Deputy High Court Judge, Recorder
Julian Goose QC is a highly distinguished criminal practitioner whose practice focuses on a range of serious and complex cases.
He is a popular choice of Counsel and highly sought after by both prosecution and defence. His reputation for being a hard-working, meticulous and effective advocate has earned him numerous recommendations and plaudits in the guides to the legal professions.
Julian’s cases invariably receive high profile media attention. In 2011 he defended a Polish national who attempted to murder his girlfriend by using a Taser and burying her alive in a box in woodland. This case received widespread national media attention as too did his involvement as prosecution Counsel in the case concerning the kidnap of the 9 year old Shannon Matthews by her mother Karen.
He is Head of Chambers and a Deputy High Court Judge.
Areas of expertise:
- Homicide
- Corporate manslaughter
- Institutional sexual abuse
- Financial and employee fraud
- Health and Safety cases including defending in work related deaths caused by high voltage electrocutions, machine accidents and drowning
- High value drugs cases
Notable Cases:
Serious Crime
- R v Kasprzak (2011): defended a 26 year old Polish national in a case where he was charged with the attempted murder of his girlfriend, by using a Taser, tying her up and burying her
- R v Richardson & others (2011): prosecuted five defendants in the murder of a 22 year old former soldier.
- R v Krasniqi & others (2011): prosecuted four defendants who were all in a Category A prison in their attempted murder of a convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal, Radislav Krstic.
- R v Mahmood (2010): defended a 21 year old accused if a triple murder after setting fire to a house in an alleged revenge attack.
- R v Salmon (2009): defending in Bradford shooting murder by gang from Manchester. Client acquitted
- R v Matthews & Donovan (2008): acting for the prosecution in the case concerning the kidnap of the 9 year old Shannon Matthews by her mother Karen.
- R v Conteh (2008): defending in an East London gangland drugs-related murder. Client acquitted.
- R v Christopher Hawkins (2008) : defending father accused of murder of 3 year old son, and attempted murder of 14 year old daughter
- R v Castree (2007): acting for the prosecution in the case concerning the murder of Leslie Molseed in 1975
- R v Sharon Wright (2007) defended a mother of four year old Letitia accused of her daughter's murder
- R v Hall (2006): prosecuted a serving prison officer over a 20 year rape and kidnap campaign involving multiple rape, child abduction and indecency
- R v Baskaran (2006): defended in a successful defence to a multi- handed and double murder case
- R v Hand (2006): defended in a multi-handed murder of a taxi driver
- R v McEwan (2006): prosecuted a triple murder with complex medical issues
- R v Bilton (2005): defended in a successful "sleep walking" defence to rape
Fraud
- R v Sale (2011): defended in a Corruption case involving contractors and Network Rail.
- R v Khan (2011): defended in a Corruption & Misfeasance in Public Office trial, involving a CPS Lawyer. The case included complex issues of entrapment and its effect on a learning disabled defendant.
- R v Clark (2011): defended in one of the UK’s largest Excise Duty Diversion Frauds.
- R v Kao & others (2009): prosecuted large scale immigration fraud in which bogus teaching colleges were used as a front to provide false qualifications for UK visa applications for none EU nationals.
- R v Reynolds (2008): defending a £250million Missing Trader Intra-Community MTIC (VAT) fraud
- R v Carroll (2007): defended in multi-handed conspiracy to intercept email and telephone communications
Health and Safety; Regulatory
- HSE v Compass Engineering Ltd (2011): defended a company in the HSE prosecution after an employee was dragged through an apertures said to be the size of a “CD case”.
- Natural England v York Sports Ltd (2011): defended a company and its Director in a prosecution brought by Natural England under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in respect of a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the North Yorkshire Moors.
- "His practice focuses on a range of serious and complex cases." Legal 500, 2011
- Julian has been recognised as a leading silk for the North Eastern Circuit , Crime (Chambers and Partners, 2009)
- Lincoln's Inn Sunley Scholar and Cassel Scholar '
- Julian Goose, QC, ranks as a heavyweight for serious crime.' Legal 500: 2010
- 'Julian Goose QC, head of Zenith Chambers, prosecutes and defends much-publicised criminal cases. Recently he successfully prosecuted Karen Matthews and Michael Donovan. They were found guilty of all charges relating to kidnap of Karen's daughter, Shannon.' Chambers & Partners 2010
- 'Julian Goose, QC, led Simon Kealey for the Crown in the prosecution of Karen Matthews.' Legal 500: 2009
- 'hard-working and effective advocate' Chambers and Partners 2009
- 'successfully defending a multi-handed and double murder trial' Chambers and Partners 2009
- 'meticulous' Legal 500: 2008
- 'Julian Goose , QC, led Tom Storey in prosecuting in R v Castree, the second Lesley Molseed murder trial.' Legal 500: 2008
- 'outstanding' Legal 500: 2007, 2006
