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Registration is now open for our next few lectures! First up, @felicitygerry and Oliver Quick discuss "Gross Negligence Manslaughter - Medical, food and drug related deaths" on 24 June 2021 at 18:00 Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/gross-negl… pic.twitter.com/pHDlKcr1FN

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NEWS UPDATE: Marie Spenwyn, instructed by @ForbesSolicitor represented the defendant convicted at Southwark Crown Court of Perverting the Course of Justice. Media links here: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… standard.co.uk/news/crime/ger… pic.twitter.com/IW5sMQCIna

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News update: child represented by @felicitygerry is acquitted of joint enterprise murder following half time submissions at Manchester Crown Court. More information and links to press can be found here: libertaschambers.com/media-hu…

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Felicity Gerry QC secures acquittal for a child client on an alleged “joint enterprise” murder Felicity Gerry QC secures an acquittal for a child client on an alleged “joint enterprise” murder after a submission of no case to answer. In a trial involving special measures including an intermediary for her vulnerable child client at Manchester Crown Court, Felicity successfully argued that there was no evidence to prove murder. Later her submissions on knowledge were successfully added to the legal directions on other counts. Verdicts on manslaughter and conspiracy to rob were entered yesterday and sentence will take place on 11 June. Read about the trial: Manchester Evening News The Sun IE

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Libertas Lens – May 2021 In our third Libertas Lens we look at neuroscience, habeas corpus, bankrupts and an absence of victims in sentencing for sexual offences. To view the recent edition click here To register for Libertas Lens and ensure you never miss out on our news, events and free webinars follow this link or click Join our Newsletter below.

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Encrochat Preparatory Hearing Simon Csoka QC is leading the defence submissions in the key preparatory hearing upon Encrochat evidence in Manchester. Simon is leading Oliver Cook and Frances Hertzog from Libertas and Imran Shafi QC from Exchange. We are instructed by Middleweeks and Potter Derby. The submissions are being made by Simon and his juniors on behalf of all the defendants in Operations Embossed and Estevan before Dove J. This is the lead case on many of the admissibility challenges to Encrochat. These are new factual and legal challenges to the legality and admissibility of the material. Other Venetic prosecutions are awaiting the outcome of the hearing and any consequent appeal by either side. The preparatory hearing is due to resume on 4th May after having been adjourned part-heard. The proceedings are subject to reporting restrictions but solicitors are permitted to listen to the hearing through CVP. Our clerks are happy to assist with that. Simon and Oli will deliver a webinar on Encrochat evidence once reporting restrictions permit.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Criminal Law This article contains much of what we discussed in our Libertas Lecture on 22 April 2021 which followed the theme of the A.A. Milne quote: “You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you; you have to go to them sometimes”. In criminal proceedings legal professionals have to consider, recognise and respond to a range of issues that regularly confront medical professionals. These include adverse mental health; equality, and inclusion issues; poverty; evidence of bullying; parental substance misuse (alcohol and/or drug use); domestic (inter-partner) violence; and child abuse. Add to this Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) where the display of challenging behaviour, particularly by children and within the criminal justice system means we have a forest of problems with no apparent clearing. This short article particularly considers accused persons in contact with the criminal justice system who may have some or all of these issues along with other disabilities. Download Article now

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Virus Transmission, Deception and the Criminal Law This article sets out some of the matters we discussed in our Libertas Chambers online lecture on 18 March 2021. It considers the current state of the English criminal law in relation to deception and the transmission of a virus through sexual intercourse with particular reference to the decisions in R v Lawrance [2020] EWCA Crim 971 and R v Rowe [2018] EWCA Crim 2688. Largely we consider the law in relation to deception and HIV but, over the last 12 months of lockdown, the lottery of transmission is now more generally understood which make the issue of criminalisation of viral transmission acutely important. Download Article now