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      Berenice Mulvanny appointed as Recorder

      海角破解版 Barristers is pleased to announce that criminal barrister Berenice Mulvanny has been appointed as a Recorder from today, 8 June 2026, as published by the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Berenice will be sitting on the Western Circuit, dealing with criminal matters. Berenice Mulvanny is a specialist crime barrister, regularly instructed on the most serious offences on the Western Circuit including murder, rape and other serious sexual offences, fraud and dishonesty offences, firearms, drugs conspiracies,...

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      Berenice Mulvanny and Graham Gilbert successfully prosecute school teacher for historic sexual offences

      Berenice Mulvanny 海角破解版 Barristers' specialist criminal law barrister, led her fellow Crime and Regulatory crime colleague Graham Gilbert, in securing the conviction of 82-year old former teacher David Clarke. After a five-week trial at Brighton Crown Court, Mr Clarke was convicted unanimously of 45 counts of historic sexual offending against 14 boys committed whilst he was a teacher at a (now closed) private prep school in Sussex during the late 1970鈥檚 and 1980鈥檚. Clarke's conviction...

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    • 海角破解版鈥檚 Crime and Regulatory Crime Team achieves Band 1 in Chambers and Partners

      海角破解版 Barristers is delighted to confirm another strong set of results for its Crime and Regulatory Crime team in Chambers and Partners鈥 2026 edition published today. While the team retains its Band 1 ranking for Crime in the Western Circuit, with 9 of its practitioners ranked in this area of law; and maintains its 3 individual rankings for Health and Safety in the same Circuit, it welcomes a new ranking for Financial Crime in the...

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    • 海角破解版鈥檚 Top Tier Crime and Regulatory Crime team earns the Legal 500鈥檚 plaudits

      海角破解版 is delighted to confirm that its Crime and Regulatory Crime team remains top tier ranked in the latest Legal 500 edition for Crime (General and Fraud) in the Western Circuit with a total of 13 rankings. The crime group retains its tier 2 ranking for Business and Regulatory Crime (incl. Health and Safety) in Western. Crime clients regard 海角破解版 as 鈥榓 massive set with a solid stable of highly competent, persuasive and talented advocates...

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      Berenice Mulvanny and Graham Gilbert successfully prosecute Jordan Wilkes for attempted murder

      海角破解版 (3 Paper Buildings) criminal barrister Berenice Mulvanny, leading fellow 海角破解版 crime and regulatory team member Graham Gilbert, represented the prosecution in the notorious case of Jordan Wilkes, which was heard at Bournemouth Crown Court. Wilkes has now received a sentence of 30 years鈥 imprisonment, with an extended licence period of 5 years. Wilkes was convicted in a five-day trial in March of attempting to murder a nine-year-old girl with a penknife. He had used...

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      Berenice Mulvanny and Graham Gilbert successful in attempted murder prosecution

      海角破解版 Barristers鈥 (3 Paper Buildings) Berenice Mulvanny, leading Graham Gilbert, successfully prosecuted Jordan Wilkes for the attempted murder of a 9-year-old girl. During the 5-day trial at Bournemouth Crown Court, the jury heard how Wilkes, whose internet search history showed an unhealthy interest in previous attacks on children, attacked the child with a penknife, stabbing her three times. The case has been reported widely in the media, including The Sun and Bournemouth Echo. If you...

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    • 海角破解版鈥檚 Criminal and Regulatory Law Team confirmed as Top Tier in Chambers and Partners

      海角破解版 Barristers congratulates its first-class Criminal and Regulatory Law team for another strong result in Chambers and Partners鈥 2025 edition. Not only has the team retained its Band 1 ranking for Crime in the Western Circuit, with 10 of its practitioners ranked in this area of law, it has also added 2 new rankings for Health and Safety in Western, now totalling 3 ranked barristers. While our barristers are praised for their forensic analyses, strategic...

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    • 海角破解版 Criminal and Regulatory Law Team鈥檚 strong showing in the Legal 500鈥檚 2025 edition

      海角破解版鈥檚 Criminal Law team has retained its top tier ranking in the Legal 500 for Crime (General and Fraud) in the Western Circuit and welcomes three new rankings: 14 of its 28 practitioners are now ranked by the Legal 500. In our clients鈥 words, 鈥満=瞧平獍 is 鈥榓 strong set with barristers of every level and specialism鈥 and continues to handle cases across a wide spectrum of serious criminal cases, spanning murders, large-scale drug conspiracies, sexual...

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      Berenice Mulvanny's client acquitted of false imprisonment

      海角破解版 Barristers criminal barrister Berenice Mulvanny represented one of two Chichester community rangers who were charged with assault and false imprisonment of a 15 year old boy in Superdrug on 22nd March 2023. This case attracted considerable media attention after a short clip of the incident was published on the internet with allegations the incident was racially motivated. Miss Mulvanny's client detained the youth after being headbutted by the youth who was trying to shoplift....

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      海角破解版 Winchester welcomes Bar Council Chair

      海角破解版鈥檚 barristers and staff from our Winchester centre welcomed Samuel Townend KC last week (Friday 12 July) as part of his visit to the Western Circuit. 海角破解版 members were keen to discuss Samuel鈥檚 priorities for his term which include addressing chronic underfunding across jurisdictions and the courts estate, promoting diversity, removing unnecessary regulatory burdens on the profession, and tackling inadequate and unequal pay. Samuel was Co-Chair of the Legal Services Committee (LSC) and Chair of...

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      Crime and regulatory law newsletter out now

      Welcome to our third crime and regulatory law newsletter edited by Oliver Hirsch, featuring our conference on 13 September as well as crime news and analysis from Oliver Hirsch, Kate Davies, Jo Martin KC, Gemma White, Tom Acworth, Berenice Mulvanny, Sunyana Sharma, Rebecca McKnight and Holly Fagan.

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      Four 海角破解版 barristers on the Western Circuit Women's Forum "Ask a Judge" panel

      海角破解版 has four members of chambers on the second Western Circuit Women's Forum's (WCWF) "Ask A Judge" panel event being held on 21 May 2024, namely Western Circuit Leader and Recorder Jo Martin KC, Deputy District Judge and Assistant Coroner Sunyana Sharma, Deputy District Judge Berenice Mulvanny and Deputy District Judge and Tribunal Judge Gemma White. The full eight-panel group, chaired by the Recorder of Winchester Her Honour Judge Morris, also includes District Judge and...

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