Case results

Situation. Client accused of sexual assault on the basis of a single statement, with no objective evidence to support it.

What we did. We obtained expert psychological evidence on the credibility of the account, reconstructed the timeline using location data and messages, and established contradictions between the successive statements.

Outcome. Acquitted. The court found the prosecution evidence fell short of the required standard.

Situation. A call in the early hours: a family member arrested on suspicion of an offence against property, with the family not knowing where he was.

What we did. Attendance at the police station within the hour, review of the police file before the interview, and an application for release on reporting conditions.

Outcome. Released without custodial measures. The case continued without remand.

Situation. A complaint filed in the middle of divorce proceedings, seeking a restraining order and occupation of the family home.

What we did. We prepared the 72-hour hearing with the messages in full — not the extracts produced — together with witnesses and the history of the family case.

Outcome. The court refused the order for want of evidence of risk. The family proceedings continued as normal.

Situation. A father with weekend contact whose time with his children was cut short after the mother moved home.

What we did. An application to vary the order, evidencing his working hours, the children’s settled schooling and his real day-to-day involvement.

Outcome. Shared custody on alternate weeks and holidays split equally.

Situation. Signs that a child was being abused in the other parent’s household, with the father seeking custody.

What we did. A criminal complaint and, in parallel, an urgent application in the family proceedings, supported by school and medical records and expert psychological evidence.

Outcome. Contact suspended as an interim measure and custody granted to the father while the investigation ran.

Situation. Unauthorised transfers following a text message impersonating the bank and a call from a bogus fraud team.

What we did. An immediate complaint, a formal demand to the bank, and a claim on the basis that strong customer authentication was never evidenced.

Outcome. The bank refunded the full amount without the matter reaching court.

Situation. A self-employed client with business debts and personal guarantees, whose wages in a new job were being attached every month.

What we did. A viability assessment, an insolvency application with no assets to realise, and discharge of the remaining debt while keeping the home through a payment plan.

Outcome. Debt written off and removal from the credit blacklists. Attachments lifted from the moment the application was admitted.

Situation. Two siblings jointly owning an inherited flat, with years of deadlock over what to do with it.

What we did. A formal demand, an expert valuation and a claim for division of jointly owned property, proposing transfer to one owner with a payment to the other.

Outcome. The flat went to one co-owner with financial compensation to the other, avoiding a forced sale at auction.

Situation. An employee of twelve years’ service dismissed for conduct the company never actually specified in the dismissal letter.

What we did. A challenge based on formal defects in the dismissal letter and the absence of any evidence of the alleged breaches.

Outcome. The dismissal was declared unfair, with compensation calculated on his full length of service.