Barristers

John McGuinness QC

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Practise area and specialisations
Cases of interest
Reported cases

Called

1980

Queen's Counsel

2001

Appointments

Recorder of the Crown Court

Reviews

"richly talented he finds nothing complicated" Legal 500

Practice Areas and Specialisations

Serious crime

Fraud

Confiscation and restraint of assets

Road traffic

Health and safety

Local authority licensing

Judicial review

Education and Qualifications

Memberships

Member of the Standards Committee of the Bar Standards Board
Criminal Bar Association

Cases of Interest

Ghai v. Newcastle City Council, 2009. Legality of open air funeral pyres.

R v. Gunaratnam and Others, 2009. Boiler room fraud.

Berwick District Council v. Newcastle City Council, 2008. Use of hackney carriages to carry out private hire work.

R v. Cushnie and Clough, 2004. Versailles City Fraud.

Reported Cases

Ghai v. Newcastle City Council - Court of Appeal, 2010. Legality of open air funeral pyres.

Berwick District Council v. Newcastle City Council - Administrative Court, 2008. Use of hackney carriages to carry out private hire work.

R v. Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and SSHD ex parte Gillan - House of Lords, 2006. Judicial review of stop and search powers under the Terrorism Act.

Director of Public Prosecutions v. Wood: Director of Public Prosecutions v. McGillicuddy - Administrative Court, 2006. Disclosure in breathalyser cases.

R v. Director General of National Crime Squad ex parte Tucker - Court of Appeal, 2002. Ambit of judicial review over terminating officers' secondment to the National Crime Squad.

R v. Kansal (No. 2) - House of Lords, 2001. Retrospective effect of the Human Rights Act 1998.

R (on application of Ebrahim) v. Feltham Magistrates' Court - Divisional Court,2001. Abuse of process.

Barton v. Director of Public Prosecutions - Divisional Court, 2001. Charging of continuous offences.

R (on application of the Crown Prosecution Service) v. Acton Youth Court - Divisional Court (2001) 165JP. Public interest immunity applications in magistrates' and Youth courts.

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