Ranked in Chambers Guide
“The lawyers’ attention to detail and client care are second to none.” – Chambers Guide 2012 Read more
Ranked in Legal 500
“Delivers a first-rate service right across the board” – Legal 500 2011 edition
Koestler Exhibition 2011
Shearman Bowen are once again pleased to sponsor an award at this year’s Koestler Trust Exhibition, which opens at the Royal Festival Hall on 22nd September and runs until 20th November.
London Bikeathon 26.06.11
As part of our 10th anniversary celebrations and to support Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, our intrepid team completed the 52-mile challenge of the annual London Bikeathon on Sunday 26th June (the hottest day of the year so far). Congratulations to the team of Ben Holden, Simon Hayes, Greg Foxsmith, Tim Huestis, Edgar Fernando and Rick Shearman. Many thanks to all our supporters who have already contributed, enabling us to raise over £2,000 for charity, and don’t worry, there is still an opportunity to donate via our justgiving page: www.justgiving.com/shearmanbowen
Shearman Bowen & Co
We are a law firm based in London EC4.
We deal with all aspects of criminal law, and we only defend.
We specialise in fraud, serious crime and criminal confiscation.
Review of 2010
We have just published an updated list of cases in which we acted for the defence during 2010. Once again we were privileged to be instructed in some of the most difficult and high-profile cases coming before the criminal courts last year. The full list can be viewed on our Recent Cases page here
Our Ten Year Anniversary 2001 – 2011
This year we celebrate a decade of outstanding service and achievement
Watch this space for further details..
Acquittal in Old Bailey murder trial
Mark Bowen successfully defended 19 year-old Nathaniel Bailey on a charge of murder just before Christmas. Nathaniel was accused of the shooting of Ryan Bravo at Costcutter in Walworth Road in August 2008. He was acquitted by the jury following a successful submission of no case to answer. Read more
Sentence in £28m mortgage fraud
Shearman Bowen & Co acted for former mortgage broker Paul Butcher who faced charges relating to the 2008 collapse of “the Money Machine”, a franchise of the Money Centre. The allegations related to the fraudulent alteration of property valuations to secure increased mortgage offers, to the total value of some £28m. Read more
Suspended sentence for drugs supply
Ben Ticehurst succeeded in obtaining a suspended sentence for student Alexander Bull in a widely-reported case at Blackfriars Crown Court. Alexander had pleaded to offences of possession of class A drugs and possession of class B with intent to supply.