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Cartwright King

NORWICH UNION HOUSE, SOUTH PARADE, OLD MARKET SQUARE, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 2LH, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 0115 958 7444
Fax:
Fax 08081 681500
DX:
10032 NOTTINGHAM
Web:
www.cartwrightking.co.uk
Email:

Alwyn Jones

Tel:
Work +44 115 852 6433
Email:
Cartwright King

Work Department

Criminal defence and Higher Court advocate.

Position

Partner and solicitor-advocate since 1996, specialising in presenting cases before the Crown Court and Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). Has appeared as advocate in more than 25 murder trials as defence junior; as leading junior in drug importation case (R v Heffernan [2008]); as advocate alone in a number of attempted murder cases (R v Gibbons [2007], R v Buksmann [2008], R v Dunne [2009]); as advocate in many serious sex offence trials, including rapes and sexual assaults on children, and in serious violent cases. One of the longest qualified and most experienced solicitor-advocates on the circuit.

Career

Trained Cruickshanks Loughborough; qualified 1984; partner Nelsons 1991; partner Cartwright King 2006.

Member

SAHCA; Nottinghamshire Law Society.

Education

Caerphilly Grammar School; Leicester University (1981 BA Hons law 2(1)).

Leisure

Rugby (watching nowadays, after 30 years of playing), helicopter pilot.

Practice Areas

Crime - general

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