Doughty Street in the Supreme Court and Privy Council
This section contains links to recordings of some of our barristers appearing before the highest courts in the UK.
BARRISTER |
CASE NAME / LINK TO JUDGMENT |
ISSUE IN THE APPEAL |
LINK TO RECORDING OF THE HEARING |
Kirsty Brimelow KC (leading Graeme Hall) |
Lescene Edwards (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Jamaica)
In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Whether the conviction of Mr Lescene Edwards constitutes a miscarriage of justice such that his conviction is unsafe and should be quashed.
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Edward Fitzgerald KC (leading Douglas Mendes SC, Rajiv Persad, and Amanda Clift-Matthews) |
Jay Chandler (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) (No 2) (Trinidad and Tobago
In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
An appeal mounting a constitutional challenge against the mandatory death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago, based on arguments concerning the separation of powers and the non-application of the savings clause to this particular law. |
Watch the hearing: part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here and part 4 here. |
Edward Fitzgerald KC (leading Murrio Ducille) for Stubbs
Richard Thomas KC (leading Ian Cargill) for Davis |
In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Whether the convictions of Stubbs and Davis for murder and attempted murder were rendered unsafe by (i) the trial Judge’s handling of evidence at trial or (ii) the trial Judge’s directions to the jury Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law and adopted the wrong approach when reducing the sentences of Stubbs and Davis |
Watch the hearing: part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here. |
(Leading Dr. David Dorsett) |
Williams (Appellant) v The Supervisory Authority (Respondent) (Antigua and Barbuda)
In the Judicial Council of the Privy Council |
Challenging the constitutionality of the Antiguan money laundering regulations |
Watch the hearing: here
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James Wood KC (leading Amanda Clift-Matthews and Simone Smith-Bean) |
Devon Hewey (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Bermuda)
In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Whether the Court of Appeal for Bermuda erred in upholding the Appellant’s conviction for premeditated murder |
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Edward Fitzgerald KC (leading Pippa Woodrow) |
In the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
This case first had to overcome the hurdle of the application being made for an extension of time of some 33 years. The case then concerned whether the Applicant could have her sentence for life imprisonment quashed and replaced with a hospital order. |
N/A |
Edward Fitzgerald KC (leading Amanda Clift -Matthews) and Martin A Lundy II |
Bain (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Bahamas)
In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Appeal against conviction was based on the fact that, following counsel’s withdrawal, the appellant was unrepresented for nearly all of his trial. It is contended that counsel’s withdrawal was mismanaged by the trial judge, resulting in an unfair trial. |
Watch the hearing: here |
Edward Fitzgerald KC (leading Daniella Waddoup) and Ariel Misick QC, Selvyn Hawkins |
Attorney General of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Respondent) v Misick and others (Appellants)
In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Whether the Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands (“TCI”) bars a Supreme Court judge located outside the territorial boundaries of the TCI from presiding over and determining proceedings including criminal trials?
Whether this reading of Regulation 4(6), as allowing a judge sitting outside to count due to COVID changes, is compatible with the Constitution?
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N/A |
Steven Powles KC (leading Tatyana Eatwell and Margherita Cornaglia) |
In the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
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The point of law raised in the appeal, and certified by the court below, relates to the correct interpretation of the term “person acting in an official capacity” in section 134(1) of the CJA, and whether the NPFL was the de facto military government with effective control of the relevant area |
Watch the hearing: part 1 here, part 2 here and part 3 here. |