He accepts instructions across all Chambers’ practice areas and appears regularly in the Crown Court, Youth Court, and Magistrates’ Court. Ross has a busy defence and prosecution practice, acting on behalf of Local Authorities and the Crown Prosecution Service.

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Ross has developed a strong regulatory practice. His work with the Local Authorities ranges from initial disclosure, case management through to prosecutions. His regulatory work covers environmental offences, animal welfare matters, trading standards prosecutions, and a variety of civil applications including Sexual Risk Orders, unlawful eviction, and Anti-Social Behaviour Orders. 

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He is also routinely instructed in disclosure briefs (including Annex C requests) and on complex multi-agency operations, such as “Operation Aim Star.”

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Ross co-founded the South Wales Bar Young Bar Committee and sits on the Bar Councils Young Barristers Committee.

 

Notable Cases

Sexual Offences

R v H – Successfully defended a client facing multiple allegations, including sexual assault, false imprisonment, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and witness intimidation.

R v H – Represented a youth charged with rape.

R v N – Acted for a teacher accused of engaging in sexual communication with a current pupil; the case concluded with a community order.

R v E – Represented a defendant who travelled from the United States intending to ‘marry’ a 14-year-old girl.

SWP v R – Instructed to oppose an application for a Sexual Risk Order brought by South Wales Police following several unsuccessful attempts to prosecute the appellant.

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Drugs, Violent, and Dishonesty Offences

R v H – Successfully defended in a firearms case, the case was heard before a High Court Judge.

R v G – Secured an acquittal after successfully applying to exclude key prosecution evidence.

R v G – Successfully defended in a multi-handed serious violent assault trial.

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Regulatory

RCT v B – Instructed by the Local Authority to prosecute a fraudulent builder responsible for causing more than £60,000 worth of damage to a client’s property.

BCC v K – Successfully prosecuted a rogue landlord for unlawful eviction, both in the Magistrates’ Court and on appeal before the Crown Court.

CCC v H – Successfully appealed the revocation of a taxi licence following a fatal road traffic incident, the taxi driver was intoxicated through illicit substances. 

RCT v G – Led by Hashim Salmann in a high-value money-laundering and POCA matter involving £10 Million.