Insights: Child Cruelty

Jenny Wiltshire on Court of Appeal quashing of clients’ 50-year-old convictions

23 Sep 2026

Hickman & Rose’s Head of Serious and General Crime Jenny Wiltshire has been quoted in the media following the quashing of her clients Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs’ 50-year-old criminal…

Jenny Wiltshire in Law Society Gazette on impact of social media influencers on criminal trials

18 Aug 2026

Hickman & Rose’s Head of Serious and General Crime Jenny Wiltshire has spoken to the Law Society Gazette about the impact social media ‘influencers’ can have on a fair trial.

Jenny, together…

Abuse of trust sexual offences: what are they? How do prosecutions work? What steps should accused people take?

21 Jul 2026

Criminal conduct often involves the exploitation of trust. But while many criminal offences involve a breach of trust, “abuse of position of trust” has a specific meaning in relation to sexual…

Jenny Wiltshire and Bartholomew Dalton on retrospective application of Sexual Offences Act

7 Jul 2026

Bartholomew Dalton and Jenny Wiltshire have written an article for Criminal Law Week on the CPS’s “most surprising” retrospective application of the law which makes adult rape committed overseas…

Jenny Wiltshire in Law Society Gazette on ten years of controlling or coercive behaviour

23 Feb 2026

Head of Serious and General Crime Jenny Wiltshire has written an article for the Law Society Gazette reflecting on ten years of the criminal offence of controlling or coercive behaviour.

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Five years ago the CPS set out a five-year strategy for rape and sexual offences. How has it fared?

16 Dec 2025

In July 2020 the CPS published on its website a document entitled “Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Strategy 2025”, or “RASSO 2025” for short.

With a foreword by the then DPP Max Hill and…

Hickman & Rose recognised again in The Times’ list of best law firms

14 Nov 2025

Hickman & Rose has been recognised again by The Times newspaper as one of the best law firms in England and Wales.

Hickman & Rose has featured in The Times’ Best Law Firms list since it…

Hickman & Rose is top-ranked firm across all major legal directories

16 Oct 2025

Hickman & Rose’s status as one of the country’s leading law firms has been confirmed in the latest edition of the Chambers & Partners legal directory.

The firm’s Business Crime,…

Three H&R departments ranked in Legal 500’s leading Tier 1 category

1 Oct 2025

Hickman & Rose is delighted to announce that two more of its departments have been elevated to the leading Tier 1 category in the latest edition of the Legal 500 directory.

The Business Crime…

University sexual misconduct proceedings: how fair are they?

2 Sep 2025

The official body charged with overseeing student complaints about English and Welsh universities has revealed a growth in concerns about university-run sexual misconduct proceedings.

Here,…