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Mr Rimmer’s practise encompasses all aspects of serious crime, including homicide, complex fraud, sexual offences, drugs and money laundering. He has a predominantly defence practice and has been a leading junior in cases involving conspiracy to serious violence, fraud, robbery, drugs and firearms. Particular expertise is in prison law, human rights law and issues of disclosure and confiscation. He receives instructions on judicial review issues in the administrative court. Mr Rimmer regularly receives instructions to appear in professional disciplinary tribunals in particular, on behalf of the Police Federation of England and Wales, and continues to receive instructions in all of the above sub-areas of practice. Notable cases include: Palk v Mortgage Services Funding plc [1993] 2 WLR 415; R v Guniem [1994] 15 Cr App R (S) 91; R v HM Coroner for Northamptonshire (Kettering District) ex Parte Tomkinson [1996] 160 JP 69 [1996] COD 191; Melville v Hammersmith & Fulham LB LTL [15/3/2002]; R v Toia (Vasile) (2) lanovici (Boznea) (2004) [2004] EWCA Crim 1634; R v Evans (Dean Williams) (2) Reilly (Richard Phillip) (2004) [2004] EWCA Crim 107 R v Grant (Dane) (2) Noel (David Christopher) (2005) [2005] EWCA Crim 757 R v Ansell (Jacolin Patricia) [2006] EWCA Crim 767; R v Gyamei (Edward) [2006] EWCA Crim 380; R v Farley (Kevin [2006] EWCA Crim 517; R (on the application of A) v South Staffordshire Magistrates’ Court (2006) DC LTL 3/5/2006; Jackson v The Law Society [2006] EWHC 1381 (Admin).

Qualified 1983.

Gray’s Inn; Criminal Bar Association.