Michael regularly defends in major criminal trials. He has defended in cases of homicide (both led and alone), major fraud, serious violence, sexual offending, and all manner of criminal cases. He has considerable experience dealing with issues of mental health, as they relate to criminal cases. He has represented clients found not to have done the act alleged when they are unfit to stand trial and has successfully run the defence of legal insanity. Drafted submissions on behalf of several bereaved families for the London bombings inquest: Royal Courts of Justice, Hallett LJ, Vice President of the Queen’s Bench Division. Leading junior in four-handed bribery case. Bribery of a company official to obtain engineering contracts. Persuaded prosecution to halt prosecution against client.

Defended a man accused of supplying 32kg of cocaine while making arrangements to supply a further 50kg. Defended a man accused of violently raping a 10-year-old boy and abusing three others over a 20-year period, recording underage girls having sex, taking pictures of indecent images and distributing them on the dark web. Represented AG in a Newton Hearing in respect of a robbery. The Crown accepted his basis of plea during the hearing after errors in their case were drawn out. He maintains an advisory practice touching on matters from FCA financial regulation, IP, chancery, and employment law to matters of Criminal Appeal, and as a particular specialty, POCA 2002 confiscation and forfeiture. Successfully resisted a renewed attempt to appeal against extradition before the Divisional Court: Z v Lithuania [2019] EWHC 816 (Admin), High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Administrative Court, Bean LJ and Farbey J.multi-million pound Welsh Assembly/European Union frauds. Leading Junior secured acquittal of our client. Maternal high-fat diet worsens memory deficits in the triple-transgenic (3xTgAD) mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Money laundering case involving a large number of defendants who were charged with laundering money from a significant drugs conspiracy. Trial lasted many weeks. Case went to Court of Appeal on a point of material irregularity in the proceedings in relation to all the defendants. Tim Forte has a well-established practice in large, complex and serious crime specialising in heavyweight violence, fraud, drugs, terrorism and firearms offending.

Successfully opposed the Crown’s bad character application and secured GE’s acquittal of a domestic common assault. Michael Stradling is an experienced leading junior who has a strong practice in heavyweight criminal defence. R. (on the application of Heron) v Serious Organised Crime Agency, 2013, Court of Appeal (Civil Division), EWCA Civ 1106 Secured convictions as leading prosecuting counsel against silks. Case involved firearms and there was extensive argument on the admissibility of gang evidence.Karina has expertise in organised crime, often handled cases involving drugs and money laundering. Featured Organised Crime cases white, anti-islamic terror, planning to blow up a mosque in Surrey in revenge for death of young girl in Manchester Arena Bombing. Possession of sawn-off shotgun. Ran defence of duress. Defendant aged 17 indicted with four adult men, one of whom she had dated during the relevant period. Crown alleged there had been a drive-by shooting and retribution sought as a result. Defendant acquitted. He has conducted numerous complex legal submissions, often taking the lead in and succeeding in arguments overlooked by others. As an experienced appellate advocate, he is often singled out to take over complex and substantial proceedings on appeal.