During his career in Silk Peter has been instructed in lengthy, complex, joint-enterprise murder, and manslaughter cases initially for the Prosecution and in the last 6/7 years  increasingly by the Defence.

In 2022 alone he has defended a son for the murder of his father (R v A 2022 refers) and at the time of drafting this profile is engaged in defending in a lengthy multi handed terrorist case. (R v W,W, H and S)

In 2020 and into 2021 he defended in lengthy joint enterprise knife crime cases and murder and attempted cases involving the use of firearms with alleged gang related affiliations (R v B and R v D refers)

He has defended in multi-defendant international and domestic conspiracy cases. He has appeared in murder cases involving firearms, knife crime,  loss of self-control, self-defence, abnormality of mental functioning, and cases involving complex medical-causation issues.

Peter has defended in a case involving the murder and serious serial physical abuse of a baby aged four and a half months. This involved the assimilation of, and challenge to, highly complex pathological, neuropathological, and histo-pathological evidence.

He has defended regularly in multi defendant cases involving “cut – throat “defences.

He is very well versed in the analysis and presentation of complex telephone evidence and able to challenge attribution and other evidence relating to the seizure and alleged use of electronic devices.

In addition to the forgoing, he is instructed regularly by the defence in a range of cases on a privately paid basis. He has successfully defended clients from the professions.

As indicated by the commentaries above he has an excellent manner with clients from all backgrounds. He is alive to their needs taking time and care with them to explain the case and his presentation of it on their behalf.

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Chambers and Door Tenancies

PSQB Leeds  

Rose Court Chambers - Covent Garden London (Door Tenant)

Bank House Chambers - Sheffield (Door Tenant)