- secured an acquittal for a schoolteacher: A school teacher was charged with an offence contrary to the Public Order Act – the complainant was a family member. The defendant instructed that the allegation was malicious. Adam obtained details of numerous non-criminal allegations made by the complainant against the defendant and made a successful non-defendant bad character application. After adducing the previous allegations at trial, Adam cross examined the complainant and then made a submission that there was ‘no case to answer’. The submission was successful and the charge was dismissed. A Defence Costs Order was also granted;
- Sexual offence acquittal for Tony Meisels‘ client: Aquittal on a sex case at Snaresbrook Crown Court; our client L was aquitted of sexual assault by penetration with the jury debating for only 90 minutes. This case concerned two work colleagues who ended up In bed together after attending a colleague’s leaving drinks. The issue for the defence was one of consent. The case was meticiously prepared by Tony Meisels of this firm and counsel at the re-trial was Toby Long of 15 New Bridge Street;
- Drugs case acquittal for Unan Choudhury‘s client: Unan successfully represented a professional man accused of possession of class A drugs (heroin) – the client was acquitted after trial. Martin Lewis of Counsel represented the defendant.
