• LLB (Hons) – University of East London.
• Called to the Bar of England and Wales – Honourable Society of the Inner Temple – 1992
• Called to the Ghana Bar – 2009
• Registered Pupil Supervisor

• Criminal Bar Association
• South Eastern Circuit
• Ghana Bar Association
• Commonwealth in England Barristers’ Association
• Member – Council of the Inns of Court Disciplinary tribunal – 2003 to 2005
• Member – Bar Standards Boards conduct committee – 2006 to 2008
• Member – Bar Standards Boards Qualifications committee – 2006 to 2008

David’s interests outside the law include politics, property development, travel and theology.
He is a lay preacher, trustee of KICC, a UK based Christian charity and patron of the Foundation for Leadership Excellence (FLEX) a UK based charity.

Successful Cases in The Court of Appeal & Observations

In the successful appeals of;

• R v Osagie [2010] EWCA Crim 2208 Mr Justice Owen who gave the judgement of the Court described his submissions as being realistic and helpful;
• R v Roop [2009] EWCA Crim 1118 The Court presided over by Mr Justice Simon accepted all submissions advanced
• R v Gula-Ndebele [2006] EWCA Crim 937 Mr Justice Forbes in delivering the judgment of the Court described his submissions as being persuasive and of substance

David is a robust and fearless advocate who is well-known for the very high quality of his written and oral advice and advocacy. As a defender of human rights and fundamental freedoms he is passionate about fairness and is methodical and meticulous in the preparation and delivery of his cases. A truly first rate advocate.

Other Successful Cases in The Court of Appeal:

• R v Gledhill [2012] EWCA Crim 231
• R v Sakavickas No. 2 [2007] EWCA Crim 1888/2007
• R v Sakavickas No. 1 [2004] EWCA Crim 2686

Notable Cases in The Crown Court:

• R v S.A. & 2 others (2012)
  Represented one of the defendants in an 11 week multi-handed murder trial of three young Somalian men charged with the execution style shootings of two Somalian teenagers in a dark alley on the Fishermead Estate in Milton Keynes. The shootings allegedly stemmed from a drug turf war.
• R v E.A. & 2 others (2012)
  Multi-handed trial of the proprietor and staff of an estate agency charged with defrauding potential tenants by fraudulently obtaining deposits from them but failing to deliver the promised accommodation.
• R v M.L. (2012)
  Multi-handed case, involving the management of a brothel, controlling of prostitution for gain and money laundering by an organised Chinese network
• R v M&M (2012)
  Very serious case of child cruelty stemming from the removal by a local authority of the seven children of a poor migrant family from Nigeria. Initially the local authority alleged that its intervention had arisen as a result of a letter which was thrown through a locked loft window by the eldest child. After the removal of the first 5 children a sixth was born who was also removed by the local authority. The children were allegedly ‘brainwashed’ while in the care of foster parents. A seventh child was born and also removed by the local authority. That child was subsequently returned by the Courts but the parents were arrested a few months later following an allegation of attempted poisoning of that child through a near fatal morphine overdose.
• R v D.I. (2012)
  Case of alleged sexual assault stemming from a relationship which started over a raunchy internet dating site called Tagged.
• R v A (2012)
  Serious case of Grievous Bodily Harm with intent, involving the use of a knife which nearly severed the victim’s spine
• R v R (2012)
  Defended a father facing historical allegations of sexually abusing four of his children (male and female) from three different marriages in two continents over a 16 year period
• R v K.A. (2011)
  Defendant charged with dishonestly undertaking or assisting in the retention, removal, disposal or realisation of goods namely, a large quantity of mobile phones stolen during the Tottenham riots and the subsequent conversion of criminal property, knowing or suspecting the same to constitute benefit from criminal conduct.
• R v N.D. & Another (2011)
  A sophisticated and large scale fraud and money laundering operation (valued at close to half a million pounds) perpetrated against an insurance company, by a woman who purported to be an insurance broker but without the company’s knowledge or consent.
• R v O.S. & 6 others (2011)
  Multi-million pound conspiracy to defraud and money launder the proceeds of thefts from Santander bank
• R v P.V. (2011)
  Case of armed robbery of off-licences and filling stations in London and the South East
• R v H.M. (2011)
  Theft of a substantial sum of money from a lady in her 90’s by a trusted former investment advisor.
• R v A.K. (2011)
  Sexual assault of a woman at a bus stop in the small hours of the morning and subsequent criminal damage caused by the defendant urinating on the wall and floor of a police cell
• R v K.G. (2011)
  Case of a gay paedophile who befriended teenage boys whom he met on buses and then sexually assaulted / raped them in a South London park. He said he had turned to men because of the way his wife had treated him
• R v J.S. & 16 others (2011)
  Case arising from a large scale under-cover operation to arrest suppliers of class A drugs operating in and around the Hackney and Homerton areas of London.
• R v J.C. (2011)
  Importation of a large quantity of drugs from Jamaica
• R v C.A-T (2011)
  Case of a carer who acting in breach of trust stole a substantial sum of money from an elderly lady she was looking after.
• R v A.D. (2011)
  Case of child abuse
• R v K.S. (2011)
  Large scale conspiracy to export very expensive cars, stolen from the UK and Europe to East Africa
• R v A.U. (2011)
  Large scale benefit fraud
• R v K.G. (2011)
  Multi-handed case involving robbery of middle-aged men of expensive motor cars from leafy suburbs
• R v A.T. (2011)
  Church youth leader accused of raping and impregnating a member of the flock. DNA tests on the aborted foetus proved conclusively that the defendant was not the father.
• R v J. H. & 6 others (2010)
  Multi-handed conspiracies to rob, supply firearms and ammunition, counterfeit currency and class A drugs. These interlinked cases stemmed from that activities of undercover police officers acting as businessmen fronting a recording studio in Edmonton which was frequented, predominantly by young men from the local African/Caribbean communities. The defendant was given money, trainers, VIP tickets for West End shows, helped to launch a clothing range in exchange for ‘favours’ which included the supply of the firearms, counterfeit currency, drugs etc.
• R v A.M. & 3 others (2010)
  Multi-handed mortgage fraud against the Provincial Bank. Instructed as leading junior counsel
• R v C.O-K & another (2010)
  Conspiracy to steal over quarter of a million pounds, conversion of criminal property and subsequent confiscation proceedings in respect of criminal property transferred to Africa
• R v S.M. & 3 others (2010)
  Wide ranging conspiracy to commit fraud and robbery of off licences in London and the south east
• R v F.P. & 3 others (2010)
  Conspiracy to assist large scale unlawful immigration into the UK
• R v Z.O. (2010)
  Rape
• R v R.A. (2010)
  Rape
• R v F.S. (2010)
  Case of large scale benefit fraud and confiscation proceedings
• R v A.D. (2009)
  Case of a nurse who sexually assaulted a mentally unstable patient
• R v R.S. & 4 others II (2009)
  £6m worth of money laundering stemming from the unlawful importation of contraband tobacco into the UK by organised Eastern European gangs
• R v B.A. (2009)
  Serious assaults of a police officer and road user during a serious incident of road rage
• R v A&A (2009)
  Parents charged with child abuse as a result of a teacher becoming aware of serious injuries inflicted on a young child
• R v A.A. (2009)
  Racially aggravated assault of a traffic warden
• R v M.A. & 17 others (2008)
  Gangland murder – revenge attack of a young African male on a West London housing estate
• R v N.O-A & 11 others (2008)
  The defendant and his co-accused stood charged with over 30 armed robberies of travel agencies in South West London and Surrey
• R v O.B. & 5 others (2008)
  Multi-million pound Russian conspiracy to defraud and money launder. Described as the First ever “internet Phishing” case in the world to come to a criminal trial
• R v N.P. & others (2008)
  Conspiracy to commit wide scale breaches of immigration law (whereby a large number of young men from Pakistan and Bangladesh were brought to the UK using forged documents under the guise of being specialist halal butchers) involving a Welsh chicken farmer, a legal executive and a businessman self-styled as the largest supplier of Halal meat to chicken and chip shops in East London and Essex.
• R v N.O. (2007)
  Blackmail of a gay doctor by a bi-sexual patient who alleged that his private parts had been inappropriately fondled by the doctor during a routine eye inspection.
• R v A.O. & 3 others (2007)
  Conspiracy to defraud NatWest bank of close to a million pounds – involving the participation of a high ranking insider
• R v M.O. (2007)
  Drugs importation
• R v M.B. (2007)
  Large scale supply of class A drugs involving police malpractice which included the planting of evidence
• R v D.C. (2006)
  Multi-handed conspiracy involving the use of firearms to kidnap, falsely imprison, rape, blackmail and extort ‘protection money’ from members of the Eastern European community
• R v M.O. (2006)
  Solicitor charged with perverting the course of justice
• R v K.J. (2006)
  GBH
• R v E.O-O (2005)
  Causing death by dangerous driving after a prolonged period of very bad driving brought on by the consumption of drugs and alcohol
• R v M.M. & 3 others (2005)
  Conspiracy – Advance fee fraud – resulting in a number of victims parting with hundreds of thousands of pounds which they believed were going to be used to unlock hidden oil wealth in the Niger delta
• R v K. R (2005)
  Causing death by dangerous driving – fatal collision into one of the signposts on the M3 after a short period of drinking whisky whilst driving. Front passenger, life-long friend of the driver died instantly as a result of injuries sustained in the crash
• R v A.C. and others (2004)
  Conspiracy to handle close to 1000 stolen cars valued at approximately £3m and assist with their removal to West Africa. The evidence in the case involved over 2000 hours of covert CCTV footage and 3 trials lasting a total of 26 weeks
• R v I.G. (2004)
  Defendant charged with affray, witness intimidation, possession of a firearm and robbery
• R v C. & 6 others (2003)
  International conspiracy hatched by terrorist organisations and former officers of the KGB to smuggle over $22m worth of counterfeit currency across Europe and into the UK. The case was investigated by the FBI and the UK Secret Services. Instructed as junior counsel
• R v R.S. (2003)
  Multi-handed conspiracy to import and distribute around the UK approximately £6m pounds worth of contraband tobacco and money laundering of the proceeds. The defendants acted behind the smokescreen of the Eastern European fur-trade. Described as a landmark money laundering case. Reported in the Sunday Mirror rich cro