R v Brooker Newbury Magistrates Court 10^th January 2013

The defendant was charged with one offence of assault. As a result of a detailed legal argument by Hennessy & Hammudi in response to the Crown’s failure to comply with disclosure obligations, Hennessy & Hammudi submitted that the proceedings ought to be stayed as an abuse of process. The court agreed with this application in staying the proceedings, resulting in the matter being dismissed against our client.

R v HJ Gloucestershire Youth Court 2012

The defendant was charged with one offence of dwelling burglary. It appeared that the evidence against him was conclusive by virtue of the fact that his fingerprints were found on a cabinet inside the burgled premises. Through diligent enquiries from Hennessy & Hammudi we were able to ascertain that the cabinet had been bought at a second hand shop and that the cabinet had in fact been sold to the second hand shop by the uncle of the defendant, thus explaining his fingerprints on the cabinet. As a result, the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence and the case was dismissed.

R v Boyd 2009 Bracknell Magistrates Court

The defendant was charged with assault on members of staff in a local pub. Following persistent defence questions into the police investigation of the matter, H&H submitted that the proceedings ought to be stayed as an abuse of the court’s process on the basis that the police had been biased in their investigation. The District Judge agreed with that application and stayed the proceedings.