News & Opinion

Our Contempt specialists, Marc Livingston & Catriona Virden have had an article published in the Law Society Gazette in which they share their thoughts about their experience of some of ...

The criminal defence team at Janes is deeply concerned by the recent government proposals of how to tackle the backlog of cases in the Crown Courts. The Deputy Prime Minister ...

Viviane Bablin, instructing Benjamin Waidhofer of Foundry Chambers, acted for XY in a private prosecution brought by high net worth individuals who each were said to have invested large sums ...

On 11 November 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down a significant judgment in the case of Nadine Buzzard-Quashie v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire [2025] EWCA Civ 1397,  in Ms ...

Janes Solicitors acted for Isa Giga in a prosecution under the Terrorism Act for his travel to Syria in 2015 to fight with the Jaysh Al Fath group. Giga is ...

On 8 April 2025, Sir Anthony Mann handed down Judgment in LAA v Turk [2025] EWHC 841 (Ch), in which he allowed the Legal Aid Agency’s Application for a Recovery ...

We are pleased to announce that Viviane Bablin has joined Janes Solicitors as an associate solicitor.  Viviane has a varied and thriving practice in criminal defence and extradition, representing clients ...

Janes Solicitors were delighted to be instructed in two recently published Contempt of Court Appeal judgments. Although arising in two very different types of cases (a Court of Appeal decision ...

In a highly publicised case, the jury at Leeds Crown Court have acquitted our client James Stunt of all charges. In one of the most high profile and largest ...

The Divisional Court handed down its judgment in Bhandari v India today and quashed the order for Mr Bhandari’s extradition.  The Court, per Holroyde LJ and Steyn J, held that there ...

On 4 February 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down its Judgment upholding Janes Solicitors’ client Graham Darby’s appeal against his sentence for Contempt of Court imposed by the High ...

Janes Solicitors were today delighted to host a delegation from the Law Commission at our offices to meet with Partner David Janes, Head of Contempt Marc Livingston and Solicitor Catriona ...