Supreme Court grants us permission to appeal in respect of confiscation orders
Swain and Co Solicitors are pleased to confirm the Supreme Court has granted us permission to appeal in respect of the construction of Section 79 (2) Magistrates Court Act 1980. Our client had...
View ArticleAgainst the odds Parole result
Dean recently represented a long-standing client before the Parole Board for his pre-tariff review. The hearing took place over two separate days as on the first occasion, the Panel had not been...
View ArticleWhy do you need Dean representing you before the Parole Board?
Dean, appeared before the Parole Board for a category B client detained in the Dangerous and Severe Personality Unit at a maximum security prison. Our client has Asperger’s syndrome. He is serving a...
View ArticleRelease in cold case review case.
Dean represented a client who was arrested for a sexual offence committed some 20 years previously. He was later convicted, sentenced and was before the Parole Board whom were considering to release...
View ArticleWhy Dean Kingham should be hired?
Dean recently represented a Category A Client and this is how the client explains Dean. “Dean has acted for me on several points regarding my Category A Status and has been a great help. He is...
View ArticleIPP Sentence Quashed leads to Client’s release from Prison
Dean was in the Court of Appeal with Counsel David Rhodes of Doughty Street Chambers to argue that our client had wrongly been given an IPP sentence. The Court led by Lord Justice Fulford accepted the...
View ArticleClient maintaining innocence of murder paroled.
We argued to the panel that maintaining innocence was no barrier to release and that in actual fact it did not and does not serve to increase risk. We additionally argued that having completed a...
View ArticleDean secures direct release for IPP prisoner
Dean recently represented our client, an IPP prisoner serving a tariff of 2 years. He had previous convictions for 120 offences including a large number of violence. He had led a life of crime whereby...
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Emma McClure Qualifies as a Solicitor
Swain & Co Solicitors are pleased to announce that Emma McClure has completed her training contact and qualified as a Solicitor in October. Emma joined the firm in September 2014. Emma has worked...
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NEW GUIDELINES RECOMMEND PRISONERS SHOULD RECEIVE SAME MEDICAL CARE AS...
Prisoners should receive health care in line with the general population whilst in prison. This week, guidelines issued by the National Guideline Centre have recommended that those in prison should...
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