Megan Tollitt

Notable Cases

• R v H

  General Crime

  Successful half-time submission made on counts of aggravated burglary, ABH and criminal damage on behalf of a 21 year old defendant in a case involving evidence of voice recognition.

• R v D

  Road Traffic

  Secured a suspended sentence for a defendant charged with causing death by careless driving at his place of work. 

• SWE v C

  Professional Discipline

  Represented a social worker in contested fitness to practise proceedings involving alleged dishonesty. The case involved medical evidence of factitious disorder and the Tribunal ultimately concluded that the social worker’s fitness to practise was not impaired. 

• BBC v A

  Licensing

  Represented a local authority in a successful Crown Court appeal against the decision of the Magistrates’ Court to allow an appeal against revocation of a driver’s private hire licence.  

• R v W

  General Crime:

  Secured an acquittal for a defendant charged with a group assault on a relative and possession of an offensive weapon. The issues in the case were identification and alibi.

• R v P

  Successfully prosecuted a lorry driver for importation of 50 kilograms of cocaine into the United Kingdom. The case was complicated by disclosure requests to other European jurisdictions. The defendant received a sentence of 14 years after trial.

• R v H

  Secured a suspended sentence for a vulnerable defendant charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs as part of a county-lines prosecution.

• R v C and D

  Prosecution of two defendants running cutthroat defences at trial on a charge of affray involving use of a machete.

• R v W

  Secured a suspended sentence for a defendant charged with blackmail offences

• R v H

  Successful application to treat a Prosecution witness as hostile during a trial for a section 18 wounding.

• R v B

  Road Traffic:

  Successful half-time submission made on behalf of a defendant charged with driving without due care. The submission was made on the basis that a car park did not constitute “a road or other public place.”

• LCC v G

  Environmental:

  Acted for a local authority in a prosecution under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The case related to the storage and disposal of waste on a flatbed truck and involved consideration of the statutory definitions of “listed operation” and “mobile plant.”

• C v LCC

  Anti-social Behaviour:

  Represented a local authority in an appeal against a community protection notice issued under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 in the context of a protracted neighbour dispute. The appeal was resolved without the need for a contested hearing after variations to the terms of the notice were agreed during negotiations.

• A v BMBC

  Licensing:

  Represented a driver in a successful appeal against the decision of a local authority to revoke his private hire licence.