Howard Shaw
PRACTICE AREA: Crime
Year of Call: 1999
Practice Summary
Appointments:
Howard practises in Criminal Law, defending and prosecuting all manner of
cases in the full range of criminal courts. He has represented appellants many
times in the Court of Appeal and has dealt with a number of Appeals by Case
Stated before the Administrative Court.
Level 3 Prosecutor
Professional Associations:
Member of the Criminal Bar Association
Qualifications:
BSc (1st Class Honours) Theoretical
Physics, University of York (1988)
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Leeds
Metropolitan University (1998)
He routinely deals with serious crime including serious assaults, public order
matters, firearms offences, drug trafficking offences, sexual offences, arson,
burglary and fraud.
He also regularly deals with a range of regulatory matters, having been
instructed in a number of cases involving food hygiene offences, health and
safety matters and environmental offences, where technical scientific issues
were involved.
Howard has extensive experience in dealing with benefit fraud offences and
Trading Standards matters.
RECOMMENDATIONS AND AWARDS:
Awarded the following scholarships by
Middle Temple: Jules Thorn Scholarship
Blackstone Entrance Exhibition
Reported Cases
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Contact details:
A case involving the statutory interpretation of complicated football
banning order legislation
Email:
hshaw@zenithchambers.co.uk
Clerk Email:
clerks@zenithchambers.co.uk
DPP v Beaumont & Dowling [2008] EWHC 523; (2008) 172 JP 283;
[2008] Crim LR 572.
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R v William Ainscow [2003] EWCA Crim 1508
Represented the elderly appellant in his appeal against sentence in
the Court of Appeal. He ran a post office and stole a number of
pension order books, which he subsequently cashed, in order to
finance the upkeep of his daughter who suffered from Asperger's
Syndrome. The case became the subject of a television documentary
drama.
Telephone:
0113 245 5438
Notable Cases:
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R v Kim Molloy (2010 - Derby Crown Court)
Successfully represented a senior police officer charged with Theft.
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R v James Norwood (2010 Teesside Crown Court)
Represented a man charged with Aggravated Vehicle Taking and
Criminal Damage Being Reckless as to Whether Life was
Endangered. The case involved allegations that tins of dog food and
Pot Noodles had been thrown from the back of a van at pursuing
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police vehicles during a high speed chase on the A1.
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R v Masood Akbar (2010 - Grimsby Crown Court)
Successfully represented a man in his appeal against conviction for
Careless Driving, where the prosecution evidence was solely that of
police officers.
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R v Jubb and others (2010 - Leeds Crown Court)
Prosecuted three young men involved in a very serious assault on a
man, who was left unconscious and naked.
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R v Sasha Lee Gaudet (2010 - Leeds Crown Court)
Prosecuted a woman for Dangerous Driving and drink driving,
following an accident in which she drove into a female cyclist, who
suffered very serious life changing injuries.
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R v Steven Crowther (2010 - Hull Crown Court)
Prosecuted a local councillor for operating a cannabis factory.
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R v Kade Mason (2010 - Bradford Crown Court)
Prosecuted a man for drugs and firearms offences.
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R v Stacey Ross (2010 - Bradford Crown Court)
Prosecuted a woman charged with Child Abduction
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R v Zahoor Hussain and Javed Hussain (2010 Leeds Crown Court)
Prosecuted 2 men for Conspiracy to Defraud a Local Authority in
relation to claims for Housing Benefit
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R v William Anelay Limited (2010 - York Crown Court)
Prosecuted a long-established stone masonry company for Health
and Safety offences after two stone masons developed silicosis.
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R v Direct Halal Meat & Poultry Limited, Yusuf, Yusuf, and Allibou
(2010 Leeds Crown Court)
Prosecuted a company and its management in relation to the
operation of an unauthorised meat cutting plant and multiple
breaches of food hygiene legislation.
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R v Iqbal Brothers Poulty Limited (2010 - Bradford Magistrates Court)
Prosecuted a company in relation to multiple breaches of food
hygiene legislation relating to the operation of a meat cutting plant
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R v Geoffrey Laverack (2010 - York Crown Court)
Prosecuted a man for multiple benefit fraud offences committed over
a period of several years.
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R v Mohammed Ashraf (2010 - Bradford Crown Court)
Prosecuted a man for numerous trade mark offences involving
counterfeit clothing.
Seminars
Howard has presented seminars to Local Authorities on Benefit Fraud.
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