Simon has long experience in defending the most serious criminal cases, and in particular complex drug trafficking, historic sexual offences and rape.

Simon’s special expertise in historic sexual offences has led him to defend such cases in Courts across the UK, including Swansea, Northampton, Blackfriars, Kingston-upon-Thames, Portsmouth, Merthyr Tydfill and Preston.

Simon is also a category 3 prosecutor and an accredited member of the sexual offences Panel of Prosecutors.

Simon also has considerable experience in the successful judicial review of decisions made in the Youth and Magistrates Court. He has been instructed on behalf of the Crown in appeals involving errors in cases committed from the Magistrates Courts for sentence.

Simon also lectures nationally on all areas of criminal evidence.

R v H – Successful defence of historic and complex rape allegation at Blackfriars Crown Court

R v S – Successful defence of historic rape and neglect allegations in multi-handed trial at Mold

R v JOHN COX – Defence and appeal of grave manslaughter allegation at Stafford Crown Court

R v H – Successful defence of qualified Osteopath in sexual allegation involving patient at Caernarfon Crown Court

R v SIMON TIVERS – Defence of multi-generational sexual abuse allegations at Kingston Crown Court

R v WILLIAM COATES – Successful defence of multi-handed grave historical sexual allegations at Swansea Crown Court

DB v R EX P MOLD YOUTH COURT – Judicial Review of Committal of Youth to Derby Crown Court whilst unfit to plead. Defence in multi-handed drugs offences in operations including Operation Blaze, Measure and Yonside.

HEWITT v R EX P PRESTATYN MAGS COURT EX – Judicial Review regarding Magistrates bias.

R v A – successful defence of multi victim historical rape allegations in Portsmouth.

R v Bennett – Court of Appeal leading case regarding the sentencing of ‘paedophile hunter’ and ‘decoy’ sexual cases.

R v Johnson and others – leading Appeal court case regarding the correct procedure for dealing with flawed and faulty committals from the Magistrates Court.

BA Hons, University of Newcastle

CPE, College of Law Chester

Category 3 prosecutor

Member of the Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Panel