Notable Cases

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.

Our client faced allegations of conspiring to defraud two Swiss gold‑commodity trading companies of $1.5 million, which he consistently denied, maintaining he had been misled by two sophisticated fraudsters charged alongside him. Through a robust defence strategy, the legal team demonstrated evidence undermining the prosecution’s case, leading the prosecution to offer no evidence before trial and leaving the client fully vindicated.

Our client faced multiple assault and sexual offence charges and was unanimously acquitted by demonstrating significant inconsistencies in the prosecution case.

Suspended sentence obtained after lesser plea accepted in arson with Intent to endanger life case.

Supply of Class A allegation dropped after representations.

Our 17-year-old client, with no previous convictions, was charged with driving without insurance after his temporary cover expired the day before he was stopped. Following detailed representations to the CPS, the charge was discontinued.

Snaresbrook Crown Court allowed an appeal against conviction concerning a planning enforcement notice issued by Hackney Council, finding that a requirement of the notice was incomprehensible and rendered the entire notice invalid.

David Sonn litigated and acted as advocate for his client who was prosecuted for failing to comply with planning enforcement notices against Hackney Council.

Our client was charged with obstructing a police officer in the course of a drug search, where it was alleged he swallowed drugs before being searched. The case was discontinued a day before the first hearing in the Crown Court after making representations for the case to be reviewed.