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:
Stephen Gelsthorpe
- Tel:
- Work +44 115 852 6432
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Work Department
Criminal defence, specialist road traffic and Higher Court Advocate.
Position
Partner and head of Higher Courts Advocacy department. Criminal practitioner with particular expertise in trial work and complex motoring law cases. Higher Courts Advocate. Advocate of choice for many professionals charged with criminal and road traffic offences. Reputation for protecting driving licences from the ravages of the totting-up laws! Successfully defended clients in high-profile major murder cases, including R v Bird and others (the execution of married couple on witness protection programme in their seaside bungalow); R v Toseland and others (the illegal bugging of suspects and their solicitors at Grantham police station, leading to proceedings being stayed in multimillion-pound murder enquiry). Current and recent clients include leading players from the law, medicine and the world of sport. Discretion and absolute requirement for confidentiality means that details cannot be disclosed.
Career
Trained Canner Vaughan & RT Wright; qualified 1983; joined Freeth Cartwright and Sketchley 1983; formed Cartwright King along with fellow former Freeth Cartwright partners Mike Thurston and Mark Wilson 2000; pivotal to the growth of Cartwright King (now 25 partners and over 130 staff) to date, including the establishment and development of the Leicester office in 2003; appointed Higher Courts Advocate in 2007 (crime) and currently heading the HCA and Crown Court department; since 2000 has remained as a consultant at Freeth Cartwright LLP. Regular contributor to local press and radio.
Languages
Some French.
Member
Nottinghamshire Law Society Criminal Business Committee; Nottinghamshire Local Business Justice Board; former chairman Nottingham Duty Solicitor Scheme.
Education
Trent College; Trent Polytechnic (1980 BA Hons); Law Society Finals (1981).
Leisure
Walking, skiing, gardening, ornithology, passionate supporter of Nottingham Forest football club, singer in two local choirs, member of Parochial Church Council and Deanery Synod representative, deputy church warden.
Practice Areas
Crime - general
