NICHOLAS COURTNEY

Call 1990     Middle Temple

Crime

 

LLB (Manchester)

courtney@deanscourt.co.uk 

Education

Churcher’s College, Petersfield and Manchester University (LLB)

Areas of Practice

Crime and Regulatory Crime for both Prosecution and Defence, at all levels, but with particular interest / experience in: 

Health and Safety
Confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act and predecessor legislation
Fraud
Serious Sexual Offences 

Grade 4 prosecutor
Attorney-General’s unified list of prosecution counsel
Member of the Criminal Bar Association


Notable Cases include:

REGULATORY 

HSE v NYCC - prosecution of local authority arising out of death of schoolboy on caving trip (led junior)

HSE v Siteweld Construction & Lee – prosecution of company and director arising out of fatal building site crane incident.

HSE v JN Bentley and Marwood Ltd  - prosecution of companies arising out of hire and use of block grab on building site resulting in fatal head injuries (led junior). 

HSE v Renold Power Transmission – prosecution of company arising out of fatal crushing incident in factory. 

HSE v Webster – prosecution of employee arising out of devalving of LPG cylinders resulting in serious burn injuries. 

HOMICIDE

R v Wilkinson & Ors - murder of elderly victim by teenage boys (led junior)  

R v Stott - murder (led junior)  

R v Chestnut - causing death by dangerous driving. 

R v Anders - causing death by dangerous driving. 

R v Aboulkacem - arson with intent to endanger life.  

R v Bachelor - attempt murder. 

R v McManus - attempt murder.  

FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING & PROCEEDS OF CRIME

R v Collins & Anr - Money Laundering by accountants in course of their work (leading junior).

R v Wilcock & Ors - Money Laundering by solicitor and accountants in their professional roles (leading junior).

R v Fox & Anr - Money Laudering by bank managers in their professional capacity.

R v Peacock & Anr - Mortgage frauds exceeding £ 1m by accountant (leading junior).

R v Hussain  - fraud by Magistrate.

R v Astey - fraud by solicitors’ accounts clerk.

R v Nagulapulli - fraud by serving police officer.

R v Bouey & Anr - charity fraud in excess of £ 1m.

R v Fell - large scale charity fraud.

R v Ryder - Nationwide betting fraud.

R v Khatana & Anr - POCA application for over £1m arising out of data protection fraud.

R v Lee & Anr - POCA application for over £1m arising out of conspiracy to rob. 

SERIOUS SEXUAL OFFENCES 

R v Alves-Tasker & Ors - multi-handed people-trafficking and controlling prostitution (leading junior)  

R v Kaco & Ors - people trafficking and controlling prostitution.  

R v Hoxha - people trafficking and controlling prostitution.  

R v Hussain & Others – Conspiracy to rape teenage girls by 3 men and a friend of the girls who lured them to the scene of the offence. 

R v Feather - historic sex abuse in care home.

R v Chell - historic sex abuse.

R v Duckworth - historic sex abuse.

OTHER

R v Bennett & Ors - 10 handed football related violent disorder (leading junior)

R v Samuels & Anr – firearms.

R v Sammons & Ors - multi-handed conspiracy to rob (leading junior)

Operation Trigger - police undercover drugs operation in Leyland.

R v F - first ever reference by CCRC to Crown Court (led junior)

R v Ryan - Appeal against sentence in relation to indication given by Judge.