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Bradford Magistrates’ Court – Client Found Not Guilty

Relief for Vulnerable Spanish Speaking Client as Landlord Compensates for Maladministration

Crown Discontinue Case at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court

Section 21 Notice Struck Out Following ‘No Reasonable Grounds’ Ruling

Senior Solicitor Sophie Smith Secures a Suspended Sentence for Client Charged with Multiple Offences

Not Guilty Verdict – Domestic Assaul web

Client Found Not Guilty at Kingston Crown Court

Client Found Unanimously Not Guilty by a Winchester Crown Court Jury

Ex-British Army Soldier is Unanimously Acquitted of Nightclub Brawl in North Macedonia

Client found not guilty of sexual assault by penetration at Inner London Crown Court

2507, 2024

Overturning 3 year old private sector discharge of the main homeless duty

From first appearance our client had the main homeless duty discharged in 2021 when she accepted a private rented sector offer and her housing waiting list account was closed.

2407, 2024

Client Signs a Secure Tenancy Agreement for Decant Accommodation

Mr X was the secure tenant of a council property which suffered from disrepair including a serious mice infestation.

2307, 2024

Accommodation pending review – GTS secures mandatory injunction from the High Court to accommodate vulnerable client

Upon release from prison, our vulnerable client applied as homeless with his local authority and was deemed not homeless due to the fact he has a secure tenancy with the same local authority.

2207, 2024

Max Konarek, Partner and Joint Head of the Family & Childcare Department at GT Stewart reflects on the Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service pilots in a recent article for the Solicitors Journal

2207, 2024

Success in ‘gatekeeping’ homeless JR

We succeeded in our urgent application in this ongoing JR, getting our very vulnerable client moved into accommodation after she became ‘homeless from home’.

1907, 2024

Fresh Start for Tenant in Possession Claim

We took on this case after the tenant’s relationship broke down with her previous solicitor.

1107, 2024

Partner, and Joint Head of the Family & Childcare Department, Max Konarek, has been quoted this week in the New Law Journal, the flagship weekly legal magazine from Lexis Nexis

Max outlines his concerns and raises awareness about the Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service (SIHIS) - this can be read here

907, 2024

Max Konarek, Joint Head of the Family & Child Care Department has collaborated with the intermediary service, Communicourt, for a Q&A about the importance of intermediaries

In this blog Max discusses the difference an intermediary can make in family court proceedings. The Q&A with Communicourt can be read here.

207, 2024

Client receives 64 months’ custody for importation of 69 kilos of Class A drugs after a successful Newton hearing

RV, 30 years old, asserted that he believed he was importing cannabis, a class B controlled drug. In fact, when border force officers searched the vehicle, they found 69 kilos of class A drugs secreted in a complex hide in the boot.

207, 2024

Housing Team Secures Future Housing for Premature Twins

We acted for our client, who had formerly had problems with heroin addiction, to secure her a new two bed tenancy in a safe area.

107, 2024

Max Konarek, Joint Head of the Family & Childcare Department considers further the information about the Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service (SIHIS) pilots

Following the recent emerging news of the Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Pilot (SIHIP), there growing concern amongst practitioners about the complete lack of consultation prior to the pilot being quietly rolled out in Birmingham, Manchester and Sheffield.

2806, 2024

New Courts Martial Team at GT Stewart

This new team is registered with the Armed Forces Criminal Legal Aid Authority database and has already accepted two cases.

2806, 2024

Ryan Booth successfully represents a father in care proceedings surrounding Non-Accidental Injuries

Ryan Booth was instructed to represent a father in care proceedings surrounding Non-Accidental Injuries (“NAI”) assisted by Ashley Smith and Harriet George.

2706, 2024

Suspect Inflicted Head Injury Service Pilot (SIHIS)

2506, 2024

Directors of Care Homes acquitted of Health & Safety allegations

It is with great pleasure to say that Kristin Sharp recently won the award for Junior Lawyer of the Year at the Kent Law Society 2024 awards.

1106, 2024

Congratulations to Kristin Sharp for winning the Junior Lawyer of the Year award!

It is with great pleasure to say that Kristin Sharp recently won the award for Junior Lawyer of the Year at the Kent Law Society 2024 awards.

1006, 2024

Client Acquitted Of Rape After Trial

GTS today secured verdicts of not guilty following a trial at Wood Green Crown Court.

706, 2024

Council review decision of client’s living standards and award higher priority

Our client had been living in a very small studio flat with her 10 year old daughter for over 3 years.

506, 2024

R v CH at Isleworth CC

Charged with Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition with Intent to Endanger Life – initially successful submissions were made to the CPS.

506, 2024

R v NT at Isleworth CC

Charged with Kidnap and False Imprisonment - Accused of kidnap of his step daughter in revenge for a raid on a drugs house.

506, 2024

R v ZJ at Isleworth CC

Charges of Concerned in Supply of Class A drugs - Accused of running the Marnie Drug line in and around Ealing/Southall.

306, 2024

Review of suitability of temporary accommodation – GTS secures positive decision that client’s current temporary accommodation is not suitable.

Our client was placed by the local authority (Southwark Council) in temporary accommodation out of borough in Tower Hamlets, after they accepted they owed her and her family the main housing duty under section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended).

3105, 2024

Client found not guilty of perverting the Course of Justice at the Central Criminal Court

We represented a vulnerable young adult who had been charged with perverting the course of justice.

2805, 2024

GTS Secure Acquittal Of Five Defendants At Woolwich Crown Court

GTS today secured the acquittal of five clients following a trial at Woolwich Crown Court lasting six weeks.

2305, 2024

R v RS – Defendant acquitted following a full trial

The defendant, who has previous convictions for drug trafficking offences and was facing a sentence in excess of the statutory minimum of 7 years were he convicted, was acquitted following a full trial of charges of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.

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Bradford Magistrates’ Court – Client Found Not Guilty

Relief for Vulnerable Spanish Speaking Client as Landlord Compensates for Maladministration

Crown Discontinue Case at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court

Section 21 Notice Struck Out Following ‘No Reasonable Grounds’ Ruling

Senior Solicitor Sophie Smith Secures a Suspended Sentence for Client Charged with Multiple Offences

Client Found Not Guilty at Kingston Crown Court

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Ex-British Army Soldier is Unanimously Acquitted of Nightclub Brawl in North Macedonia

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