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News 11th June 2025

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 […]

News, Blog 21st May 2025

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 […]

News 13th May 2025

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 […]

News 1st May 2025

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, […]

News, Blog 6th February 2025

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 […]

News 18th September 2024
Siân Beaven

Siân Beaven secures finding of no impairment for Registrant at NMC

Siân, instructed by Rebecca Austin of the RCN, represented a care home manager accused of several charges relating to failures in care for an end-of-life resident and a number of failings in the home identified within a CQC report. The Registrant accepted the charges relating to the CQC findings but denied those in respect of […]

News 1st July 2024

Lucie Taylor joins Pump Court Chambers

We are delighted to announce that Lucie Taylor has joined Chambers as a tenant effective Monday 1st July. Lucie is a specialist criminal, regulatory, and disciplinary practitioner. Lucie acts for both Prosecution and Defence across the full spectrum of Criminal matters. She regularly appears in matters involving serious violence, drug offences, and matters of dishonesty. […]

News 11th November 2022
Siân Beaven

Siân Beaven secures acquittal at Court Martial

Siân Beaven, instructed by Bob Scott of Richard Griffiths & Co solicitors, secured an acquittal on two charges of sexual assault. The defendant, a LCpl, was accused of having entered the complainant’s room, and repeatedly touched his upper thigh without consent. The Prosecution case was, that following these episodes of touching, when the complainant had […]

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