Leila Taleb secures Crown Court acquittal in strangulation case

After a 3-day trial at York Crown Court, the defendant was acquitted of all counts he faced.

Aimilia Katsoulakis to start PSQB pupillage

Aimilia Katsoulakis will start her PSQB pupillage on 27 November.

PSQB attends Boston Spa Careers Fair

Hafsah Hussain attended Boston Spa Academy’s Careers Fair on 15th November 2023, alongside local lawyers, Sara Anning (Parklane Plowden Chambers) and Molly Spawton (Ison Harrison Solicitors). 

PSQB attend The University of Law Leeds Careers Fair

Emily Reed and Shannon Woodley, members of the PSQB Pupillage Committee, alongside recent tenants Hafsah Hussain and Mollie Briggs, attended The University of Law Leeds Careers Fair on Wednesday 8th November 2023,

Kama Melly KC speaks at Communicourt Access to Justice Conference

Communicourt is an organisation that wants people with communication differences or difficulties to have equal access to legal proceedings.

A fond farewell to departing barristers – Suzi Smales and Georgina Coade

Both Suzi and Tiggy leave PSQB with our very best wishes for the future.

Conclusion of unlawful killing reached at second inquest into the death of Yousef Makki

A Coroner has today found that Yousef Makki was unlawfully killed. Yousef, aged 17, was fatally stabbed in Hale Barnes on 2 March 2019. The perpetrator was acquitted at criminal trial and an earlier inquest reached an open conclusion, before being quashed on an application for judicial review.

Matthew Stanbury appeared for the family led by Pete Weatherby KC and instructed by Sarah Finney of Watson Woodhouse solicitors.