News
September, 6 2019
Furnival Chambers primetime billing on BBC Panorama
Our very own Caroline Haughey QC, ably support by Nicholas Hearn, starred in last night’s BBC Panorama on Modern Day Slavery. The programme provides a fascinating and moving insight for the wider public into the scourge of modern day slavery. The BBC had unprecedented access as Caroline and Nick prosecuted the largest modern day slavery […]
August, 8 2019
Nick James publishes article on troubling area of reliability of ‘Expert’ witnesses in criminal trials
The recent and well-publicised embarrassment of Mr Ager, a self proclaimed ‘expert’ in Carbon Trading in a trial at Southwark Crown Court raised a number of wider questions about the use of experts in criminal trials. Mr Ager had been relied upon in numerous previous trials which will now be subject to review. Nick James […]
July, 5 2019
Caroline Haughey QC prosecutes biggest modern-day slavery network ever exposed in UK
Caroline Haughey QC led the successful prosecution of members of the biggest modern-day slavery network ever exposed in the UK. More than 400 victims are believed to have been put to work by the Organised Crime Gang responsible, which tricked vulnerable people from Poland into England with the promise of work and a better lifestyle but […]
Seminars Programme
October 18, 2017
Seminar Programme 2017: Di Benedetto & Alexander, an Examination of the Term Validity and its Transient State in Part 1 Cases
The Furnival Extradition Team invites you to come to a talk by Joel Smith & James Stansfeld, examining the consequences of the decision in Di Benedetto & Alexander and the future of s.2 challenges.
