Daniel Janner KC

Daniel has had extensive experience arguing cases in the Court of Appeal stemming from his editorship of the Criminal Appeal Reports and direct access.  His appellate work includes:

Hoque – Appeal against murder conviction.

Francis – Sentence appeal against sexual offences conviction.

Irvine – Appeal against sentence in relation to public schoolboy convicted of burglary with intent to commit sexual offences.

Boxer – Appeal against conviction and sentence in relation to a teacher alleged to have sexually abused pupils.

Egboujor – Appeal against conviction and sentence in relation to a Bishop convicted of sexual offences against his congregant.

RP – Conviction appeal based on inconsistent evidence of child victim of sexual abuse.

Patten – Successfully overturned appeal in relation to jury irregularity.

Howeson – Appeal against conviction based on the unfairness of the judge’s summing up.

Lonnie Smith – Conviction appeal based on the definition of conspiracy.

Dr Arowojolu – Conviction overturned in relation to the wrongful admission of bad character evidence.

Gudkovs and others – Nuneaton stamping murder trial.

International Criminal Court – War crimes case.

Hoque – Knife stabbing Crossharbour DLR station murder trial.

Malone – Defendant struck victim on head with iron bar.  Victim died 3 years later.

Rooney – Reading murder trial involving travellers in a pub.

Fowler – Defendant killed a neighbour during an argument over noise in the flat below.

Gouldbourne – Cayman Islands: diminished responsibility trial.

Crompton – Killing during the course of a burglary.

French student murder trial – Student strangled to death by defendant.

Andrea Burke – Attempted murder trial involving shooting.

Swayne – Fight between two alcoholics.  Defendant acquitted of murder; but convicted of manslaughter

Lee Barrett murder trial – Represented Derico Smith aged 20 who was acquitted of the knife murder but convicted of manslaughter.  He was the nephew of the champion boxer, Pat Barrett.

Missing body: Cleeve Prior trial – Represented Matthew Taylor who was charged with murder of Jesse Richards in the Midlands missing body trial at Cleeve Prior.  Taylor was acquitted of the murder but convicted of manslaughter.

Nguyen – Contract killing trial.

RS – Represented a 17 year old girl acquitted of both murder and manslaughter.

Brima – Represented S who was 19 year old charged with the murder of his mother and two siblings by setting his house alight in Coventry.  He was found guilty of manslaughter but not guilty of murder.

Ascot murder trial – Street stabbing identification trial.

Prosecution and defence of serious sexual offences including recently:

Historic sexual abuse of victim with severe cerebral palsy.

Prosecuted several serious sexual offence trials including rape, child abuse and domestic violence.

4 rape trials including one involving incest; and defending a doctor charged with sexually abusing patients.

Street rape trials; and step-father sexual abuse.

Teacher charged with sexual abuse; and indecent images trials.

Lonnie Smith – Multi-million pound VAT and loan agreement fraud.

Rodley – “Lord of Fraud” banking fraud involving over £200 million.

Gillespie – Counterfeit medicines fraud.

Darienzo – £20 million VAT fraud.

Cotton – Ponzi fraud committed by a financial advisor.

McGrath – Former Deputy Leader of Preston Council.  Fraud and drugs trials.

London City Bond trial