Sam is one of the island’s leading criminal defence specialists. He has extensive experience in the Bailiwick, spanning over 12 years, regularly including cases involving drugs, fraud, violence, and driving offences. He routinely appears in the Royal Court, Magistrate’s Court, Traffic Court, and Juvenile Court.
Sam has frequently represented clients in the Court of Appeal and has appeared in the most serious criminal court cases on island over the past decade, including: leading Court of Appeal authority on sentencing guidelines; the island’s biggest drug trafficking sentence; cases involving the commercial production of Class A and B drugs; prosecution appeal against an unduly lenient sentence; and leading appeal cases on RIPL offences.
Further afield, he has assisted local clients facing serious trials in Crown Courts on the mainland. He always welcomes instructions from Alderney, Sark, and Herm.
A founding partner of Number 10 Advocates, Sam has been an adjunct lecturer of the Guernsey Bar criminal law course for the past five years. A seasoned advocate, who has been praised for his “succinct and pertinent” advocacy and “powerful and compelling submissions”.
Sam won the Fitzgerald Prize for Best All-Round Law Student at UCL and first place in the ECHR Moot Final held at the European Court of Human Rights.
Client testimonials include:
“Thank you for your excellent, consistent, and reassuring counsel… You certainly lived up to your reputation”
“Thank you for your patience, understanding, professionalism and kindness. This unfamiliar process has been the most challenging thing we’ve been through as a family and you were great throughout”.
“Sam’s the man who can!”
