Oliver Thorne

Education

• BA(Hons) History, University of Manchester.
• Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies. University of Birmingham.
• BVC, Nottingham Law School.
• Karmel Entrance Award and Shakespeare Memorial Award.

Areas of Practice

Criminal Work

Criminal prosecution and defence in the Crown and Magistrates' Court with a particular interest in Road Traffic cases.

Attended training in prosecuting serious sexual offences and in the use of intermediaries to assist vulnerable witnesses.

Grade 3 prosecutor

Reported Cases

DPP v Dukolli [2009] EWHC 3097 (Admin) (30 October 2009) ("Hip flask defence" only available without scientific evidence only in the comparatively rare case where a layman can reliably and confidently say that the alcohol taken after the driving must explain the excess.)

Civil Work

Civil work including fast track and multi track trials. Experience of insolvency matters.

ASBOs, Cash forfeitures, "Crack-House Closures", SOPOs and Football Banning Orders and actions against the police.

Immigration with a particular interest in Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation. Extensive experience in first instance appeals and reconsideration

Immigration

Immigration with a particular interest in Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation. Extensive experience in first instance appeals and reconsideration. Particular experience in dealing with Eritrean asylum cases.

Professional Membership

• North Eastern Circuit