QEB Hollis Whiteman is known as ‘a leading set with expert counsel in all areas of criminal work’. Eleanor Laws KC is renowned as a ‘a class of her own’, offering her expertise in major sexual offences trials, including those involving historical offences and prestigious clients, as seen in her recent work in Daly v His Majesty’s Advocate, a challenge to Scottish laws regarding sexual history evidence under the European Convention on Human Rights. David Jeremy KC, described as ’extremely intelligent, utterly fearless and highly effective’, advises in various high-profile homicides, including the murder of a cyclist who was deliberately run over by a man driving a Range Rover. Nadesh Karu is experienced at the appellate level, representing two individuals who were convicted of statutory public nuisance after invading the track during the first lap of the 2022 British Grand Prix and, in another defence instruction, Philip Stott and Tom Phillips represented a man who was tried for sending ISIS propaganda, including beheading videos, over Telegram; the case involved expert evidence over the defendant’s autism.
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