The defendant, Phillip Badwal, pleaded guilty to murder at his trial and was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years at Bradford Crown Court.

There have been further individual rankings announced in the 2020 edition of The Legal 500.

Matthew Harding represented the alleged ‘warehouseman’ of over 7 million cigarettes.

Thank you to everyone that attended and supported the PSQB Criminal Seminar on Saturday.

Matthew Harding represented a defendant in the Court of Appeal on Friday in an appeal against sentence for offences of theft and failing to surrender.

Yesterday, Matthew Harding secured an acquittal in a large-scale case involving the alleged importation of counterfeit cigarettes and those where the duty had not been paid. Over £3.5 million in duty was evaded in the case.

Matthew Harding considers the development of the approach or the courts to the cross examination of young and vulnerable witnesses.