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Huge congratulations to Paul Stagg KC, James Thacker KC and Edward Lamb KC who have been formally sworn in as King’s Counsel today at Westminster Hall.
James Thacker successfully prosecuted Organised Criminal Group, including a former West Ham footballer, for conspiring to sell an antique vase stolen from the Musee des Arts d’Extreme-Orient in Geneva, Switzerland.
The priceless vase, valued for insurance purposes at USD 2.5m, is a…
Welcome to the latest edition of the Crime & Fraud Briefing which focuses on the topical areas of anonymity in criminal proceedings and the new fraud strategy ‘Stopping Scams and Protecting the Public’ published by HM Government in May 2023 with articles…
James Thacker, leading Emilie Morrison, successfully prosecuted 5 defendants for the purchase and distribution of at least 89kg of high purity cocaine between March and June 2020 and the laundering of at least £3.5m. The Organised Criminal Network (‘OCN’) was headed by…
9 Gough Chambers is delighted to announce that the Queen has appointed Claire Harden-Frost, James Thacker, and Tom Restall as Recorders on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP, and the Lord Chief Justice of England and…
An Organised Crime Group (OCG) operated across London to deliver over 90 different types of drugs during 2020 until their arrest on 22nd February 2021. Upon warrants being executed at various premises in London and a storage unit, almost £2 million of drug…
Between June 2018 and January 2020, the Metropolitan Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Command conducted a surveillance operation (“Operation Edge”), targeted at an Organised Criminal Network (OCN) engaged in the supply of significant quantities of class A and B controlled drugs. Police…
MM and SC, Police Constables within the employ of the Metropolitan Police Service, faced multiple allegations of operational dishonesty and discreditable conduct. Over the course of a 5 day socially distanced hearing at Empress State Building James Thacker called a number of…
James Thacker has been instructed by the CPS Complex Case Unit in what is understood to be the first case charged in Operation Venetic which was commenced following law enforcement agencies ability to crack into Encrochat, a highly encrypted platform used by…
On 12 June 2020, two defendants were sentenced for their participation in a scheme to secure over £2.7m in Government grant aid under the Countryside Productivity Scheme. False quotations, in the names of genuine businesses, were supplied to the Rural Payments Agency…
