News & Events: Criminal
Christopher Pix prosecutes 39 year old woman, convicted by a jury of causing serious injury by dangerous driving
Christopher Pix prosecuted a 39 year old woman who was convicted by a jury of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. This followed a five-day trial at Portsmouth Crown Court. The Crown’s case was that the woman drove her car at her estranged husband, who was standing in front of the car. He suffered multiple injuries, including […]
Alvaro Loxton persuades Southampton Magistrates’ Court to impose short disqualification instead of licence revocation for speeding
Alvaro Loxton, a pupil in chambers, successfully persuades Southampton Magistrates’ Court to disqualify for 28 days rather than revoke the license of a young driver for speeding. The client was charged under Section 89(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for speeding at 60mph in a 30mph zone. The client was at danger of […]
Edward Armitage secures acquittal for Defendant charged with assault
Pupil barrister, Edward Armitage, secured an acquittal for a 19-year-old, female client at Poole Magistrates’ Court, who had been charged with assault by beating. It was alleged that upon arriving back at a flat in Bournemouth after a night out, the Defendant attacked her ex-partner (the complainant) multiple times during an hour-long domestic incident. Specifically, […]
Sentencing Historic Sex Offences
The Sentencing Children and Young People guideline is now a widely utilised mechanism for approaching youth offenders. However, this guideline is also essential to consider when an adult is being tried for historic sex offences, carried out in his or her childhood. In approaching sentence for these individuals, counsel must consider the overarching Sentencing Children […]
Pump Court retains its ISO accreditation for seventh year
Following a successful audit process, Pump Court Chambers has retained its ISO accreditation (ISO 9001:2015) for another year with no issues raised. ISO is a globally recognised standard for Quality Management Systems (QMS). It is the most widely used QMS standard in the world, with over 1.1 million certificates issued in 178 countries. The 2015 […]
Emily Lanham joins Pump Court as a tenant
Pump Court Chambers is very pleased to welcome Emily Lanham as a tenant. Emily is an established advocate and is regularly instructed in a range of both Defence and Prosecution work in all areas of Criminal Law. She also accepts instructions in regulatory matters. She has acted as led junior and junior alone in complex […]
Ed Wylde prosecutes Southampton-based paedophile
Ed Wylde prosecuted a 72-year-old man, who was convicted of two counts of sexual activity with a 13-year-old child. The Crown’s case was that the Defendant effectively groomed the Victim, by virtue of his position as the grandfather of her close friend L, with the offending culminating in a sexual episode at L’s house. After […]
Annabel Hazlitt successful in the Court of Appeal
On 14th February 2025, Annabel Hazlitt appeared in the Court of Appeal, successful in appealing a sentence imposed in the Crown Court sitting at Newport (Isle of Wight), as manifestly excessive. The Defendant received a 24-month period of imprisonment for one count of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm. Annabel argued that this was manifestly excessive, […]
Pump Court Chambers welcomes four new tenants
We are delighted to announce that Rukan Hazar, Palak Sikri, Isabella Thomas-Kelly and Emily Chapman have accepted offers to join chambers, following the successful completion of their probationary tenancies. Rukan Hazar (2019 call) accepts instructions at all stages of litigation in family, civil, and criminal proceedings. In family proceedings, she accepts instructions in matrimonial finance, […]
Rebecca Fairbairn and Christopher Pix prosecute man convicted of attempted murder
Following a three-week trial at Bournemouth Crown Court, Ainsley Greer was found guilty of the attempted murder of a neighbour in a hostel in Bournemouth. The victim suffered life-changing injuries to his brain, most of his ribs were fractured and his ankle severely broken. This was a complex trial which involved a number of prosecution […]
Ed Wylde successfully represents defendant accused of rape
Ed Wylde, instructed by Tang, Bentley & Jackson, represented a man (L) accused of raping, and attempting to rape, a teenage girl on three occasions in the mid-1990s. The defence was one of consent/belief in consent in respect of one allegation of rape, and factual denial in relation to the other allegation of rape and […]
Are we too reliant on sentencing guidelines?
“What am I looking at then?” asks a client charged with assaulting an emergency worker. A pertinent and reasonable question any anxious individual would ask – often before they have even pleaded. Thankfully, the Sentencing Council are on hand to assist and members of the criminal justice system will be all too familiar with the […]
