- R v Owen-Brady – Central Criminal Court – Feb 2016 (acquittal) ‘Gumtree Robbery Murder’
- R v Marley Lucas – Central criminal Court – Dec 2015 (acquittal) – murder – successful self defence case after fatal stabbing to the chest
- R v Paul Clarke – Coventry Crown Court – Feb 2015 (conviction) Rugby gangland shooting murder
- R v Annie Merrilees – Central Criminal Court (acquittal) Oct 2014 – alleged murder of violent partner by photographic model.
- R v Aktar – Central Criminal Court – May 2014 (acquittal) murder and attempted murder by drive by motor cycle shooting. Mid trial acquittal arising from cross-examination revealing police manipulation of witness evidence (after which prosecution offered no evidence)
- R v Ferdinand – Central Criminal Court (conviction) April 2012 – group fighting leading to stabbing on housing estate
- R v Fyle – Southwark Crown court – September 2011 (conviction) – murder by strangulation of transgender prostitute.
- R v Oppong – Central Criminal Court – (acquittal following two hung juries) – 2011 and Mar – Sept 2012 defence of Trident ‘target criminal’ charged with triple shooting in crowded nightclub. Believed to be the longest murder trial at Central Criminal Court.
- R v Buahin – Central Criminal Court – April 2010 (acquittal)– shooting of man in public car park
- R v Mark Osbourne – Central Criminal Court – October 2008 to February 2009 (conviction) Machine gun killing in drug gang dispute.
- R v Kashif Khan – Central Criminal Court – Apil 2007 (acquittal) – murder by group beating and stabbing in Tooting streets.
In addition to the above, Michael Holland QC successfully prosecuted several murders at the Central Criminal Court in his first three years in silk, before specialising in defence work