Profile description
Oliver has a busy criminal practice, prosecuting and defending over the full range of offences. He is a Grade 2 prosecutor for the CPS and regularly appears in both the Magistrates and Crown Court. He is known for his careful and detailed preparatory work on cases, which can produce lines of defence and cross-examination overlooked by others as well as penetrating cross examination. He has successfully argued abuse of process and dismissal applications and regularly succeeds on appeal to the Crown Court.
His mathematical background, combined with detailed preparation, means that he is comfortable dealing with cases involving complex finances and putting together cases, which rely on putting together diverse evidence. Recent cases have included supply of drugs, fraud, ABH, handling stolen goods and domestic burglary.
He has particular experience in driving matters, including failure to provide information, drink driving, careless driving and sentencing where the Defendant is seeking to preserve his license. His careful approach often yields successful technical arguments on cases that would otherwise be hard to defend.
Notable Cases
R v S & W: Successful prosecution of a multi-handed handling stolen goods, goods valued at at least £200,000.
R v M: Successfully defended a 15 year-old boy from a charge of inciting a 6 year old girl to sexual activity.
R v H: Successfully persuaded the CPS to drop as an abuse of process after service of a detailed skeleton argument an assault in a prison.
R v A: Successful defence of a failure to provide information charge after serving a detailed skeleton argument on the law which was accepted by the Judge.
R v C: Successful defence of an off-duty police officer accused of driving carelessly and hitting an 88 year old lady.
