JUNIOR COUNSEL
  
Michael Meehan




Year of Call: 2003

Michael called in 2003, after 5 years in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service [COPFS] and 7 years as a solicitor in private practice. Within COPFS he worked in the High Court Unit preparing high court prosecutions; in private practice he gained extended rights of audience and appeared as a solicitor-advocate in the High Court and before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Between January 2006 and February 2009 Michael was an Advocate Depute. During this time he prepared and prosecuted many complex, serious and sensitive cases including road traffic, firearms, drugs, sexual offences and murder cases. In March 2009 Michael returned to the defence Bar.

Michael is extensively instructed in both High Court and Sheriff Court cases.
Areas of Practice
Appeals
Children’s Referrals
Criminal Law
Health & Safety Prosecutions
Human Rights and Devolution Issues
Offences under firearms legislation
Offences under road traffic legislation
Proceeds of Crime
 		Selected cases
HMA v JAMES MILLER + 8
Prosecution of nine accused of being concerned in the supply of drugs
HMA v ROBERT McHARG
Prosecution on a charge of murder of an infant following a police re-investigation which involved complicated medical evidence
K v HMA 2001 SCCR 621
Successful defence appeal to the Privy Council on the basis of undue delay in the prosecution of a child for serious sexual offences.

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Email:
michael.meehan@blackchambers.co.uk