The caseload is the draw
Terrorism, homicide, large importations and HMRC prosecutions. Not a diet of guilty pleas in the magistrates' court.
A practice that has grown on its own work
The firm was founded on Fleet Street in 2011 and has grown steadily since, adding experienced fee earners as the caseload has grown. That growth has come from referral and own-client work rather than from acquisition, which is a slower way to build a practice and a more durable one.
The result is a small firm carrying cases that much larger firms would be pleased to have: terrorism, homicide, large-scale importation, HMRC prosecutions and confiscation, in courts from Truro to Catterick.
Consultants
We work with consultant solicitors and solicitor-advocates who want to run their own caseload with the backing of an established practice — our Legal Aid Agency contract, our systems and our relationships with counsel — without the overhead of running a firm themselves.
Arrangements are agreed individually. If you have a following and want to know what working with us would look like in practice, the conversation is confidential and costs you nothing.
Who we tend to get on with
- Experienced criminal defence solicitors, duty-qualified or seeking accreditation.
- Solicitor-advocates with higher rights who want to keep their own advocacy.
- Lawyers with a specialism we do not yet cover in depth — appeals, extradition, regulatory and inquest work among them.
- Consultants with an established following looking for a better platform for it.
We are not advertising a specific vacancy. We would rather hear from the
right person at the wrong moment than the wrong person at the right one. If that is you,
write to Yaqub directly.
Applying
Write to Yaqub Hussain at y.hussain@lpevans.com with a CV and a short note on the work you want to be doing. Every approach is treated in confidence, and you will hear back either way.