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Michael Turner QC


Practice

Michael has specialised in criminal law throughout his career at the Bar, and as a junior was dealing with multi-million pound fraud and drugs importation cases, as well as murder and rape cases. He has worked on many high-profile cases including cases relating to Jeremy Bamber?s appeal and the murder of Carl Bridgewater

Background

Michael was a tenant at both Cloisters (the chambers of John Platts-Mills QC, David Turner-Samuels QC and Laura Cox QC), and 14 Tooks Court (the chambers of Michael Mansfield QC), before joining Garden Court Chambers in July 2003.

Other activities

Michael is a founder member and co-ordinator of the Edward Quist-Arcton Trust, which provides an annual scholarship for black South African lawyers.

Notable cases

1st Instance

R v Akbar CCC (murder)

R v Sivanesam CCC (murder)

R v Yiannakas (confiscation)

Court of Appeal

R v Jeremy Bamber

R v Hagans (West Midlands Serious Crime Squad)

R v Wilson (West Midlands Serious Crime Squad)

R v Browning (M 50 Murder)

R v Hickery and others (murder of Carl Bridgewater)

R v Twitchell (murder confession arising from torture by the West Midlands serious crime squad)

R v Hoshan and others (the Iraqi Hijack case)

R v Brown (West Midlands Serious Crime Squad)

Divisional Court

Connolly v Dale [1996] 1 Cr App R 200DC (only known case of a police officer being found to be in contempt for seeking to prevent a solicitor from interviewing witnesses prior to the police conduct of an identification parade)

Privy Counsel

R v Marvin Murphy Case No. 40701 (Appeal from Bahamas, instructed as leading counsel)

 Michael Turner QC

Year of Call
1981

Queen's Counsel
2002

Languages
French (reasonable).

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Telephone
020 7993 7865

Practice Areas
Michael Turner QC is a member of the following Practice Areas:
- Crime

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