Nine Bedford Row has been long established in the vanguard of leading criminal sets with an enviable reputation for commitment and service to the cause of its clients.
Headed by 11 QCs, acknowledged within the profession as heavyweights in the field, backed by an array of notable juniors, Nine Bedford Row offers extensive experience of involvement in the prosecution and defence of allegations of serious and complex crime.
Nine Bedford Row prides itself on the quality, diversity, and depth of its members, who are highly experienced in mainstream criminal work, and in the areas of regulatory and confiscation practice. Chambers has a substantial presence in the area of international law.
On 3rd April 2009, David Young won an interlocutory appeal to the Court of Appeal on behalf of a man accused of organising a mass rally in London which was alleged to have been in support of the Tamil Tigers or LTTE, who are a proscribed terrorist organisation.The Judgment in R. v Goldan Lambert sets new law on the timing for the prosecution’s obtaining of AG’s consents in either way offences. Mr Lambert has now been acquitted.
David Hughes wins important anonymous hearsay case before Court of Appeal
David Hughes appeared for R in the first case to be heard by the Court of Appeal on the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008. The appeal, before a five judge court presided over by the Lord Chief Justice, concerned an important issue on the admissibilty of anonymous hearsay - the reading at trial of statements by anonymous witnesses under the Criminal Justice Act 2003. The Court held that the 2008 Act only applies to a witness called to give live evidence at the trial. Neither the common law, nor the 2003 Act, nor the 2008 Act permit anonymous hearsay evidence to be read to the jury. The Court refused to re-write the 2008 Act to include such evidence.
Videoconferencing at 9 Bedford Row
Chambers is now equipped for videoconferencing - please contact Julian Bradley direct on 020 7 489 2809 for more information.
