Recent Cases and News

As we put Halloween and Bonfire Night behind us, easing into those dark wintry nights, it isn't long before Christmas is in our sights and party season gets underway. As night follows day, this time also coincides with a national police initiative...

New details have emerged about forensic testing deficiencies at two of the country's leading laboratories. Police are currently investigating the circumstances, and a number of people have been arrested. Randox Testing Services (RTS) and Trimega...

Lansbury Worthington's Crown Court Team have helped avoid an immediate custodial sentence for a hotel boss who has admitted breaching fire safety regulations. The case was made all the more difficult in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower in...

Ben Holden has joined a team from the Law Society Yacht Club to help secure 2nd place in a sailing regatta against the Bar Yacht Club, Lloyds Yacht Club and Seaview Yacht Club on the Isle of Wight. The event took place in the classic one design Seaview...

Court of Appeal ruling - Government loses appeal against Disclosure & Barring Service filtering regime. The Court of Appeal has rejected the Government’s appeal to a decision of the High Court in January last year, which ruled that the criminal...

Catherine Mescall and Richard Gowthorpe have successfully secured a not guilty verdict for a Lansbury Worthington client during a six week trial before Isleworth Crown Court. Our client along with his five co-defendants faced charges of Attempted Murder,...

Our Solicitor Becky Gay and Barrister William Paynter worked together to successfully secure a Not Guilty verdict for Mr M at Blackfriars Crown Court. He was accused of a complex and serious conspiracy charge relating to the fraudulent evasion of £1.3...

The BBC has reported on a case in Tower Hamlets where a man convicted of manslaughter when he was 15 years old is facing criticism for his employment at a school over 15 years later. BBC News Story This case helps to highlight the difficulties...

Richard Gowthorpe has successfully defended a client charged with fraudulently obtaining two separate National Insurance Numbers with the intention of dishonestly obtaining benefit allowance. The client, who appeared before Hammersmith Magistrates'...

Giovanna Fiorentino successfully advised and represented Mr R, a 32 year old door supervisor charged, along with two others, with gross-negligence manslaughter. After a year of extensive police investigation into the death of a customer at the popular...