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David Gordon

Year of Call:

1984

Education:

Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne
Pembroke College Oxford, MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
City University, Diploma in Law
Bar Vocational Course at Inns of Court School of Law, London

Career:

Head of Chambers since September 2007 in succession to HH Judge Peter Collier QC
Called to the Bar 1984, Inner Temple
Pupillage at Sovereign Chambers 1984-5 supervised by the late Louise Godfrey QC
Member of the North Eastern Circuit
Member of the Criminal Bar Association
CPS Level 4 and Rape prosecutor

Languages:

Fluent Modern Hebrew, Basic French.

Profile:

David has specialised for many years in serious crime, both prosecuting and defending in many high profile cases of murder (both as Junior and Leading Junior), manslaughter and GBH, rape and other serious sexual assaults including historic sexual abuse of adults and children, Class A and B drug conspiracy, and high value fraud and deception.

David was a Grade 4 Crown Prosecutor for in excess of 15 years and is now included on the CPS Advocate Panel for general crime at level 4 and in on the CPS Advocate Panel rape list.

David was appointed as an Assistant Recorder in 1998 and as a Recorder in 2000, and sits regularly in the Crown and County Courts throughout the North Eastern Circuit in Crime, Civil and Private Family Law.

A few recent notable cases:

R v Dockerty – successful prosecution of high school maths teacher in relation to rape and other sexual offences
R v Gormally - successful prosecution of man for attempted murder of stranger while he slept
R v Khrbish – successful prosecution of man for attempted murder of a baby by strangulation and choking
R v Khan and others – leading junior in successful prosecution of group of men for conspiracy to commit arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered, an attempted insurance fraud
R v Gresham – successful defence of young man with severe mental impairment due to head injury charged with supply of Class A drugs
R v Davey and others – leading junior in successful prosecution of group of men in relation to conspiracy to supply class A drugs
R v Fitzpatrick – leading junior in successful prosecution of woman for murder of her former boyfriend
R v Strickland and Capuvanno – successful prosecution for mortgage fraud

David is IT literate and is happy to receive instructions and supply advice by way of electronic media when requested.

For further details please contact Yvonne Crosbie or Zoe Malir on 0113 245 1841.