Bar Call/Inn
1997

Middle Temple

Education

LLB (Hons) Leicester

Areas of Practice

Adrian has been in practice for over 20 years and was called to the Bar after a successful 12-year career as a solicitor, first in private practice and then as a Principal Crown Prosecutor with the CPS in Manchester.

Adrian is happy to defend or prosecute the whole range of criminal work; drugs, fraud, violence or sexual assault. From the beginning of his time at the Bar he has been briefed both by the Prosecution and Defence in serious and high profile cases and he maintains his position as a senior criminal practitioner. Adrian has been a Grade 4 Prosecutor for a number of years and has prosecuted and defended a number of murders in the last few years and prosecuted to conviction attempted murder cases and gangland shootings.

Adrian has regularly appeared in multi-handed armed robbery, drugs and other conspiracy trials for the Prosecution and defence alike over the last ten years and has always accepted briefs in serious sexual cases.

Copyright theft cases have been a regular feature of Adrian’s diary and, as a result, his expertise has been sought by defendants in IT fraud cases and also by a number of Local Authorities who have used him to advise, prepare and prosecute such cases, which are, typically, investigated by Trading Standards Officers.

With a reputation for hard work and thorough preparation and respected for his effective advocacy, Adrian is always in demand as a very approachable criminal practitioners.

Significant Cases

R ~v~ Ali – defendant acquitted of serious sexual assault on a four year old child in Manchester

R ~v~ Hadfield and Others – prosecuted to conviction multi-handed armed robbery in Manchester

R ~v~ Jefferies – prosecution in Manchester of conspiracy to rob, possession of a firearm and attempted section 18 assault on a police officer – full package of guilty pleas secured

R ~v~ McGivern – multi-victim historic rape and family sexual abuse prosecuted to conviction in Manchester

R ~v~ Morgan – defended in multi-handed conspiracy to defraud counterfeiting case (VHCC) in Birmingham

R ~v~ N defended fraudulent trading case (VHCC) prosecuted by Serious Fraud Office in Manchester

R ~v~ Short defended shooting in Manchester

Reported Cases

R ~v~ Manchester Crown Court ex parte Rogers (Wayne Joseph) [1999] 2 Cr.App.R 267 (legal professional privilege)

Attorney General’s Reference No 26 of 2000 (Geoffrey Pearson) [2001]

1 Cr.App.R.(S) 54 (section 18 wounding0

R ~v~ Evans (Lee Robert) [2006] 2 Cr.App.R.(S) 9 (dangerous driving) 

Professional Memberships

The Northern Circuit

Criminal Bar Association

The Law Society