PAUL ANGEL Paul Angel was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1993 and in Northern Ireland in 2007. He is a founding Director of Andrews Angel Solicitors Limited. He regularly receives instructions in the following types of cases nationally. Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions Health and Safety Investigations and Prosecutions Gross Negligence Manslaughter Regulatory Offences Fraud and other financial offences Corruption and Misconduct in Public Office Allegations against professional persons by young and/or vulnerable people. This includes instructions in substantial and complex historic abuse cases Serious Crime Regulatory and Disciplinary Proceedings Professional Misconduct Proceedings, including those before the GMC, GTC, NMC and ICAEW Inquests – acting for interested parties at risk of criticism, including medical incidents and deaths in custody Internal disciplinary proceedings Care Standards Civil Litigation Civil Fraud Commercial Litigation with emphasis on matters arising from Insolvency In dealing with these areas Paul is able to provide specialised advice in all areas of law where an incident in employment or business may impact upon an individual or an organisation. Accordingly Paul’s expertise is recognised by regular instructions by Trade Unions, Companies, other organisations as well as individuals whose careers and employment are at risk. Such is his reputation that requests for assistance also come from persons overseas with issues of this nature arising in English law. Paul will regularly conduct matters as an Advocate, particularly in Inquests, Disciplinary and Misconduct Proceedings. Paul has acted in many high profile cases including the following matters: The Tebay Rail Crash – acting for the operator of a Rail crane in connection with the Manslaughter of 4 workers R v Dickinson – Manslaughter/Health and Safety offences R v Shaw - Manslaughter/Health and Safety offences R v Khan – Misconduct in Public Office by a Police Officer R v C – Serial Arsonist R v O – Court of Appeal overturned convictions for Sexual Abuse alleged to have been committed in 1970s Kingsway Hospital Inquest into the deaths of 11 dementia patients alleged to have been starved Paul is a founding member of the Health & Safety Lawyers Association [HSLA] and is a member of the Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers [ARDL]. PATRICK ANDREWS Patrick was admitted as a Solicitor in the English Jurisdiction in 1992 and now practices as a Solicitor Advocate specialising in a number of areas of law including employment related criminal matters. He regularly receives instructions in the following types of cases: Health and Safety Investigations and Prosecutions Misconduct in Public Office. Patrick was instructed by one of the interested parties in Operation Gestalt Fraud, DTI and other financial offences, including MTIC, Carrousel, and Diversion Frauds Offences relating to the disqualification of Company Directors Allegations against professional persons by young and/or vulnerable people Inquests Gross Negligence Manslaughter and Corporate Manslaughter Defendant Asset Recovery Agency actions Patrick was the Partner who Supervised the team which conducted the defence of the train drivers in the Watford Junction and Southall train crash trials. Patrick had also previously been instructed to advise and provide representation during the Lockerbie Investigation. As an Advocate Patrick represented a client who appeared before the High Court in Rouen in Normandy, regarding an allegation of Gross Negligence Manslaughter and has represented Local Government Officials and Teachers in connection with Health and Safety investigation and inquests. Patrick has also appeared on behalf of clients at Crown Courts including appearing on behalf of the defendant in R v Clifford, a Health & Safety fatality case, at the Old Bailey in London and R v Nicholls a murder case. Patrick has also appeared in the Court of Appeal in case’s such as R v Wilson & Others, the Banham Marshalls College case. Patrick was instructed to appear as Advocate on behalf of one of the interested parties at the HMS Tireless Inquest, which was held in Sunderland, inquiring into the death of two Royal Navy Sub-Mariners who died as a result of an explosion, on a Royal Navy Nuclear Submarine whilst it was under the ice off the coast of Alaska. Another of Patricks areas of specialisation is Regulatory Law. Patrick is regularly instructed to act for Police Officers in disciplinary proceedings, as well as also acting for individuals facing investigatory bodies such as the DPEI, (DTI). Patrick is also instructed on licensing matters and has appeared at Court on behalf of Public House Licensees who have been in dispute with their landlords and/or suppliers and also accepts instructions from Public House Licensees in respect of rent review disputes and related issues. Patrick heads our company’s Overseas Law and Conflict of Laws Department. In addition to having appeared in the High Court in Rouen in Normandy, has also represented clients in the former Supreme Court of Yugoslavia. Patrick is also admitted as a Solicitor in the Republic of Ireland and also in the Northern Ireland jurisdiction. Patrick is a founding member of the Health & Safety Lawyers Association and a member of the Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers. Patrick is a founding Director of Andrews Angel Solicitors Limited. GARY RUBIN Gary Rubin was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1997 and in Northern Ireland in 2007. He specialises in all employment/work related criminal matters and Health & Safety. He is ranked by UK Chambers and Partners 2010 as a leading lawyer in the field of health & safety where it is said, he has particularly impressed interviewees with his "outstanding tactical brain and analytical capabilities." Gary joined Andrews Angel in November 2004 and became an associate on the first of January 2006 before joining the Board of Directors. Gary acts for individuals, companies and other organisations. He has represented clients in high profile cases, particularly gross negligence manslaughter. Instructions arise from the initial investigation right through to the Crown Court trial. He has been instructed in numerous workplace fatality investigations and Coroners Court inquests. He was part of the legal defence team for both the Watford and Southall train crash drivers [in 1996 and 1997]. Both drivers were subsequently acquitted of manslaughter and health & safety charges. He was also instructed in the Southall and Ladbroke Grove rail crash inquiries before Professor Uff and Lord Cullen. Other instructions include acting on behalf of one of the defendants in the Tebay rail disaster and on behalf of an interested party in The HMS Tireless Inquest where faulty oxygen canisters exploded on a submarine killing two sailors. Gary also acted for the Purley train crash driver in his successful appeal in December 2007 against his conviction for manslaughter following the crash in 1989 which resulted in 5 fatalities. The appeal was based on fresh evidence and was unique because it was made 17 years out of time and the driver pleaded guilty at his trial. Due to the nature of his work Gary has developed a knowledge and understanding of many different areas of industry and the systems of work within them. He regularly receives instructions in the following cases: Health and Safety Investigations and prosecutions of individuals/organisations Gross negligence manslaughter Fraud Allegations against professional persons by young and/or vulnerable persons Railway matters Regulatory offences/Directors Disqualification Disciplinary/Professional conduct matters Coroners Inquests Serious & General crime Gary is currently instructed by clients all over the country requiring specialist advice and representation. He has provided health & safety training to both Trade Unions and companies as well as advice to organisations on policy & procedures. He also acts on behalf of clients in employment disputes and judicial Reviews. Prior to becoming a Solicitor he worked in welfare rights and was employed as a Constituency Advice Officer for a Member of Parliament. Gary is a founding member of the Health & Safety Lawyers Association [HSLA] and is a member of the Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers [ARDL]. EDWARD DAVID ELLIS Edward David Ellis is a Consultant with Andrews Angel Solicitors Limited. Edward was called to the Bar of England and Wales by The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 1979. At the bar Edward had a varied practise appearing regularly in the Crown Court in serious matters and was counsel for the two of the defendants in the case of Laskey and others at the Central Criminal Court (Consent in alleged Sado-Masochistic assaults) and was in probably the last Crown Court trial before the abolition of the offence of Riot. Other areas in which he was frequently involved were Liquor and Taxi licensing and appeared in many cases for prospective licensees in the lower courts and in the high court on appeal. In 1990 Edward was admitted to the Bar of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and practiced there and in the wider Caribbean as a civil and criminal advocate, specialising in Capital and Constitutional cases. He was one of the junior counsel in the leading Caribbean case of ex parte Barnwell, a case concerning the sacking of a High Court judge. Edward is also admitted to the New York State Bar and also the United States Federal Bar allowing him to appear in all Federal Courts. Edward regularly received instructions in criminal and civil matters in New York. In 1996 Edward returned to London and was admitted as a Solicitor and Solicitor-Advocate with Higher Court Rights in all courts. Edward has acted in many important cases including R - V - Daymond & Others (Gross Negligence Manslaughter) and Perverting the course of Justice, R - V- Murrel & Others, R - V- Pountney & Others both large Conspiracy to Defraud case’s. David also appeared in the important groundbreaking case of R v Willem Van Trotsenbugh a Norfolk High School Teacher falsely accused of assaulting a disruptive pupil. This 2005 case lead the way to all later acquittals in similar case’s. Edward also appears at Inquests and appeared in the important case’s of Mark Camm and Paul Coker which were both Death in Custody (Article 2) inquests. Edward regularly appears as Advocate on behalf of the company’s clients throughout England & Wales in the following type of cases: Serious and General Crime Regulatory law Inquests Disciplinary Hearings Human Rights Judicial Review Licensing law Edward when not working enjoys his family, football and "classic" films. GILL RUTHERFORD Gill Rutherford is the companys Senior Managing Case Worker with expertise in conducting Employment Related Criminal law matters. This includes: Allegations against professional Persons by young and/or vulnerable people Other Serious and General Crime Gill has a long career in the law originally working in the field of Civil Litigation before choosing a career in Criminal Defence work and obtaining Accreditation in Police Station Representation, which is a specialist legal qualification regulated by the Legal Services Commission. Gill is particularly renowned for her expertise representing Teachers, Carers, Nurses and others falsely accused of offences of abuse. In the late 1990s Gill, supervised by Patrick Andrews, set up and instructed a team of 6 barristers successfully defending some twenty prosecutions resulting from the Northumbria Police investigation Operation Rose. Gills efforts in these case's merited a personal mention in Richard Webster's acclaimed book, The Secrets of Bryn Estyn "The making of a modern witch hunt". Gill's efforts and successes helped to bring to the attention of the public and Parliament the inherent dangers of the police practice of "trawling" for alleged victims of abuse, which can lead to false allegations based on motives of financial reward. Gill has addressed MPs at the Houses of Parliament on the subject and is regularly invited to attend and participate at such meetings. Gill also has experience in working on the whole range of criminal case’s including those of the most serious nature. Gill was the senior caseworker in the case of R –v- Nicholls, Teesside Crown Court, a murder case and has expertise in preparing for trial cases where Defendants have been charged with Death by Careless Driving and Health & Safety offences. Gill is also a member of our Private Family Law Department headed by Michelle Gallagher have gained Diploma in Family Law accredited by the University of the West of England. MICHELLE GALLAGHER Michelle Gallagher was formerly a Police Officer in the North of England having served for eight years in a variety of posts within the service before retiring and studying law achieving LLB (Hons) and LLM (Hons) graduating from The University of Northumbria with a Masters degree specialising in 'Advanced Legal Practice'. Michelle completed her training with a large specialist Criminal & Family firm in Newcastle upon Tyne and has continued to specialise in Family and Criminal law in general practice over the last thirteen years. Michelle joined us to head the Private Family department undertaking, Divorce, Matrimonial & Relationship Disputes, Children, Residence and Contact Disputes. Michelle has experience acting for clients involved in High Value financial settlements including property and pensions, and has successfully negotiated financial settlement in cases involving Pakistani , French and Greek Law. Michelle is also a qualified Duty Solicitor who works alongside Tony Jackson in the Criminal Duty Solicitors Dept. She has experience in serious category crime including Murder, Rape, Assaults and Firearms offences along with serious offences of Theft, Fraud and Road Traffic matters. TONY JACKSON A graduate of London University, Tony qualified in 1973. After two years on Tyneside he moved to Hartlepool, part of the industrial area of Teesside but very much its own place. Tony practiced there for 30 years During this time he gained wide experience as both a family and criminal lawyer being a member of The Law Society Family Law Panel, a Member of The U.K College of Family Mediators and a practicing duty solicitor in the Hartlepool and Peterlee areas. Upon moving to work in Durham and its surrounding areas he has completed the Tyne Tees Wear triangle. Tony has spent many years combining family and criminal work dealing with minor traffic offences to murder. He has of late had successes in the road traffic courts, an increasingly busy part of our practice, gaining acquittals in two separate cases for drivers who had been charged with leaving the scenes of accidents and failing to report the same thereafter. Tony heads our Duty Solicitor department in the North East of England and works along with Michelle in the Family Law Department.
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