Recent Cases and News

The Extradition Team at Lansbury Worthington continues to have a number of high profile and precedent setting cases before the High Court. Recent examples include the following: Wawrzyczek v Poland High Court quashes district judge’s order for...

Lansbury Worthington is one of only a handful of firms to be awarded five separate criminal legal aid contracts to provide advice, assistance and representation to clients in the Central & West London areas. This means that Lansbury...

Ben Holden has managed to secure an exceedingly lenient sentence for a client who was accused of making a Bomb Hoax in King Street in Hammersmith. The client, who was a vulnerable person, had made the bomb hoax after failing to take his medication for...

A client accused of residential burglary has been found not guilty before Isleworth Crown Court. The client, who was represented by William Paynter, was due to stand trial for a serious residential burglary, which if convicted would have been almost certain...

Julie Stanhope has successfully represented a client charged with possessing an offensive weapon and racially aggravated public order offences before the City of London Magistrates’ Court. The client, who had no previous convictions, faced the...

A client who faced two serious allegations of rape and child cruelty has been found not guilty before Harrow Crown Court. From the outset, Mr S strenuously denied these allegations which the prosecution alleged had been committed against a family...

Lansbury Worthington have achieved a number of notable successes in May and below are a sample of some of those the successes. R v A This client was accused of male rape and was on trial before Woolwich Crown Court. The case has been prepared for...

Lansbury Worthington's Extradition Team are now able to offer advice, assistance and representation for anyone subject to a “Red Notice Alert” issued by Interpol. A “Red Notice Alert” is a notice issued by Interpol at...

Throughout April Lansbury Worthington continued to have success in avoiding prosecution where the effects of a conviction would have been extremely damaging. R v S Mr S had been summoned to appear before Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court for an offence...

A Lansbury Worthington client has been unanimously acquitted in less than 10 minutes of jury deliberation of causing over £50,000 worth of criminal damage to protected trees and shrubs belonging Fulham Palace Gardens. This case involved Mr R, a client...