Rodney Ferm
Call: 1972
Rodney Ferm
Head of Business, Property and Probate Team
North Eastern Circuit
B.A. (Oxon)
Contact
T: 01274 722 560 or 0113 246 2600
Rodney Ferm specialises in criminal law and is a respected presence in the Crown Court. His experience extends not only to defending serious fraud and sexual offences, including indecency and rape, but to over 100 murder cases. Rodney can be relied upon to provide an outstanding advocacy service in very difficult circumstances. Celebrating his 50th year at the Bar in 2022, Rodney’s diary remains busy with the highest quality work.
Reputation
Rodney is a senior junior who has been practising at the highest level for many years. He has been ranked in the Legal 500 for a number of years. ‘Rodney has an exceptionally quick mind. An efficient advocate with the respect of the judiciary’ (Legal 500, 2022) ‘Advocacy always of the highest quality’ (Legal 500)
Expertise
Rodney has particular skills in cross examining expert witnesses given his long experience in such cross examinations over his many years in practice in matrimonial finance, professional and clinical negligence and personal injury cases.
Notable Cases
R v H (2024): Bradford Crown Court. Causing death by careless driving - Suspended Sentence
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6298g40w0zo
R v Q (2024): Bradford Crown Court. Possession with intent to supply Class A Drugs – Acquitted
R v A (2024): York Crown Court. Conspiracy to commit Kidnap and Robbery – Acquitted
R v Flint (2024): Leeds Crown Court. Possession with intent to supply Class A Drugs (64 Kilos) - Sentence 7 Years
R v Bashir (2023): Bradford Crown Court. Conspiracy to Supply Heroin (33 kilos) / Sentence: 9 month Suspended sentence
R v Ogie (2023): Leeds Crown Court. Murder – Cross examined all 3 other Defendants in cutthroat defence
R v Fitzpatrick (2023): Durham Crown Court. Leading Junior Encrochat Trial being Concerned in supply of Class a Drug (Minimum of 15 Kilo); threats to kill and Blackmail
R v M (2023): Bradford Crown Court. Rape and Serious Sex offences
R v Beech (2023) – Money laundering as banker to an organised crime group totalling £15,000,000.
R v Sekula (2022)(Murder)
R v Badwal (2022) (Murder)
R v Skelly (2022) (Fraud) – leading junior
R v Neal (2021) (15 counts of rape) – leading junior
R v Selvage (2021) (Murder)
R v Ismail (2021) (Court of Appeal) – 17 years reduced to 11 years for perverting course of justice in a gangland murder case as leading junior.
R v Khan & ors (2019): Bradford Crown Court. Leading junior for Salman Ismail in the notorious “Meggy Murder Trial” (Mohammed Nisar Khan).
R v Peter Bacon (2017): Sheffield Crown Court. Manslaughter, prosecuted by a Silk – verdict Not Guilty.
R v Anon (2019): Defence in first ever forced marriage prosecution in the UK. Forced marriage: Leeds parents jailed over [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-45010987][2]
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