Nicholas Worsley KC defends and prosecutes all areas of criminal law, with particular experience in violent and sexual offences; drugs, fraud and money laundering.

He has represented police officers, medical staff and members of the armed forces in criminal proceedings, misconduct cases and disciplinary hearings.

Nick has considerable experience in cases involving children – whether as defendants or witnesses.

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

Nick is named as a Leading Junior in the the Legal 500.

Expertise

Notable Violence & Cases Involving Injury cases


MU

Defence – manslaughter and attempting to pervert the course of justice.


MS

‘Crash for cash’ conspiracy.


MFR

Defence – murder [shooting].


Parvez

Defence – conspiracy to murder – setting up an execution by shooting.


Op Rummingbird

Defence junior – attempted murder by entrapment and shooting.


TK

Defence – attempted murder of his parents by mentally ill defendant.


Wilby

Defence – shaken baby case.


M

Defence – cruelty and neglect allegations against care home staff.


Robinson

Defence – causing death by dangerous driving.


Ahmed

Defence – s.18 stabbing.


H

Defence – alleged assaults by ex-soldier suffering from PTSD – with complex psychiatric and substance abuse issues.


Normanton

Defence – attempted execution of a ‘fixer’ trying to orchestrate the return of stolen drugs.


Ditta

Defence – alleged racist attack on EDL members.


Mehbub & Others

Defence – main accused in multi-handed racial aggravated s.18.


Wardle

Defence junior – murder.


Ayers

Prosecution – baby shaking.


Anwar & Navsarka

Prosecution junior- murder of a baby by her parents.


Parker

Defence junior – murder – suicidal ideation in victim – somnambulism.


Cipans & Others

Prosecution junior – Eastern European gangsters – murder of gang-master and concealment of his body.


Marshal

Defence junior – double murder of drug dealers by their client.

Notable Dishonesty cases


DK

Defence – fraud at flagship academy school.


FH

Defence – £170million ‘vishing’ fraud.


AH

Defence – complex mortgage fraud and tax evasion.


Ali

Defence – attempting to pervert the course of justice, money laundering and identity theft.


Dunn & Others

Prosecution – £multi-million duty evasion.


Zulqurnain

Defence – Insurance fraud, advance fee fraud and misconduct in insolvency proceedings.


Goodwick 1 & 2

Prosecution – multi handed fraud and money laundering.


Nana

Defence – company directors defrauding Royal Mail.


Shaffi

Defence – trading standards and criminal prosecution – re-categorising category D write-off vehicles as road-worthy and hacking into the insurer’s MIAFTR to amend computer records.


Trotter

Defence – commercial armed robberies.


Upton

Prosecution – fraud by accountant against his clients and HMRC.


Iqbal

Prosecution – £multi-million HMRC tied oils prosecution and confiscation – cross border – England & N.Ireland.


Page & Others

Defence – money laundering following on from high value drug dealing.


Morgan

Defence junior – money laundering following on from £multi-million drug dealing.


R v Feezan Hameed & Others

Defence Junior for Feezan Hameed- The largest covert proactive operation the Met has ever undertaken against cyber-enabled crime.

Notable Sexual Offences cases


Op Kegg

Defence – grooming, trafficking and rape.


Forsyth

Defence – prosecution for sexual offences where the complainant refused to give evidence.


Briggs

Prosecution – historic sexual offences committed by an international pianist against young boys.


Ditta

Defence – rape – stranger rape of a student – drunken consent / behaviour of the complainant.


Cooke

Defence – rape and false imprisonment of a former partner.


Alves

Defence – rape – complainant suffering from complex psychiatric issues.


G

Prosecution – recent and historic rapes.


W

Defence – 14 year old boy alleged to have raped and sexually abused other children aged 4 to 15.

Notable Misconduct cases


Khan

Defence – misconduct and appropriation of charity assets by assistant executive director.


Mahmood

Defence – misconduct in public office – UKBA employee – using computer database for improper purpose.


JH

Defence – police officer – misconduct involving theft, drugs and sexual predation.


Kliutiute

Defence – nursing home – abuse of resident with dementia.


H

Defence – misconduct – Police officer unlawfully accessing police computer databases and providing information to a claims handling company.


Wilcox

Defence – police officer misconduct – rape – issues surrounding consent and capacity.


S

Defence – nurse – historic child cruelty.


Hafejee

Prosecution – fraud trial of magistrate / charity director.

Notable Drug Crime Law cases


EA & Others

Prosecution – high value international drug smuggling.


K

Defence – drugs factory conspiracy.


Khan

Defence – drugs factory conspiracy involving complex telephone evidence.


Zaki

Defence – drug importation – issues of duress – family in Pakistan held hostage.


Naughton

Defence – drugs factory.


Operation Godshill

Prosecution – drugs factory.


Operation Dweomer

Defence – multi-handed £2bn conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine and to produce methamphetamine (crystal meth).


Spinola & Wright

Prosecution – largest ever heroin seizure in the North of England.


Qureshi

Defence junior – £multi-million drug smuggling with European cross-border jurisdictional issues involving communications rogatoires and disclosure.

News & Insights

Ranked as a Leading Silk in Crime (General and Fraud)

The Legal 500 2024

"He is brilliant with clients and has an assured presence in court."

The Legal 500 2023

"Leading Individual."

The Legal 500 2019

Appointments

  • Kings’s Counsel (2023)
  • Grade 4 Fraud Panel Specialist
  • Grade 4 PoCA Specialist
  • Grade 4 Serious Crime Panel

News & Insights

Contact Us

Chambers is centrally located within walking distance of the train station, secure car parks and the Courts.

Contact Us

St Pauls Chambers
Park Row House
19-20 Park Row
Leeds
LS1 5JF

For out of hours assistance please call the senior clerk on 07854170429.

The switchboard will open from 08:30 until 17:30

Phone: +44 (0)1132 455 866
Email: [email protected]
CJSM: [email protected]

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