William Quarm & Others v His Majesty’s Advocate – [2024] HCJAC 15 – Junior Counsel to Senior Counsel in the first successful Post Office ‘Horizon’ Appeal Against Conviction in the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland regarding a guilty plea tendered in relation to a charge of embezzlement.
His Majesty’s Advocate v Mitchell & Curtis [2023] – Junior Defence Counsel to Senior Defence Counsel in High Court Trial involving allegations of assaulting and abducting the Sheriff of Grampian, Highland, and Islands at Banff, and violating Section 38 of the Criminal Justice & Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 by way of inter alia posting content on social media regarding the assassination of the First Minister of Scotland.
His Majesty’s Advocate v LB, JI, and JT [2022] HCJAC 48 – Junior Counsel to Senior Counsel for the Third Respondent in Crown Appeal Against Unduly Lenient Sentences in relation to the crime of rape, in which The Lord Advocate requested a Guideline Judgment from the High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court. It was successfully argued on behalf of the Third Respondent that the sentence imposed was not unduly lenient, and the Crown Appeal was refused to that extent. The Court was furthermore not persuaded that a Guideline Judgment should be issued.
Hayes & Others v The Lord Advocate on behalf of the United States of America [2022] HCJAC 6 / [2021] SC Edin 50 – Junior Counsel to Leading Junior Counsel in Extradition Hearing and Appeal Against Extradition to USA concerning Article 3 ECHR in the context of mandatory sentences of life without parole for lesser crimes than murder.