Areas of Expertise

The courts are told to treat all cases involving the making, downloading or possession of indecent images very seriously and have been issued with sentencing guidelines to assist in sentencing in all cases.

A significant proportion of the cases that we deal with involve clients who have downloaded some form of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software.

If you are being investigated by the police in relation to your use of the Kik Messenger App please feel free to contact us for some initial free and confidential advice.

We will leave no stone unturned in preparing your defence and do everything possible to ensure that you are not the victim of a miscarriage of justice.

If you have been contacted by the police, in relation to a friend or family member who has been arrested for downloading indecent images, please do no hesitate in contacting us.

If you recently attended the magistrate’s court in relation to an indecent images offence and you feel the sentence you received was too high or you were found guilty and continue to maintain your innocence you have a right to appeal to the Crown Court.

Being arrested or charged with downloading indecent images is an extremely traumatic and distressing experience even more so if you have no previous experience of the criminal justice system.

The majority of indecent images offences end up in the Crown Court either for a trial before a Judge and a Jury or for a sentencing hearing before a Judge. In either case where you will need to be represented by a specialist indecent images barrister also known as counsel.

Our specialist solicitors are well known throughout our local magistrate’s courts and respected by the prosecutors and magistrates alike due to the professional way they go out their business.

Our expert indecent images lawyers have years of experience in representing clients at the police station and standing up to police officers.

If you have been interviewed at the police station in relation to an indecent images offence (whether under arrest or as a volunteer) it is very common for the police to then release you under investigation. So what does it mean to be released under investigation?

There are five specific statutory indecent images defences to indecent images cases which always need to be considered.

It is absolutely vital that you are advised and represented by a specialist indecent images lawyer who will be on hand every step of the way to go through the paperwork, gather evidence, take your instructions, give you an honest and accurate appraisal of your case and speak up for you in court.