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Affray and weapon allegation dropped against young client
GT Stewart Solicitors represented HM, a 16 year old of good character charged with offences of affray and ...
Lorry driver acquitted after trial of being concerned in importing £3 million of cocaine
GTS’s client was acquitted this week after a 3 week trial at Maidstone Crown Court. His co-defendant was ...
GT Stewart persuades Council to withdraw review decision after misapplication of policy
GT Stewart have been successful in ensuring that a vulnerable client’s case is looked at again after a Council ...
Emerging trend that Funding is available for the SEND Tribunal
On 2 October 2020, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) granted Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) for representation in the Special Educational ...
Press Release – McGrath & Co Solicitors Acquisition
Thursday 1 October 2020 We are delighted to announce that GT Stewart Limited have completed the acquisition of McGrath ...
Mental Health Team Successes
GT Stewart was pleased to secure the release of two clients last week from detention under s3 of ...
Client receives a caution for an offence under s.5(1)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968 following successful representations.
We represented KY, a young man of good character who had been charged with an offence under s.5(1)(b) ...
GTS Secure Unanimous Acquittal For Young Client Charged With Attempted Murder
On 27th August GT Stewart secured a unanimous acquittal at Inner London Crown Court for a client charged ...
Suspended Sentence Secured For Client Following Guilty Plea
GT Stewart today secured a suspended prison sentence for a client following a guilty plea to two counts ...
Client found not guilty of two offences of possession of a bladed article at Staines Magistrates’ Court
We represented DF who was charged with two offences of possession of a bladed article. DF was the ...
GT Stewart successful in arguing client was not a persistent offender at Croydon Youth Court saving them detention
We represented RP, a child charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm (S.20 GBH). RP was of previous good ...
GTS Persuade Police to Take No Further Action
GT Stewart today persuaded the Metropolitan Police to take no further action against their client, MA, following an ...
Flawed Identification case dismissed by Leeds Youth Court
Another success for our Leeds Crime team. Elizabeth Rowley represented LG a child aged 14 who was charged with a ...
Ombudsman overturns 3 year old social housing allocation decision
Lambeth Council have been operating a scheme called Temp 2 Settled where families who approach the Council as homeless were ...
Leave to Appeal Conviction
On 24 June 2020 Mr Justice Griffiths granted our client SDK leave to appeal his murder conviction earlier ...
Criminal Appeals Team Success
On Friday 7 August 2020 the GTS Appeals team successfully renewed a previously unsuccessful application for leave to ...
Racism and “Fruits of the Poison Tree”
Why until stop and search laws are abolished, the UK should introduce the concept of excluding evidence that ...
Vulnerable Client Avoids Extended Prison Sentence
GT Stewart today persuaded a Crown Court judge to avoid sentencing a client to an Extended Determinate Sentence ...
GTS Secure Release of Child Following Successful Appeal
GT Stewart today succeeded in securing the release of a child from prison following an appeal against his ...
Representing modern slavery victim charged with possession with intent to supply
We represented KW, a young person charged with possession with intent to supply class A drugs x 2 ...
Client spared jail for dealing class A drugs
MK, represented by our in-house Solicitor-Advocate Elena Papamichael, was spared jail time at Maidstone Crown Court, having pleaded ...
Ronnie Manek secures back to back acquittals in 2020
JJ, represented by our in-house Supervising Barrister Ronnie Manek, led by Oliver Saxby QC (6 Pump Court Chambers) ...
Representation of a child charged with burglary
We represented FH, a child charged with burglary of a commercial property. The prosecution’s case against FH was ...
The Crown Prosecution Service discontinued proceedings
We represented AL who was charged with two offences of assault by beating. He was a man of ...
Homeless care leaver wins appeal
The Housing team have recently won a s204 appeal on a very interesting point about care leavers and ...
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