Jim Skelsey

Professional Experience

Jim Skelsey initially worked for RM Broudie Solicitors, one of the leading firms in Liverpool, where he specialised in heavy general criminal defencework including homicide and large scale drug importations.

Notable Cases Include

Recently Jim has been involved in a number of Very High Cost Cases [VHCC] involving multiple defendants including cases involving allegations of money laundering, conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to commit armed robberies.

Jim has lectured on criminal law at Oxford College. He has published articles on the law as regards the boundaries of reasonable chastisement following his involvement in a landmark House of Lords case Regina v H and was recently interviewed about this on Radio 4’s "Law in Action".

Jim is acknowledged as an expert in pioneering legal challenges to Anti Social Behaviour Orders and has lectured lawyers and advice workers on this topic. Jim is currently conducting a number of Crown Court appeals and pending Judicial Reviews of Anti Social Behaviour Orders and is actively seeking test cases in this area
(see Civil Liberties and Human Rights section).

Jim is also a Duty Solicitor and a member of the London Criminal Courts’ Solicitors Association.

Contact Jim
020 7837 3456 (24 hours)