John Kearney
Year of Call: 1994
Specialist practice areas: Serious Crime, Anti-terrorism, Health & Safety, Inquests & Public Inquiries
Email: jkearney@furnivallaw.co.uk
Regularly instructed as a leading
junior for the defence, John Kearney represents clients in all areas of
criminal work, including terrorism, murder, drug trafficking, fraud, money
laundering, sex trafficking and other serious violent and sexual crime. He has
also appeared in Court of Appeal cases concerning, among other things, police
procedure, informants, ‘no comment’ interviews and perverting the course of
justice.
John’s recent high-profile cases, which have received considerable media
coverage, have included: representing one of nine defendants charged with
conspiracy to commit murder and acts of terrorism in connection with the
‘ricin’ poison plot; appearing in a case arising from the import of 150 kilos
of opium into the UK from Iran; and acting in the multi-handed trial of the
associates of gang members convicted of the murder of a solicitor in North
London, which also involved several counts of serious violence and a conspiracy
to commit robberies on the London Underground.