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After a three-week trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Claire Harden-Frost and Thom Dyke have secured convictions in the first ever prosecution brought under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to involve trafficking victims for the purposes of carrying out fraud.
Nearly thirty vulnerable…
Chambers are pleased to announce that Thom Dyke has been appointed to Level 4 of the CPS Advocate Panel. Level 4 is the highest level of appointment for a barrister (non-QC) on the Advocate Panel Scheme.
Thom is also a member of…
Thom Dyke has successfully prosecuted a right-wing extremist who threatened politicians with “a white tsunami of hate and revenge”.
During 2019, Mr Thomas Thomas engaged in a sustained campaign of virulently racist, anti-Semitic, and violent abuse, in which he targeted a group of…
In November 2017, armed police searched an address in Enfield where they found a Skorpion submachine gun together with a large quantity of ammunition. Forensic examination of the submachine gun produced a DNA profile which did not match anyone on the National…
Thom Dyke acted for the defendant, TG, in a complex fraud trial involving alleged losses of nearly half a million pounds. TG was found not guilty by the jury after the three week trial at Guildford Crown Court.
The prosecution alleged…
Thom Dyke has successfully prosecuted an Uber driver (AK) and his friend (ES) for “selling guns to straight killers”.
On 23 May 2017, police had the pair under surveillance in North London. ES was seen leaving his house holding a bag…
Thom Dyke, led by William Emlyn-Jones (Treasury Counsel, Three Raymond Buildings), has successfully prosecuted a drug dealer caught in possession of five illegal firearms and more than 60 rounds of ammunition.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Trident and Area Crime Command…
The Court of Appeal today overturned a sentence imposed for serious and repeated breaches of a restraining order. Mr O’Hagan, who was represented by Thom Dyke, sought to appeal his sentence on the basis that, in light of the recent case of…
9 Gough Chambers is pleased to announce that Thom Dyke has been admitted to the
The Court of Appeal today quashed an Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (“IPP”) imposed on Mr Damon Phillips in 2008 for causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Mr Phillips sought to appeal against his sentence, nearly nine years out of time,…
