Category: Edwards Duthie Shamash News

There is increasing concern about the tendency of the police to issue official cautions against persons who have been arrested, regardless of the strength of the evidence. …

Our firm and Senior Partner, Shaun Murphy, have been recognised for expertise in Criminal Law in the Legal 500 UK Awards 2015.  This year’s awards list Edwards…

Edwards Duthie Shamash successfully appealed the conviction of a young man accused of assaulting an elderly gentleman in the Dagenham area in 2011. Having been convicted after…

Mr Justice Newey in the High Court Chancery Division has upheld a codicil by which a very sick man left a £12,000 annuity together with a life…

A young East Ham man was successfully represented by Edwards Duthie Shamash over the course of three trials relating to the same incident. The defendant was accused…

Nick MacLeish, assisted by Toby Walker, acted for Guy Rodliffe and Home & Office Fire Extinguishers Limited in this family dispute and a battle for management of…

Press release – Supreme Court upholds Court of Appeal decision – thousands of the poorest people in society will benefit (SSWP v Payne and Cooper) The claimants,…

Adrian Brazier of our Community Law Department recently successfully represented his client to regain security of tenure. The Defendant (our client) is a single mother who was granted an…

Shaun Murphy recently appeared before the General Pharmaceutical Council to represent a pharmacist who had been accused of sexual assault against a colleague at work. The pharmacist…

Living Wills, also known as Advance Directives, are a written record of your wishes as to the medical treatment and care you would want to receive if…

Edwards Duthie Shamash successfully represented a client who appealed against his convictions for indecent assault to the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division).  The Court quashed the convictions,…

Edwards Duthie Shamash have recently concluded a case for a client which resulted in convictions for serious sexual offences being quashed and substantial compensation being paid to…

Adrian Brazier of our Community Law Department recently won a case based on a legal technicality. A private landlord granted an assured shorthold tenancy for a fixed…

Edwards Duthie Shamash was involved in a landmark decision in the Administrative Court as to the definition of “summary proceedings” as it applies to the Environmental Protection…

A woman has been awarded damages after she was given poor advice by a doctor treating her for injuries she sustained in a car accident. Lucy Borez,…