criminal defence
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, […]
