25 Bedford Row

Stephen is a ‘go-to’ Silk in cases of homicide, including matters of gross negligence manslaughter, ‘baby shaking’, cases which involve vulnerable defendants with mental health issues and which involve the partial defences of diminished responsibility and/or loss of control. Stephen has successfully appeared in numerous multi-handed cases involving young persons in which ‘cut throat’ defences are employed and which are said to be ‘gang related’ and rely on the doctrine of ‘joint enterprise’.

He also has a reputation for defending in cases involving Serious and Organised Violence, Large-scale Complex Fraud as well as Serious Sexual Offences and Terrorism, including the recent successful defence of a’ so-called’ Neo-Nazi who had built a sub-machine gun in the preparation of a terrorist attack.

He has regularly appeared successfully on appeals against both conviction and/or sentence in the Court of Appeal and is much sought after to advise on the merits of “old” convictions where there is “new evidence”.

Stephen is regularly instructed in high-profile matters.