Philip Sinclair
Date of Call: 1995 (Gray’s Inn)
Qualifications: LLB (Hons) 2.1 London.
Areas of Practice: • Property Law • Planning • Licensing • Criminal Law
Profile: Philip lives in a village on the boarders of Kent and Sussex. He enjoys sailing, writing and shouting at the radio.
Reported Cases:
R v Gauntlett (1999) EWCA Crim 1162 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/1999/1162.html (a case concerning the comparability of sentencing).
R (On Application of Clive Biggs) v HO (2002) EWHC 1012 (Admin) http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2002/1012.html (a case concerning the appropriateness of Judicial Review where a prisoners licence has been revoked).
R v Matthews (2003) EWCA Crim 813 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2003/813.html (Archbold: 24-128) (a case brought under the Human Rights’ Act concerning the reverse burden provisions of Section 139, Criminal Justice Act 1988 (bladed article). A question was certified for consideration by the House of Lords).
Bathurst v Scarborow (2004) EWCA civ 411 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2004/411.html (a case concerning the relative precedence of partnership and Property Law).
R (On Application of DPP) v Humphrey (2005) EMHC 822 (Admin) http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2005/822.html (a case concerning the meaning of “religious aggravation” in Section 28, Crime and Disorder Act 1998).
R v Taylor (2006) The Times 7th February (Archbold: 11-3 Supplement to current edition) (a case concerning the new Hearsay Law contained in the Criminal Justice Act 2003).
Memberships: South Eastern Circuit, Criminal Bar Association, Kent Bar Mess and Greenpeace.
