Trinity Chambers

Ian has prosecuted and defended in a wide range of cases, including sexual and violent offending, drug supply and importation, non-fatal serious driving offences, and firearms cases. Most recently, his specialism has been towards the prosecution of rape and serious sexual offending and “County Lines” drug supply, including issues of modern slavery such as the use of teenage workers.

Ian's recent notable cases include:

• Successfully prosecuted a taxi driver who struck up an amicable friendship with one passenger, but subsequently took matters too far, and who then sexually assaulted a second passenger.
• Successfully prosecuted a group of three men who arranged the importation of heroin from Pakistan to Birmingham.
• Successfully prosecuted a female driver who, having caused a traffic collision on a dual carriageway leaving the other driver with life changing injuries, tried to claim that she was acting under “duress of circumstances”.

APPOINTMENTS

• Grade 3 Prosecutor
• CPS Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RaSSO) Panel member

MEMBERSHIPS

• The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple

EDUCATION

• LLB at Birmingham City University

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Ian was admitted as a Solicitor in October 1998, with a wide-ranging litigation practice. He joined the Crown Prosecution Service in the West Midlands in February 2003 as a Senior Crown Prosecutor.

He obtained Higher Rights (Criminal) in October 2008 and became a Solicitor Advocate/Crown Advocate. In July 2011, he left the Crown Prosecution Service to return to private practice.