Jane Greenhalgh
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From the outset of her career, Jane has been involved in serious cases, having began as a solicitor and partner at Robert Lizar Solicitors, before spending two years following pupillage at 1 Pump Court in London.
She regularly defends in all types of heavyweight cases including murder, serious sex allegations, drug offences, fraud and violence and is known as an able and competent Junior.
Regardless of a background of defending, she is equally instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service and very quickly became a Level 3 Prosecutor.
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Crime
Notable Cases
R v Mark Postles - Nottingham Crown Court - Junior Counsel for the Defendant - Murder and Dismemberment case- complex arguments on Diminished Responsibility (Click Here for news coverage from Leicester Mercury)
R v Stephen Slotwiner - Manchester Crown Court - Defended in a historic sex offender case (Click Here for news coverage from M.E.N)
R v Thomas Mitchell - Bolton Crown Court - Defended in a serious sex offender case
(see news coverage - Bolton Evening news)
R v Dawn Chadwick - Manchester Crown Court - instructed to defend a woman charged with supplying a noxious substance to her sister-in-law to bring about an abortion, causing the woman to die.
R v Nathan Halton - Minshull Street Crown Court - instructed to defend in a case of child cruelty involving serious non-accidental injuries suffered by an 8 week old baby.
R v Clifton Cameron - Manchester Crown Court - defended in a gangland kidnapping, blackmail and torture case (Click Here to see coverage from MEN)
R v Jamie Smith - Manchester Crown Court - Junior Counsel for the Defendant - Murder - involved complex hearsay arguments in a voire dire(see MEN) where none of the main witnesses would give evidence.
R v Emma Noack - Manchester Crown Court - defended in a trial and subsequent re-trial in a £2.5 million drug importation through Manchester Airport.
R v Bobby Finemore - Liverpool Crown Court - defended in a multiple defendant huge scale conspiracy to import class A drugs
R v Colin Joyce, Lee Amos, Aaron Campbell, Narada Williams, Ricardo Williams, Hassan Shah, Aaron Alexander, Kyle Wint, Ricci Moss and Tyler Mullings - Liverpool Crown Court - Junior Counsel in a 6 month gangland murder case.
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R v Cecil Coley et al - Preston Crown Court -Defended in a £600,000 DSS fraud
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R v Imtiaz Ahmed - Manchester Crown Court - Defended in a serious robbery and assault case where the Defendant was masquerading as a 'bogus cab driver' in the city centre
R v Paul Mann et al - Canterbury Crown Court - Defended in a £10 million drug importation via the port of Dover.
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