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Shearman Bowen successfully represented a client charged with perverting the course of justice, securing his acquittal after a six-day trial at Harrow Crown Court. The prosecution alleged that our client had been part of a concerted effort to help individuals connected to an alleged murder in North West London evade police detection after the event […]

We are delighted to have secured a successful outcome for our client in the Court of Appeal. Our client who was a successful and well known DJ  had pleaded guilty to offences of section 20 grievous bodily harm (GBH) and assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) arising from an incident in a nightclub where he […]

We are pleased to have secured a positive outcome for our client, who received a suspended sentence for his role in a complex £22 million VAT fraud. The case concerned a factually complex conspiracy to defraud the public revenue over a five-year period, with the total loss to HMRC alleged to be approximately £22 million. […]

  Last week at Brighton Crown Court, we successfully represented a professional client facing an allegation of rape dating back to 2021. Our client had always maintained that the sexual activity was consensual; the prosecution alleged that the complainant had been too intoxicated to consent. Their case centred on video footage of the complainant, which […]

Our client, a young woman of good character, was acquitted of charges relating to her alleged involvement in a complex conspiracy concerning the conveyance and supply of Class A and B drugs and prohibited articles into HMP Wandsworth. The prosecution case centred on allegations of drugs, mobile phones and other prohibited items being conveyed into […]

We are pleased to report a successful sentence appeal at the Court of Appeal on behalf of our client who was convicted of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug (cocaine). At first instance, the sentencing judge adopted a starting point of 15 years to reflect the quantity of drugs involved — just […]

Our client, a young woman of good character, was acquitted by the jury on the 6th day of trial, after they were directed to find her not guilty by the Judge, legal argument having been served. Our client was one of five alleged to have been involved in the fraudulent purchase of an accountancy firm […]

Following an NCA investigation spanning 11 years and a five-month trial, our client Diezani Alison-Madueke has been acquitted on all counts at Southwark Crown Court. Mrs Alison-Madueke, the first woman to serve as Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources and the first woman to lead OPEC, faced five counts of bribery and one count of conspiracy […]