Ignatius Hughes QC
Degree: LL.B (Hons)
Year of call and Inn: 1986; Middle Temple
Appointments: QC 2009; Recorder 2005 (Crown Court)
Professional Membership: Western Circuit; South Eastern Circuit; CBA
Practice:
Ignatius Hughes joined Chambers in 1998, after 12 years at 4 Brick Court, Temple (now at 9 Bedford Row), where he remains a door tenant. He is a specialist in all aspects of Criminal Law, with extensive experience of the most serious cases.
Recent leading defence cases include:
- R v McArthur: Rape of partner by defendant on life licence for rape.
- R v Bailey (Central Criminal Court): Murder by joint enterprise during burglary. Eighteen year old defendant.
- R v Ling (Central Criminal Court): Surrey landscape-gardener who murdered his mistress after discovering her “infidelity”. Provocation defence.
- R v Riley: Murder and disposal of body of landlady.
- Re R: “Shaken baby syndrome” death.
- R v Martin: Shaken baby syndrome.
- R v K: Shaken baby syndrome.
- R v Hahn: Murder during armed robbery. Causation/ intent issues.
- R v White: Attempted murder, car as weapon, severing victim’s legs.
- R v Lengfield: Murder.
- R v Roberts: Murder/ diminished responsibility manslaughter.
Other defence cases of interest include:
- R v Starr and others: Murder by group of young men with a single firearm.
- R v Hartrey: Murder by group attack.
- R v Payne: Murder.
- R v Brand: Murder of homeless man.
- R v Burston: Attempted murder of young nephew.
- R Bedford: Attempted murder with a Samurai-sword in Cheltenham.
- R v Smith-Keary: Multi-million pound Intervention Board EU subsidy fraud.
- R v Summers: Multi-million pound “Ponzi” investment fraud.
- R v Sinmanz: (so-called “Son of the Devil” case): Multiple rapes.
- R v Lee: Large scale drugs and money laundering.
- R v Ford: Murder of wife/ diminished responsibility.
- R v Chappell: Rape/ sleep disorder automatism.
Recommedations:
Recommended as a leading silk in Chambers and Partners 2010
“Positively thriving in the West Country as both a defender and prosecutor. Many have fallen foul of his polished performances”
“well-prepared and persuasive advocacy”
“A man of purpose”
Chambers and Partners
Albion Chambers, Broad Street, Bristol BS1 1DR
T: 0117 927 2144
F: 0117 926 2569
ignatius.hughes@albionchambers.co.uk
Clerk: Bonnie Colbeck
T 0117 311 0301
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