Tarlowchan Dubb

Tarlowchan (Tosh) Dubb

Year of Call – 1997

Qualifications:

LLB Honours, LDip Commercial Law (Birmingham University).

Practice Profile:

Tosh was called to the Bar in 1997. His practice encompasses a wide spectrum of criminal defence  work, which includes, firearms, fraud, homicide, large scale drug importations, modern day slavery, sexual offences and  terrorism cases. Tosh has been involved in many high profile and lengthy cases, tried predominantly in the Midlands Courts.  More recently he finds himself instructed, to represent very young defendants charged with serious criminal offences.

Notable (recent) cases:

R v A:               Client acquitted of violent disorder (11 defendant trial) after a 6 week trial;

R v A:               Client acquitted of all charges relating to the importation of 220 kilograms of Class A drugs. This investigation, led by the NCA, lasted some 4 years      before trial. 

R v A:               Client charged with Intentionally assisting the commission of an offence (aggravated burglary) had charge dismissed upon application. 

R v AHH:          Client, and 15 others charged with multiple Counts of Covid relief Fraud, (£2.5m). Client was the only defendant to be acquitted of the main charges and only defendant to avoid an immediate custodial sentence. 

R v B:               (18 year old) tried for attempted murder, section 18 and violent disorder.  The only defendant to be acquitted of all charges;

R v B:               Client acquitted of conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

R v B:               Client, a professional, acquitted of assaulting his ex-wife. 

R v C:               (16 year old) charged with rape;

R v D:               Client and eleven others, charged with section 5 Terrorism Act offences, their preparation included an attack upon the London Stock Exchange;

R v D:               Client acquitted of sexually abusing his niece;

R v D:               Client pleaded guilty to supplying 396kgs of Class A drugs. A sentence of 9 years imprisonment was imposed. 

R v E:               26 defendants charged with football related violent disorder.  Client only one to be acquitted after a 3 week trial. 

R v F:               Client, a senior teacher at a local comprehensive school, acquitted of the rape and sexual assault of two pupils.  18 prosecution witnesses gave evidence during the three week trial;

R v G:               Client acquitted of all firearms and blackmail charges;

R v H:               Client a 16 year old, acquitted of all firearms offences;

R v H:               Client acquitted of rape;

R v J:                Client acquitted, of armed robbery (conspiracy), of a local branch of the Co-Op bank where £130,000.00 was stolen;

R v K:               Client pleaded guilty to involvement in a 1500kg conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and £1.2m money laundering. A sentence of 8 years and 3 months was imposed. 

R v M:              Client acquitted of raping a sex worker;

R v M:              Lead defendant charged with importation of Class A drugs (“legal highs”);

R v N:               17 year old, charged with perverting the course of justice (providing her family members with a false alibi in relation to a murder investigation) avoids a custodial sentence;

R v P:               Defendant charged with conspiracy to convert criminal property (part of a £33m cash case);

R v R:               15 year old defendant charged with several Category 1A robbery offences;

R v R:               Client charged with 6 others, with conspiracy to supply multi million pounds worth of class A drugs.  Trial lasting 8 weeks resulted in an acquittal on the tried Count;

R v R:               Client acquitted of murder and all other charges, after a 64 day trial. 

R v R:               Client acquitted of manslaughter, conspiracy to rob and firearm offences. 

R v R:               Client acquitted of manslaughter after a 6 week trial. 

R v S:               Client was acquitted on charges of section 38 Terrorism Act, in that she withheld information about her husband’s terrorist activities;

R v S:               Client acquitted of, conspiracy to steal significant quantities of electrical goods;

R v S:               20 year old defendant pleaded guilty to murdering his mother, with an axe;

R v S:               Defendant tried for money laundering offences (part of a £55m cash case);

R v S:               Client and five others, charged with conspiracy to  import, upto five tonnes of class A drugs, with a reported street value of £1BN.  After a 5 ½ month trial Mr S was only one of two men, to be acquitted of all charges.

R v S:               Defendant charged with the murder of her own eight day old baby.  Pleaded guilty to infanticide and received a probation order.

R v T:               Crown offered a lesser firearms charge at the close of their case.  Defendant avoided a lengthy sentence. 

R v T:               Defendant, a mother who abandoned her newborn daughter behind shrubs in a public park, while suffering postnatal depression, avoided a prison sentence;