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Crime (general and fraud)

Edward Hetherington

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Albion Chambers is ‘an excellent set of chambers, offering a wide-range of legal assistance and great strength in depth’. Adam Vaitilingam KC recently defended an man accused of the murder of two schoolboys in Bristol. Edward Hetherington, noted as ’an exceptional advocate in court’, represented a defendant in a double murder case arising from a long-standing turf war, where the accused was alleged to have driven a group of teenagers around Knowle in search of targets for a retaliatory attack. Charley Pattison, ‘a committed, passionate and fearless advocate’ who is ’always well prepared and willing to go the extra mile’, represented one of the four individuals charged with murder and secured a conviction only for robbery of the victim’s housemate.
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Position

Edd Hetherington is a specialist criminal and regulatory advocate, routinely instructed by the prosecution and defence in the most complex and serious of cases, including murder, rape, fraud, firearms and supply of controlled drugs. He is a CPS Grade 4 Panel Advocate and a member of the Regulatory Advocates Panel in Health & Safety and Environmental Law.

Career

Grade 4 Prosecutor; Crown Prosecution Service Advocate Panel. List B Prosecutor; Regulatory Advocates in Health & Safety and Environmental Law Panel; Called 2006; Middle Temple.

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association; Western Circuit.

Education

LLB (Hons) University of Durham. LLM Advanced Legal Practice. BVC: Northumbria University. JJ Powell Scholarship. Registered Pupil Supervisor.

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Testimonials

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  • 'The clerks at Albion Chambers are very experienced. Charlotte Fryer is all over everything and quick to assist in resolving any issues.'
  • 'Joanna Cload always goes out of her way to find a counsel’s assistance, particularly at short notice.'
  • 'Clerks room is good. Charlotte Fryer is great.'
  • The clerks at Albion are efficient and organised. They are always willing to assist and extremely easy to communicate with; they are always professional.'
  • ‘Albion Chambers is a respected and established set with a large crime team.’
  • ‘Albion Chambers has the full breadth of barristers at every level.’
  • ‘Albion Chambers is the friendliest, most approachable set on the Western Circuit.’
  • ‘Albion Chambers is the best-known set on the Western Circuit and unusually has exceptional advocates at every level.’