Insights: Police Investigations

‘Top Boy’ actor Micheal Ward cleared of all charges

13 Jul 2026

Hickman & Rose’s Humzah Ilyas has featured in the UK and international media following the acquittal of his and Jenny Wiltshire’s client Micheal Ward of all charges after a trial at Snaresbrook…

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…

“Here we go again…again” Bartholomew Dalton on another prison habeas corpus scandal

1 Jul 2026

Senior Associate Bartholomew Dalton has written for Criminal Law Week about the disturbing case of an 18-year-old remand prisoner who was held unlawfully in prison for six days after he should have…

Jenny Wiltshire is Law Society Gazette’s “Lawyer in the News” for Rajiv Menon KC contempt appeal

26 May 2026

Hickman & Rose’s Head of Serious and General Crime Jenny Wiltshire has again featured as the Law Society Gazette’s “Lawyer in the News”: this time for her work on behalf of Rajiv Menon KC.

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Rajiv Menon KC wins Court of Appeal dismissal of contempt of court action

13 May 2026

Hickman & Rose client Rajiv Menon KC has featured in the media following the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of a decision to refer him for contempt of court proceedings, ruling there was no…

Toby Wilton in media following conviction in rape case for which Andrew Malkinson falsely blamed

20 Apr 2026

Hickman & Rose’s Toby Wilton has appeared in the media following the conviction of an individual for a rape for which Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in prison before having his conviction…

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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Chris Kaba’s family, Hickman & Rose and INQUEST respond to IOPC’s misconduct proceedings pause

28 Jan 2026

Family members of Chris Kaba, their solicitors Daniel Machover and Ellie Cornish, and INQUEST’s Deborah Coles have today responded to the IOPC’s decision to pause…

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 appeal wins Global Investigations Review’s ‘most important case of the year’

17 Nov 2025

Hickman & Rose’s landmark appeal to the Supreme Court in relation to LIBOR and EURIBOR has won Global Investigations Review’s ‘Most Important Court Case of the Year’.

Ben Rose, Tom…