Criminal
Huw’s practice involves the most serious criminal offences, and he is often instructed in large multi-handed cases. He was instructed as a junior taking part in the disclosure process of the Hillsborough investigation, and so is particularly able to deal with disclosure issues in large, paper heavy cases.
He is a Category 4 Prosecutor and is on the specialist panel for Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO).
Criminal Cases
R v SO – Defended alone. Successfully defended a man charged with manslaughter [2023]
R v BF – Leading counsel for defence in case involving multiple offences of rape and serious sexual
offending [2024]
R v TR – attempt murder – Instructed alone to prosecute attempt murder of the defendant’s
mother by suffocation. [2024]
R v PM – Defended in case in which the defendant was charged with multiple rapes by a serving police officer. Ultimately, the defendant was acquitted of all counts, either by the jury or following legal argument that there was no case to answer as a result of matters raised in cross examination of the complainant. [2024]
SIA v DC and R [a company] – Defended both named director and company against a prosecution brought by the Security Industry Authority. Successfully argued for the dismissal of one of the counts prior to trial, and then that the SIA’s disclosure regime was so poor that the case ought to be stopped for an abuse of process. The SIA conceded the case and offered no evidence. [2024]
R v MC and others – Defended in an eight-week grooming gang trial [2003]
Operation Warmth – junior for defence in money laundering conspiracy, allegedly involving the movement of £150 million in criminal proceeds [2022]
Operation Marley – prosecution counsel in a conspiracy to possess firearms with intent to endanger life, involving the transfer of a scoped rifle with ammunition and sound moderator to an organised crime group [2022]