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Derek Johashen
Work Department
36 Crime
Position
An experienced and senior criminal defence advocate who has been involved in many of the most serious of cases involving murder, manslaughter,
gang-related crime, large drugs conspiracies, rape and serious sexual offences.
Derek has successfully taken cases to the Court of Appeal: recently where he
has argued fresh evidence is such that original conviction should be re-opened
and the appellant was acquitted, and others where very long sentences have
been reduced significantly.
Derek is a cross qualified solicitor and barrister. He was a solicitor from the late
1980s. From 2005 to 2015 he was the senior partner of one of the largest criminal defence practices in the country. He has been appearing in all courts including Magistrates’ Courts, County Courts, ever since 1990 and appeared full time in the Crown Court since 2007 as a Solicitor Advocate.
In 2017 he transferred to the independent bar.
Career
Call: 2017.
Areas of experience:
Financial Crime
Serious & Complex Crime
Homicide
Serious Sexual Offences
Coroners’ Court