- R v T – After a three-week trial T avoided conviction of two substantial armed robberies of a money shop and an armed security van despite the crown relying upon propensity evidence and gang associations in an attempt to convict T.
- R v C – Secured acquittal of client charged with grievous bodily harm after he had struck the complainant’s head several times with a tomahawk and complainant hospitalised. Defence of self-defence was accepted by the jury and not guilty verdicts delivered.
- R v T – Successful defence of woman charged with GBH and wounding with intent to injure after she attacked both her husband and girlfriend found in bed together.
- R v N – Successful appeal to the Court of Appeal against conviction of a major armed robbery where M received eight years imprisonment. The Court of Appeal ruled that the trial Judge’s direction was inadequate in relation to the dangers of convicting on the word of a jail house informant who gave evidence against N.
- R v Y – Successful appeal to the Court of Appeal against a conviction for a high-profile armed robbery of a security van at Lynn Mall Auckland where Y received eight years after original trial. The Crown case was based upon Y playing major role in robbery. However, the Court of Appeal accepted the trial Judge’s summing up was not balanced and the identification evidence at trial was inadequate. Following successful appeal and after several court hearings Y pleaded guilty to minor role of supplying the getaway car but without knowledge that firearms were going to be used in the holdup. Result: Two and a half years imprisonment compared to eight years previously imposed.
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