• 海角破解版鈥檚 Cotter wins critical appeal for Bristol bus business against traffic commissioner

      Independent bus operator Abus - which runs bus services in Bristol, Bath, North Somerset and further afield - turned to 海角破解版鈥檚 public and regulatory barrister Nick Cotter when the business faced possible suspension of its licence and closure of the business. Abus鈥 boss Alan Peters appealed the ruling from the Traffic Commissioner who controls and polices bus and haulage firm licences. The Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney had earlier held a public inquiry into the management...

      Continue reading
    • 海角破解版 Barristers trio represents defendants in UK largest conspiracy to drone-deliver drugs to prisons

      海角破解版 Barristers, Nick Cotter, Elisabeth Bussey-Jones and Adam Norris, have represented聽defendants in Birmingham Crown Court in relation to a conspiracy to bring drugs and other contra-band items including mobile phones聽into a variety of prisons across the UK by using of drones.聽聽The 鈥淒rone Conspiracy鈥 has been described as the largest ever seen in the UK. It involved various participants playing different roles in the use of drones to steer and navigate perimeter fences and deliver cannabis,...

      Continue reading
    • 海角破解版 Barrister Nicholas Cotter argues exception circumstances in a dishonesty case before the SRA

      Nicholas Cotter successfully argues exceptional circumstances in a dishonesty case before the Solicitors Regulatory Tribunal. The case involved evidentially challenging any issues of intention relating to third parties and a reasoned approach to the criteria laid out in the case of Sharma in order to preserve the career of a solicitor. Click here to read Nicholas' profile.

      Continue reading
    • 海角破解版's Public and Regulatory team provide an update on the CQC and Practice and Procedure

      On 15 March 2018 海角破解版 Barristers聽Nicholas Leviseur, Nicholas Cotter and Sunyana Sharma presented聽a seminar on The聽CQC: Aims, Powers and Enforcement Powers and provided a聽Regulatory and Discipline Update on Practice and Procedure to聽solicitors in聽Manchester. Topics covered included聽Sanction, Insight, Dishonesty, GDPR, Professional Reporting and Open Reporting. Click here to view Nicholas Leviseur's profile. Click here to view Nicholas Cotter's profile. Click here to view Sunyana Sharma's profile. To arrange a seminar with our Professional Disciplinary team, contact...

      Continue reading
    • Nicholas Cotter in successful defence of care home client in health and safety case

      海角破解版 Barrister Nicholas Cotter has successfully demonstrated before Lincoln Crown Court that his client was not responsible for causing the actual deaths of three residents arising from a breach of Health and Safety (non-employees) in a care home. The Care Home had on advice admitted security and risk assessment failures linked to its care of the three residents and was fined 拢70,000.

      Continue reading