Following a 5 day trial at Leeds Crown Court both defendants were acquitted, the jury having accepted their defence under S45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

The case involved an extensive police investigation over a 2 year period involving a specialist financial investigator. Money had been transferred through several bank accounts in an attempt to disguise its true identity.

Ian Hudson represented Christopher Hickson who was acquitted after a 3 month trial at Teesside Crown Court.

Ian Hudson represented 1 of 14 defendants sentenced over a 2 day hearing at Bradford Crown Court.

Ian Hudson (led junior) represented Andy Star, a former policeman and body guard from Kurdistan, who faced an allegation of preparing to commit acts of terrorism.

A local preacher who fabricated car crashes to fraudulently claim thousands of pounds from insurance companies has been jailed.

Ian Hudson successfully secured the acquittal of an amateur footballer who was playing in an under 18s football league match.

Criminal Barrister Ian Hudson has secured his third consecutive acquittal in as many weeks. Trial one at Bradford Crown Court involved an alleged night time knife point robbery of a man on the way to a mosque.

Ian Hudson, Chris Moran and Rukhshanda Hussain successfully represented 3 defendants in a 7 week trial which culminated in not guilty verdicts on 8th June 2017.

Ian Hudson represented 19 year old Aqib Wahid at Bradford Crown Court before HHJ Jonathan Rose.