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24/08/2021

Partial Closure of Chambers Wednesday 25/08/21

If anyone would like details of the funeral, the link to attend remotely or information on how to donate to the chosen charity in memory of Matthew please contact Chambers.  

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24/08/2021

Partial Closure of Chambers Wednesday 25/08/21

If anyone would like details of the funeral, the link to attend remotely or information on how to donate to the chosen charity in memory of Matthew please contact Chambers.  

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10/08/2021

Matthew Collins (1986 – 2021) 

  Matthew attended Warwick School on an academic scholarship. After gaining a First Class degree in English at the University of York he was called to the Bar in 2010 (Gray’s Inn). He worked as an Assistant Case Review Manager at the Criminal Cases Review Commission before embarking on a pupillage at Dere Street under […]

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10/08/2021

Matthew Collins (1986 – 2021) 

  Matthew attended Warwick School on an academic scholarship. After gaining a First Class degree in English at the University of York he was called to the Bar in 2010 (Gray’s Inn). He worked as an Assistant Case Review Manager at the Criminal Cases Review Commission before embarking on a pupillage at Dere Street under […]

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07/08/2021

Doctor Hossam Metwally poisoned partner in ‘exorcism ritual’

  After an extraordinary trial lasting eight weeks an anaesthetist has been convicted of endangering his partner’s life by administering clinical sedative drugs during purported exorcism rituals. John Elvidge QC and Geraldine Kelly of New Park Court Chambers were instructed by the prosecution (CCU, Leeds).  A media report of the matter can be found here […]

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07/08/2021

Doctor Hossam Metwally poisoned partner in ‘exorcism ritual’

  After an extraordinary trial lasting eight weeks an anaesthetist has been convicted of endangering his partner’s life by administering clinical sedative drugs during purported exorcism rituals. John Elvidge QC and Geraldine Kelly of New Park Court Chambers were instructed by the prosecution (CCU, Leeds).  A media report of the matter can be found here […]

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03/08/2021

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This week’s blog is brought to you by Rebecca Cowell – pupil to Charles McCain.  Rebecca is in the second six of her pupillage, accepting instructions across all disciplines within Chambers. Her profile can be found here     R (On the application of A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC […]

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03/08/2021

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This week’s blog is brought to you by Rebecca Cowell – pupil to Charles McCain.  Rebecca is in the second six of her pupillage, accepting instructions across all disciplines within Chambers. Her profile can be found here     R (On the application of A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC […]

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27/07/2021

Rapist Anthony Burn jailed for life for abuse spanning over a period of 40 years.

Northumberland rapist Anthony Burns has been sentenced to Life Imprisonment with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 15 years. David Lamb, prosecuting, explained how he spent his entire adult life abusing young girls, without being caught. “There are a total of seven young female victims in this case,” he said. “The campaign of […]

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