Jeremy Durston

Practice

 

Jeremy acts in all areas of criminal law and appears on behalf of the prosecution and defence.  He is a Category 2 prosecutor.

 

His diary regularly comprises cases involving serious violence, drugs, theft, robbery, burglary and sexual offences. He has also been involved in a variety of motoring cases.

 

He prosecutes on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions, Trading Standards, Probation Service, Local Authorities and the Environment Agency.

 

He has recently been led in a number of substantial cases including the widely reported case of R v Lee & others which involved the attempted fraudulent sale of the Ritz Hotel in London.

 

Recent Cases

 

 

 * R v Anthony Lee (Conspiracy to defraud) – Defence led junior in the attempted

   fraudulent sale of the Ritz Hotel London Piccadilly

 

* R v Weekes (Conspiracy to import drugs) – Defence led junior in the attempted

  importation of four tonnes of cannabis

 

 * R v Javier Palacios (Threats to kill and affray)

 

 * R v David Allen Ruddock (Possession and production of Cannabis)

 

Personal

 

I was born and raised in Saskatchewan, Canada and obtained a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from Royal Roads University in Victoria B.C. Within a year of graduating I decided to trade in the bitter winters of the North for a more tropical climate and migrated south to the Cayman Islands where I attended the Cayman Islands Law School.

 

In Cayman I spent time scuba diving, boating, fishing and being lazy on the beach but also nurturing my interest in the law and in my second year I was awarded the Butterworths Lexis/Nexis Award for highest overall grades.

 

I took the opportunity to complete the third year of my degree at the University of Liverpool (with which the Cayman Islands Law School is affiliated) and upon graduating with an LLB (Hons) First Class, I was awarded the George Stern Award for the highest grades obtained in final examinations.

 

After a year’s hiatus from Liverpool, spent completing the Bar Vocational Course in London and subsequently being called to the Bar in 2008, I returned to my adopted home to undertake pupillage at Exchange Chambers, subsequently becoming a member in 2009.

My international life experience has served me well in choosing to settle in a foreign land. With an ingrained resistance to the cold, investment in a HD Sky + box on which to watch my beloved ice hockey, and a well stocked Caribbean section in Tesco’s have all helped me settle into Liverpool life well.

 

Education:

 

•           Bachelors of Commerce; Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC,

            Canada

•           LLB (Hons) Cayman Islands Law School; Grand Cayman,

            Cayman Islands

•           LLB (Hons) Liverpool Law School Inn:

 

 

Email: durston@exchangechambers.co.uk