Hill Twine Solicitors & Barristers

06/03/2026

We are delighted to celebrate Anna Zeeva's success in achieving the Law Society's Criminal Litigation quality standard! Read this article to learn more about Anna's achievement.

Anna Zeeva qualified as a solicitor in 2013, joining Hill Twine Solicitors in 2024. Early in her legal career, Anna practised within the commercial sector, specialising in commercial property and property finance. Her desire to challenge herself and apply her expertise to the wider community natural...

06/10/2025

Juliet's hard work in preparing this case paid off as she successfully opposed the police's application for a final Sexual Risk Order. We were instructed by the client on a private basis to deal with this case in Northampton Magistrates' Court.

All court advocates know that presenting a compelling, well-constructed, and well-researched argument doesn't necessarily lead to the Court finding for your client. But sometimes it does!

Hill Twine Solicitors & Barristers successfully opposes an application for a Sexual Risk Order. Juliet Osborne was the advocate dealing with the case.

03/10/2025

A very well-presented legal evidential argument presented by Riccardo Pagano secured an acquittal for a Hill Twine Solicitors & Barristers client accused of a cashpoint robbery. Our client always denied having any involvement. Read more about this case here:

What Was This Robbery Case About? Our client, DW, was accused with others of robbing a man using a cashpoint late at night in Bournemouth Town Centre. The prosecution evidence included CCTV footage which showed three individuals surrounding the man and demanding cash to be handed over. Additional fo...

24/09/2025

We are celebrating the very well-deserved success of two of our staff members, Luke Naveira and Gavin Smith. This month, Luke learned he has passed the SQE1 exams and Gavin learned he has achieved Police Station Accredited Representative status! Read this post to learn more.

Congratulations to Luke Naveira for passing the SQE1 exams, and to Gavin Smith for achieving police station accredited representative status.

14/07/2025

A driver with 18 penalty points who has already had a successful exceptional hardship argument is not an easy one to defend. Read this article to learn how our Kevin Hill persuaded a judge not to disqualify our client who was before the court again for a driving whilst using a mobile phone offence.

A driver on 18 penalty points avoided a totting disqualification when the court was persuaded not to disqualify due to exceptional circumstances

10/06/2025

Defending clients accused of r**e and other s*xual offences requires a lot of skill and expertise. Where there is ever-increasing focus on improving the conviction rate in such cases, those who believe they are wrongly accused need robust defence representation more than ever. In this post, we focus on four of our recent cases where our clients were acquitted by juries of r**e and assault by pe*******on on the basis of consent.

In Trial 1, our Defence Counsel was Richard Martin from 12CP.
In Trial 2, our Defence Counsel was Richard Tutt from Pump Court Chambers.
In Trial 3, our Defence Counsel was Rebecca Fairbairn from Pump Court Chambers.
In Trial 4, our Defence Counsel was Ellie Fargin from Pump Court Chambers.

Hill Twine Solicitors & Barristers successfully defends four clients in criminal trials for r**e and assault by pe*******on where the issue is consent.

27/04/2025

Huge congratulations to Sarah Hayes and Riccardo Pagano! Obtaining the Police Station Accreditation is no mean feat and we are proud of all of your hard work to achieve this goal. Read this post to learn more:

Congratulations to Sarah Hayes and Riccardo Pagano for achieving police station accreditation status to represent clients at the police station

07/03/2025

We love being able to post about staff achievements! Congratulations to Sarah Hill! Have a read of this post to learn more about what Sarah will be doing at Bournemouth University.

In this post, Sarah Hill tells us about her new role as a part-time Criminal Law lecturer at Bournemouth University, teaching on the LLB Law Degree course .

28/02/2025

Shoutout to Hill Twine Solicitors & Barristers! 🎉

Reaching the 100-review milestone with a perfect 5.0/5 star rating is a true reflection of their expertise and experience in criminal defence and driving offences. 👏

19/02/2025

In our latest post, we look at what it takes to deal with a Crown Court sentence hearing well (and why Kevin Hill is so brilliant at it!), as well as the impact the backlog in the Crown Court is having on our clients.

We consider the impact of the Crown Court backlog and the work we did to make things better for four of our clients due for sentence

07/02/2025

Tom Wilkins from Pump Court Chambers was our trial counsel in this s*x case, securing an acquittal for our client. Read this post to learn more.

Hill Twine client found not guilty of the s*xual offence of assault by pe*******on following a three-day trial