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Overview
With legal complexity and specialist knowledge surrounding firearms law 9BR Chambers prosecute and defend with expertise and sensitivity at all stages of proceedings.
Our barristers bring the expertise, knowledge and experience needed to navigate the complexity of firearms law. We are trusted with the largest UK firearms cases and assist police forces, companies and individuals with firearms related issues. Our expertise is essential given there are 34 separate pieces of legislation governing firearms control and the possession of firearms, shotguns, imitation, replica and antique firearms together with airbags, Gauss guns, stun guns, tasers and incapacitant sprays.
Our experience includes allegations of firearms use in cases involving murder, sanction busting, gang related gun crime and firearms trafficking to possession of an air gun in a public place or breaches of shotgun certificate conditions and firearms licensing appeals. We have appeared and advised in cases where lawful possession of S5 firearms has been an issue, including maritime security, possession of unrestricted self-loading pistols for human despatch and advising foregoing national who wish to shoot or bring arms into or through the UK.
Many of 9BR Chambers have military experience, shoot recreationally and all possess deep knowledge of the technical and legal aspects of firearms.
Some of our cases:
- Advising a Chief Constable on the seizure of 10,000 AK47 assault rifles and machine gun parts
- Advising the CPS as to the standards required by the Forensic Science Regulator in respect of the examination of firearms.
- Representation of a man accused of stealing a large number of firearms from an MoD site.
- Representation of a firearms manufacturer who had inadvertently imported prohibited firearms from America.
- Prosecuting more than 20 defendants in a multi-handed conspiracy involving the importation of multi-kilos of heroin and the possession of automatic weapons to protect the drugs.
- Representing persons accused of manufacturing 3D printed automatic weapons.
