Trial Results


Using the graph below, you can see, based on our results, the breakdown of Magistrates’ Court trial cases where allegations of criminal offences were denied by our clients.

You will see that this information has been broken down into those cases which led to convictions after trials, those cases which resulted in the client’s acquittal at trial and those cases which were discontinued before trial by the Crown Prosecution Service:

[ Convicted – 8% ]
[ Acquitted – 25% ]
[ Discontinued – 67% ]
{figures based on closed files between 01/07/11 – 30/09/11)

As you can see from the above table, a staggering 93% of our clients for the 3 month period between July and September 2011 were not convicted of any wrongdoing even after charges were brought by the Police.

It is therefore vital that when you are accused of a criminal offence and have to go before the Court, the instruction of a solicitor at the earliest possible stage is vital to obtaining the right results for you.

Our results driven, tenacious approach to every case that we deal with, can also lead to the Crown Prosecution Service eventually accepting that they don’t have the prospect of success in securing a conviction that they thought they did at the outset of the case.