Notable Cases

We represented L in historic sexual assault proceedings at Inner London Crown Court, securing an acquittal on one count, a suspended sentence on the remaining count, and successfully opposing a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

We represented a client charged with controlling prostitution and alleged trafficking, who pleaded guilty and received a 2-year and 1-month sentence that was referred to the Attorney General but ultimately not appealed.

Imprisonment avoided in causing serious injury by dangerous driving case.

Luke’s advice at the police station resulted in no further action being taken against a client charged with common assault against a member of police staff.

Through a meticulous review of CCTV and contradictory witness evidence, we successfully challenged our clients' most serious charges of section 18 GBH and weapon possession, persuading the prosecution to drop these charges. By securing a strategic plea to a lesser offence and providing expert mitigation, we ensured the client avoided an inevitable prison term, receiving a suspended sentence instead.

Sonn Macmillan Walker secured the full recognition of a client’s UK remand time in complex cross‑border extradition proceedings, ensuring it was properly deducted from his Romanian sentence and enabling his eligibility for parole.

We represented a defendant in a major North Wales drug conspiracy case, securing bail and ultimately a suspended sentence despite serious Class A and B drug allegations.

SMW acted for a client accused of murder in Albania. The High Court overturned a decision to order extradition, stating extradition was unlawful and allowed the judicial review, quashing the Secretary of State's extradition orders due to fundamental defects in the extradition request.

Our client pleaded guilty on a basis to fraud by abuse of position and received a suspended sentence for an offence that had a starting point of three years imprisonment.

Our client had been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH), assault by beating and criminal damage. He pleaded not guilty to all charges and after a five-day trial at Guildford Crown Court, the jury took under two hours to return unanimous not guilty verdicts on all three counts.

In the UK’s first-ever prosecution involving a domestic cocaine extraction laboratory, our client was the only defendant to have a "lesser role" basis of plea accepted by the court.

Despite serious allegations of aggravated burglary involving a vulnerable victim, the prosecution offered no evidence after the defence highlighted evidentiary gaps and CCTV footage that contradicted the complainant’s account in a bail application.