Call: 1991
Silk: 2011
Recorder: 2005
Simon Medland Q.C.
Practice:
All aspects of serious crime, especially homicide (including death in the workplace) An example of recent cases include: Mottram (Warrington). Murder by best friend who stabbed the victim whilst he was sleeping and then posed as a concerned mourner. Dodd & Palin (Warrington). Murder of a vulnerable disabled man by two youths who befriended him, stole from him and then drowned him in the Mersey. Santos (Chester). Double murder by stabbing of a mother and her son in their home by a relative. Devine (Caernarfon). Murder of a woman by her lover. He confessed to the murder in the witness box under cross examination by me. Carter & Shearfab Limited. (Chester). Unlawful death in the workplace (by crushing in a forklift truck mast) and accompanying Health & Safety corporate offences. Morris (Mold). Attempted murder, by a hammer attack, and attempted child destruction. Morris attempted to murder his fiancee who was almost full-term pregnant by him so he could begin a new relationship and enrich himself through insurance. An entirely circumstantial case which resulted in a convicition on both counts and a 25 year sentence. Led by Pat Harrington, QC for the Crown. Evans v. The Queen [2010] Crim LR 491 (CA, on ref from the CCRC). 3 day appeal against conviction in the Court of Appeal relating to the law of provocation, led by Robin Spencer, QC, now Spencer, J. Rhodes (Caernarfon). Attempted murder of woman by her estranged husband by stabbing through the neck and into the chest with a fence spike. Entirely circumstantial case. Convicted. Leading junior for the Crown.
Member of the Circuit Management Board.
Member of the Criminal Bar Association.
