Nicholas Worsley

Nick is increasingly in demand as one of Circuit’s foremost juniors.

He defends and prosecutes all areas of criminal law with particular experience in violent and sexual offences; drugs and money laundering.

He has recently completed training in the Hague as one of panel of co-counsel for the defence to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Areas of Expertise

All matters Criminal, including regulatory and disciplinary work
Attorney Generals ‘B’ list of advocates
Level 4 prosecutor (including Rape Panel)
Courts Martial
On the panel of co-counsel for the defence at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

This is a court that has been created by UN Security Council Resolution 1757 to try the alleged perpetrators of the assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafiq Hariri and a series of assassinations and assassination attempts on prominent Lebanese political and media figures beginning in 2004.

Reported Cases

R. v Bogdal [2008] EWCA Crim 1 – definition of ‘public place’
R. v K (John) [2007] EWCA Crim 1339 – trials in absence, amendment of indictment, scope of cross-examination
R. v Kumar [2004] EWCA Crim 3207 – genuine belief in age – defence in sexual assault - buggery

Notable Cases

Operation Dweomer - 2012 - defence - multi-handed £2bn conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine and to produce methamphetamine (crystal meth)
Spinola & Wright - 2011 – prosecution - largest ever heroin seizure in the North of England
Wardle - 2010– defence junior - murder
Hafejee - 2010 - prosecution - fraud trial of magistrate / charity director
R v Bradshaw– 2010 - defence – s.18 and violent disorder
Mehbub & others – 2010 - defence - main accused in multi-handed racial aggravated s.18 attack by Asians on a white complainant
Poole & others - 2010 – prosecution - multi-handed violent disorder and serious assaults
Page & others – 2010 - defence - money laundering following on from high value drug dealing convictions
Ayers - prosecution - 2010 - baby shaking – serious injuries
Morgan - 2009 - defence junior - money laundering following on from £multi-million drug dealing
‘G’ – 2009 - prosecution junior – recent and historic rapes – destruction of old case files - joinder
Anwar & Navsarka – 2009 - prosecution junior- murder of a baby by his parents
Parker – 2008 - defence junior – murder - suicidal ideation in victim – somnambulism
Qureshi – 2008 - defence junior - £multi-million drug smuggling - European cross-border jurisdictional issues – communications rogatoires and disclosure.
Cipans & others – 2008 - prosecution junior - Eastern European gangsters – murder of gang-master and concealment of his body.
Marshal - defence junior – 2008 - double murder of drug dealers by their client.
Iqbal - prosecution junior – first successful £multi-million HMRC tied oils prosecution and confiscation – cross border - England & N.Ireland.