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James Onalaja successfully appealed a client’s sentence to the Court of Appeal. The appellant (who was 16 years old at the time) faced an allegation of armed robbery of a taxi cab. It was alleged that he was part of a gang of up to seven masked men who lured a taxi driver to a location at midnight, held him at gun point and demanded his vehicle.
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Scott Wainwright was instructed by Powell Spencer and Partners to represent the second defendant in a multi handed fraud trial at the Central Criminal Court.
Frances Coles-Harrington and James Onalaja were again invited by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn to join the team of tutors involved in the training of its student members on a residential course in January 2012. The course within the historic grounds of West Dean College was focused on improving the advocacy skills of Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) students in civil and criminal proceedings, and further to prepare them for pupillage. The intensive course which was chaired by Anthony Dinkin QC included guest lectures by eminent members of the judiciary and the bar and tutoring in small group sessions. The students were from BPTC providers from across England and Wales.
Chambers are delighted to announce Michael Johnson formerly of Red Lion Court has joined chambers as of the beginning of 2012, Mike is the first port of call for enquiries on allocation of counsel.
Amidst substantial media interest, five boys were tried for murder at Maidstone Crown Court in a ten-week trial concerning the death of a young Afghan in Folkestone.
Following two trials, 22 days of court appearances, 15 days of evidence, over two days of legal arguments, two different trial judges and over two hours of closing speeches, the jury at Woolwich Crown Court took under one hour to unanimously acquit a young defendant represented by James Onalaja of both counts on the indictment.
Michael Stone v. Criminal Cases Review Commission.Administrative Court, 8th December 2011
Marc Brown successfully appeared on behalf of the Commission to resist the Claimant's application for Judicial Review of a decision by the Commission not to refer the Claimant's case back to the Court of Appeal under section 13 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995.
James Onalaja was part of the panellist speakers of barristers at the Queen Mary College, University of London’s Panel & Networking Evening on the 1st November ‘11. The session at the School of Law was organised by the Queen Mary Bar Society and Career Services and was an opportunity for a wide selection of students to find out about the importance of practice at the Bar and the benefits of pursuing a career at the bar both for the individual and the wider society. James’ involvement with the programme was part of his role with the Bar Council’s ‘Speak up for others’ inner city schools outreach programme.
Members of the 2 Pump Court MTIC Team presented a CPD accredited lecture to HMRC MTIC Litigation lawyers and caseworkers on the 22nd November 2011. The session was chaired by Richard Christie QC and specific talks were presented by Christopher Kerr, Margia Mostafa, Ben Hayhurst and James Onalaja.
Judgement has been handed down in the case of Annova Limited v. HMRC in which Christopher Kerr and James Onalaja successfully appeared for the Respondent. The First Tier Tax Tribunal found that the Appellant's transactions were connected with Missing Trader Intra Community Fraud (MTIC). £2 million of revenue was secured as a result.