15NBS is praised as an ‘impressive criminal set with a consistently strong and dependable team of barristers’. Unled, Robert Ward represented an eighteen-year-old who received a three-year sentence for involvement in the attempted murder of another eighteen-year-old, who the defendant had previously engaged in sexual activity with, unaware of the victim’s transgender identity. Justin McClintock – with a leader at trial and unled in an appeal against sentence – represented a woman who was acquitted of murder, but convicted of lesser offences, in a case featuring contested translation of a large volume of message evidence in a Creole language spoken only in the Dutch Caribbean.
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Profile
Career
Justin has risen to prominence as an accomplished advocate with a reputation for skilful advocacy and astute tactical judgment. Justin’s work encompasses advice and advocacy across the full spectrum of serious crime. He is instructed as both leading counsel and junior counsel. Recent instructions include acting as leading counsel for a defendant charged with attempted murder in a highly complex 11-handed trial, defending large-scale allegations of conspiracy to defraud, and a money laundering case in which the Crown served over one million pages of evidence.
Memberships
CBA, South Eastern Circuit, YFLA
Education
Kings College London LLB
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Testimonials
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- '15NBS is a top set.'
- 'All counsel at 15 NBS are amazing and always deliver amazing results.'
- '15NBS has expertise in all areas of criminal law. They are always helpful to accommodate the needs of instructing solicitors' cases.'
- 'The whole chambers is willing and extremely capable, and have never let us down when cover is required even at short notice, which is a more regular occurrence in these backlogged days.'
- 'Excellent chambers with strength in depth.'
- '15 NBS is highly professional and consistently responsive when it comes to counsel availability.'
- 'The set is highly sought after with some of the best advocates in the business, covering a wide amount of specialisms. They are first-class.'
- '15NBS is a wonderful, London-based set, which is home to an excellent cadre of barristers who provide their services up and down the country.'