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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · 7d

The firm’s “extremely effective” Serious & General Crime team is delighted to maintain its top tier ranking.

The department’s strength is further developed by Kate Goold’s return to the firm and recommended lawyer Rose Commander’s elevation to partner.

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · 7d

The firm’s Civil Department, now included in Tier 1 for ‘Civil Liberties & Human Rights, is made up of “a very strong public law and civil liberties team” with “exceptional dedication to their clients and first-class subject-matter expertise”.

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · 7d

Hickman & Rose is proud to be recognised again as one of the country’s leading law firms by the Legal 500.

"at the top of the field in white collar crime, a stable of superb lawyers who have been in all the big cases, and really fight for their clients."

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · 8d

@hickmanandrose.co.uk is delighted to announce the promotion of Bartholomew Dalton to Senior Associate. Deserved recognition of his hard work, expertise and commitment to clients.

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · 13d

Jenny Wiltshire, Kate Goold, Bartholomew Dalton, and Anna Jemmison from our market-leading serious and general crime team will be attending the LCCSA European Conference in Malaga this weekend

Kate will be speaking at the conference delivering a seminar titled: Let’s talk about Sex: Full disclosure

Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · 20d

Hickman & Rose is delighted to announce that Tom Bushnell will become a partner in the firm’s Business Crime and Regulatory Law department.

Tom has established himself as a leading light in white collar criminal and financial regulatory law.

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Tom Bushnell promoted to partner in Business Crime and Regulatory Law department

Hickman & Rose is delighted to announce that Tom Bushnell will become a partner in the firm’s Business Crime and Regulatory Law department.

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · 21d

Peter Csemiczky and Rose Commander, partners in our market leading serious and general crime team, will be attending the ECBA Autumn Conference in Belgrade, Serbia.

#ECBAAutumnConference
#EuropeanCriminalBarAssociation
#Belgrade

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Aug 20

Senior associate Tom Bushnell has been quoted in a Financial Times feature examining the process by which a swathe of criminal prosecutions of financial professionals in the UK and the USA collapsed.

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#criminalprosecutions
#FinancialTimes

Tom Bushnell helps Financial Times explain 'how a decade of banker prosecutions collapsed'

Tom Bushnell helps Financial Times examine how a swathe of criminal prosecutions of financial professionals in the UK and the USA collapsed.

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Aug 5

We are looking for a confident and hard-working individual with exceptional IT skills and knowledge of the criminal justice system to join our Business Support team as a Legal Administrator.

More info here: www.hickmanandrose.co.uk/careers/vaca...

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Matrix Law @matrixlaw.bsky.social · Jul 23

Supreme Court allows the appeals of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, who had been convicted of conspiracy to defraud.

Tim Owen KC & @tjamesmatthews.bsky.social acted for Carlo Palombo, instructed by @hickmanandrose.co.uk

Read more: ow.ly/mw4L50WtOvc

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Doughty Street Chambers Crime Team @doughtystcrime.bsky.social · Jul 31

United Nations Special Rapporteur granted permission to intervene in Palestine Action judicial review against terrorism proscription decision - Adam Straw KC and Rabah Kherbane act for UN Special Rapporteur, instructed by Daniel Machover and Laura Chapman of @hickmanandrose.co.uk

United Nations Special Rapporteur granted permission to intervene in Palestine Action judicial review against terrorism proscription decision

Professor Ben Saul’s mandate as the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism on Human Rights has been granted permission to intervene in the case of R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for Home D

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Jul 21

Hickman & Rose has appeared in the media in relation to its work for a client seeking a criminal investigation and regulatory action regarding charity funding of an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

#WestBank

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Attorney General asked to advise on UK charity funding of illegal Israeli settlements

Hickman & Rose in the media in relation to criminal investigation and regulatory action of charity funding illegal Israeli settlement.

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Jul 21

Congratulations to associate Bartholomew Dalton on his appointment as a member of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee for 4 years from 1 September 2025.

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Bartholomew Dalton appointed as a member of the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee

The Ministry of Justice announced today that the Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Bartholomew Dalton as a solicitor member of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC)

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Jul 21

The CPS has been criticised for its performance in rape prosecutions in a new report by HMCPSI.

Peter Csemiczky asks whether this criticism is merited, and reveals some startling statistics about the acquittal rate for adult rape offences.

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What does the HMCPSI inspection of CPS adult rape prosecutions really tell us?

In a blog, criminal defence expert Peter Csemiczky asks whether the HMCPSI's criticism of CPS for rape performance is merited

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Jul 21

Civil litigation associate Toby Wilton has been quoted in the media pushing the Government to remove its recently-increased cap on miscarriage of justice compensation.

#compensation
#miscarriageofjustice

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Toby Wilton pushes for miscarriage compensation cap removal following Government concession

Toby Wilton pushes the Government to remove its cap on miscarriage of justice compensation following its agreement to increase it by 30%.

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Jul 21

Hickman & Rose's Bartholomew Dalton has contributed a commentary to Criminal Law Week in which he addresses the rules on solicitors’ ability to take electronic devices into police custody suites.

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#policecustody
#mobilephones
#solicitors

Bartholomew Dalton on solicitors' right to take phones into police custody suites

Bartholomew Dalton writes for Criminal Law Week on solicitors’ ability to take electronic devices into police custody suites

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Jul 21

On August 6th, Hickman & Rose's Ross Dixon will appear on the panel at an @americanbar.org online event discussing the international perspective on FCPA enforcement.

Ross will discuss the proposed European task force & ask what it means for US companies doing business overseas

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European Anti-Corruption Enforcement

Email from Federal Bar Association, DC Chapter Implications for American Companies FCPA Enforcement: The International Perspective With the Department of Justice pursuing fewer cases of international

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Jun 25

Are facilitation payments the same as #bribery?’ @hickmanandrose.co.uk barrister Tom Bushnell has written an article for Construction Management, the magazine of the The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), addressing the question.

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#facilitationpayments

Tom Bushnell explains how the Bribery Act applies to construction industry 'facilitation payments'

Writing in Construction Management magazine, Tom Bushnell answers the question 'Are facilitation payments the same as bribery?'

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Jun 25

Serious and General Crime associate Bartholomew Dalton has written a commentary article for Criminal Law Week on the issue of time limits to criminal prosecution in low-value shoplifting cases.

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#shoplifting #prosecutiontimelimits

Time limits on shoplifting prosecutions - Bartholomew Dalton comments in Criminal Law Week

Bartholomew Dalton comments in the Criminal Law Week on the issue of time limits to criminal prosecution in low-value shoplifting cases.

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Jun 6

After hearing 6 weeks of evidence, an inquest jury last month concluded that former soldier Sean Fitzgerald was killed lawfully. However, it also identified serious causative failures in the planning and implementation of the police operation.

#inquest

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Serious police failures identified at Sean Fitzgerald’s inquest

Serious police failures have been identified at the inquest into the death of former soldier Sean Fitzgerald

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Doughty Street Chambers @doughtystreet.bsky.social · Jun 2

Sean Fitzgerald: Inquest jury identifies serious failures in firearms police operation. Adam Straw KC, Tom Stoate and Tayyiba Bajwa represented Liam Fitzgerald, Sean’s brother, instructed by Helen Stone of @hickmanandrose.co.uk.

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Sean Fitzgerald: Inquest jury identifies serious failures in firearms police operation

Sean Fitzgerald, 31, died after being shot in the chest by a West Midlands police firearms officer, known as Officer K, as Sean exited a property on Burnaby Road, Coventry, on 4 January 2019.

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Jun 2

Hickman & Rose is delighted to announce the promotion of Ellie Cornish, Steffan Baker and Tom Bushnell to Senior Associate. Deserved recognition of their hard work, expertise and commitment to clients.

Congratulations Ellie, Steffan and Tom.

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · May 12

Ross Dixon, partner in Hickman & Rose’s industry leading Business Crime and Regulatory teams, is attending the @ibanews.bsky.social's Annual Transnational Crime Conference in Santiago on 14-16 May.

Ross will be co-chairing the ‘Supply chain and criminal offences’ panel
#InternationalBarAssociation

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Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Apr 28

On 25 April, Kate Goold, Anna Jemmison, Jaya Narang & Tanya Murray, members of our market leading Serious & General Crime team, celebrated Women In Criminal Law’s 7th Birthday.

Thank you to our fantastic guests for making the event such a wonderful evening.

#WomenInCriminalLaw
#WICL
#CrimeLawyers

Hickman & Rose @hickmanandrose.co.uk · Apr 23

Jenny Wiltshire, Peter Csemiczky, and Rose Davies Commander, partners in Hickman & Rose’s market leading Serious and General Crime team, are attending the European Criminal Bar Association Spring Conference in Sorrento on 25-26 April.

#ECBASpringConference
#ECBA
#Sorrento

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