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CPS Panel Upgrades & Appointments

KBW Chambers is delighted to announce that Harriet Eglinton, Eugene Cross, James Yearsley, and Becky Jane have achieved higher grades on the CPS Panel and Mahdev Singh Sachdev has been accepted onto the Fraud Panel.

08 April 2025

Deborah Smithies and Daniel Ingham prosecute 8 defendants for a conspiracy to supply drugs into HMP Northumberland as well as the surrounding area.

07 April 2025

Adam Keenaghan secures gross misconduct findings against police officer

Acting for the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, Adam Keenaghan secures multiple findings of dishonesty and gross misconduct arising out of an officer’s failure to investigate reports of violence and public disorder and his subsequent dishonest entries on incident logs and crime reports.

21 March 2025

Chambers is delighted to welcome Andrew Jones KC as a Door Tenant.

13 March 2025

Peter Glenser KC and Adrian Strong secure murder conviction.

Peter Glenser KC and Adrian Strong, instructed by the CPS, successfully secure the conviction for murder of a defendant who 'launched a sustained and brutal attack' on a 63-year-old man who intervened to try to prevent a violent attack on his neighbour's home.

13 March 2025

Jamie Wilson completed his first six of pupillage under the supervision of Stephen Littlewood (Crime), Olivia Checa-Dover (Civil), and Ed Johnson (Family).

10 March 2025

KBW Chambers wishes everyone a very happy International Women’s Day!

07 March 2025

Edward Johnson successfully secures findings of physical and emotional abuse, as well as controlling and coercive behaviour, at a Finding of Fact Hearing.

Instructed by Nadat Solicitors, Edward Johnson represented a mother in Private Law proceedings, who accused the father – and the extended paternal family – of controlling and coercive behaviour over many years.

14 February 2025

Eugene Cross successfully prosecutes complex domestic abuse strangulation trial.

Eugene was instructed by the CPS to prosecute a man alleged to have broken in through the window of his former partner’s flat and strangled her multiple times whilst her toddler was in the room.

11 February 2025

Acting for West Yorkshire Police, Adam Keenaghan secures account freezing orders for two accounts where the total monies frozen exceeds £1.7 million.

11 February 2025

Sam Ponniah secures acquittal in large drugs importation case.

Sam Ponniah, instructed by Number One Law Solicitors, recently represented a man alleged to have been part of a plan to smuggle 20 kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine into the UK with an estimated street value of over £1,000,000.

10 February 2025

Adam Keenaghan successfully resists appeal in Police Appeals Tribunal.

Instructed for Lancashire Constabulary, Adam Keenaghan successfully resisted an appeal against the decision of the Chief Constable at an accelerated misconduct hearing that the former officer should be dismissed without notice.

06 February 2025