Recording: Andrew Malkinson - What went right and what went wrong - A lecture by Max Hardy and James Burle
      • 9BR Chambers welcomes Jessica Peck
      • Serial rapist, the ‘Shoreditch Prowler’ jailed for life
      • Jordan Santos-Sindes successful in appeal against sentence in the Court of Appeal
      • 9BR Chambers and The Legal 500 2024 rankings
      • Lucy Waterstone successfully applies for Youth Rehabilitation Order to be quashed following appeal
      • 9BR Chambers' South Sudan Report - Setting the Record Straight
      • Ben Joyes successfully argues that extradition to Poland would violate retrial rights
      • 9BR Chambers will be exhibiting at the 2023 Bar Council Pupillage Fair
      • Simon Stirling, leading Emma Heath, successful in a submission of no case to answer
      • Professor William A. Schabas has published his latest book The International Legal Order's Colour Line: Racism, Racial Discrimination, and the Making of International Law
      • Chambers & Partners Rankings 2024 rankings
      • Big Picture Webinar Series
      • Panel discussion: International Criminal Investigations in the Digital Age – Advantages, Pitfalls and Problems
      • Douglas Wotherspoon resists Belgian extradition request made on an invalid warrant
      • 9BR Chambers will be attending the 2023 Annual Conference of the International Bar Association
      • 9BR Chambers contributed to Chambers Global Practice Guides 2023 - White-Collar Crime
      • Seminar: Trial by media? Navigating news reporting in criminal courts
      • Jennifer Morris secures an acquittal for a vulnerable youth who was a victim of exploitation
      • 9BR Chambers at the 2023 IBA Annual Conference in Paris
      • Panel discussion Recording: International Criminal Investigations in the Digital Age – Advantages, Pitfalls and Problems
      • Adam Kirke successfully appeals against mandatory minimum sentence – Court of Appeal give guidance on ‘exceptional circumstances’
      • Stefan Hyman writes on The Rwanda cases and their impact on extradition
      • Sean Sullivan successfully argues before court of appeal for conviction to be quashed
      • Joey Kwong defends Attorney-General’s Reference at Court of Appeal
      • Professor William Schabas signing copies of his new book The International Legal Order’s Colour Line - Racism, Racial Discrimination and the Making of International Law
      • Max Hardy prosecuted man arrested in 2020 for a rape committed in 1999
      • Stefan Hyman appears in two Supreme Court cases this week
      • Seminar Recording: Trial by media? Navigating news reporting in criminal courts
      • 9BR Chambers are delighted to announce that a number of its members have had their CPS grades increased
      • Ben Joyes acts for the Appellant in Rymarski v Poland
      • Tihomir Mak resists a Portuguese extradition request on grounds of oppressive delay and Article 8
      • Panel Discussion: Addressing challenges faced by women in the legal profession
      • Andrew Malkinson, represented by Max Hardy in his successful appeal, guest edited Today on Radio 4
      • South Africa’s Application to the International Court of Justice against the State of Israel for breaches of the 1948 Genocide Convention
      • 9BR Chambers welcomes Simon Ralph
      • Max Hardy worked as a legal consultant on the hit ITV series Mr Bates vs The Post Office
      • Justin Hugheston-Roberts successfully defends a man accused of rape
      • Abbas Lakha KC secures acquittal in sexual crime case
      • Panel Discussion: Addressing challenges faced by women in the legal profession (1)
      • Abbas Lakha KC successfully secures deferment of sentence in £3.6 million tax evasion case at Leeds Crown Court
      • Alex Matthews has released her first book ‘A Practical Guide to Fitness to Plead and Insanity in the Crown Court and Magistrates Court’
      • Simon Ralph and Sophie Stevens secure acquittals for father and son charged with ABH
      • Emma Heath secures acquittal for client charged with rape, sexual assault, non-fatal strangulation and false imprisonment
      • Joshua Kern and Dov Jacobs, instructed by the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IJL), submit statement to the International Court of Justice on issues pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
      • 9BR Chambers to host the first event in DELF's new lecture: 'Introduction to Defence Extradition’
      • A Report on the Lundin Case
      • The Influence of the Narrative in International Criminal Trials
      • Jonathan Akinsanya secures unanimous acquittal by a jury of a client charged with multiple offences of rape and coercive and controlling behaviour
      • Jane Bickerstaff KC and Mustapha Hakme obtain acquittal in murder conspiracy case
      • Supreme Court hands down landmark judgments in extradition cases
      • 9BR Chambers are proud to announce that we have signed and pledged our support to the Armed Forces Covenant
      • Tihomir Mak secures discharge following withdrawal of a Croatian arrest warrant on the basis of limitation
      • Introduction to Extradition Defence lecture series: 1. Technical Arguments and Tactical Considerations
      • Justin Hugheston-Roberts and Joey Kwong appear in Court Martial Appeal Court
      • Justin Johnson represented a youth acquitted of seven burglaries
      • Simon Ralph secures convictions in million-pound fraud and money laundering case
      • Max Hardy prosecutes a GP Surgery practice manager jailed for defrauding the practice of over £69,000
      • Emma-Louise Heath successfully responds to an application by His Majesty’s Attorney General for leave to refer an Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS)
      • Mustapha Hakme secures a not guilty verdict for a defendant charged with Possessing a Firearm with Intent to Endanger Life
      • 9BR Chambers to sponsor DELF Annual Dinner (2024)
      • Martin Secrett steps down as Chambers Director
      • Adrian Chapman and Russell Good appointed Chambers Manager and Clerking Manager
      • Douglas Wotherspoon achieves discharge for requested person sought by the Netherlands
      • Ben Joyes and Tihomir Mak succeed on appeal against Croatian war crimes extradition request [2024] EWHC 1477 (Admin)
      • Max Hardy appears on the "Lucan On Trial" podcast series
      • Justin Rouse KC and Max Hardy successfully prosecute Israar Shah and Nana Oppong on murder, firearms and drug offences charges
      • Justin Hugheston-Roberts was instructed by Bark & Co to represent Chi Leung Wai
      • Ben Joyes acts for requested person in successful challenge to extradition - Hungary v L
      • 9BR Chambers welcomes Ben Wild
      • Stefan Hyman offers 5 key take aways on Bertino and Merticariu
      • 9BR Chambers has adopted to the CBA Wellbeing Protocol
      • Abbas Lakha KC contributed to Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide
      • Steven Kay KC to speak at The 2024 Economic Crime Summit - Identity, Fraud, Security on 15 May 2024
      • Jessica Clarke defends Hongchi Xiao, accused of manslaughter
      • 9BR Chambers has released a new report called 'Libya: The voice of the tribes'
      • Max Hardy prosecutes offender charged with wounding with intent and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life
      • John King secures acquittal for defendant charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
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