Notable Cases

At the end of 2022, Securitax Ltd, a UK-registered company, commenced a private prosecution against the CEO and Managing Director of a technology company accusing him of committing fraud in 2019.

Our client was found to be using multiple fake documents to try and open a bank account. At sentence, the Court was persuaded to impose a 6-month suspended sentence with no conditions.

The Court discharged our client from a Greek extradition request seeking his surrender to serve a 10-year sentence for grievous bodily harm arising from an acid attack. The Court found that the prison assurances provided by Greece were unreliable and that Greek law does not guarantee an automatic right to a retrial.

Sonn Macmillan Walker achieved a substantial reduction of both alleged benefit and liability in a complex planning‑enforcement confiscation case, persuading the council to limit benefit to one‑third of rental income, abandon criminal‑lifestyle assumptions, and securing a £32k order alongside a conditional discharge.

Our client was a doctor who is alleged to have assaulted and used insulting, threatening or abusive words against police. He put forward a prepared statement and answered questions in interview and no further action was taken against him.

We represented a client accused by his ex-partner of rape during ongoing family court proceedings, advised him to provide a prepared statement denying the allegation as malicious, and the police subsequently took no further action.

We represented a client charged with importing 15kg of cannabis through Heathrow Airport and secured a suspended prison sentence despite the seriousness of the offence.

Following a two-week trial at Woolwich Crown Court, our client was acquitted of multiple rape and sexual assault allegations after the defence successfully challenged the prosecution’s evidence and disclosure failures.

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.