Leighton Davies QC
Year of call
1975
Queen’s Counsel
1994
Areas of Work
Crime (Prosecution and Defence)
Appointments
Deputy High Court Judge
Recorder Wales and Chester Circuit
Leading Counsel for South Wales Police Authority
Leighton is a leading criminal silk who has been involved in many of the most important criminal cases of recent years on the Wales and Chester Circuit, including several high profile cases of gross negligence manslaughter, R. v. Edwards and Edwards (2001, parents convicted for allowing their young children, killed by a train, to play on a railway line whilst picnicking), R. v. Goel and Roberts (2002, consultant surgeons removing wrong kidney of victim resulting in his death), and R. v. Sinha (2004, GP convicted of killing a patient after administering a massively large dose of morphine).
Recommended in Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession.