RICHARD SILVER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Solicitor
- Criminal Defence Specialist
Alison Mafham qualified in 2003. She joined the practice as an Associate in 2004 and is now a Consultant.
She is a criminal defence specialist with substantial experience and deals exclusively with criminal, motoring and taxi licensing cases. Alison has a particular expertise in drink driving and drug driving cases, and has secured many acquittals and uncovered many examples of procedural failures by the Police in such prosecutions. She also has experience of Appeal and "Judicial Review" proceedings. Alison has also appeared on the BBC as a motoring law expert.
She also has considerable experience of serious Health & Safety and Fraud cases. She has handled a number of high profile cases, including a money laundering case at the Old Bailey in London and a case in Liverpool involving the the theft of anti-tank mines from the Ministry of Defence.
Alison is an accredited duty solicitor who regularly appears in courts all over the country. She also has Higher Courts Rights of Audience and handles a substantial number of Crown Court cases. Many new clients have approached her following recommendations by existing clients. Alison has also been recommended to overseas clients by their British embassies.
As an expert in criminal defence law, Alison has also been featured discussing legal loopholes on BBC's Newsbeat programme.
In her spare time, Alison is keen on modern art, theatre and hill-walking.
Job Titles:
- Criminal Defence Specialist
- Defence Specialist
Judith qualified in 2005 and joined the practice as an associate in 2016.
Before joining Richard Silver, Judith was Senior Partner in well-known Manchester firm, Rhys Vaughan.
Judith is a criminal defence specialist, with substantial Magistrates' and Crown Court experience across a broad range of serious cases, including murder, rape, sexual assault and other sex allegations, supply of controlled drugs, fraud and confiscation proceedings.
A recent example of her caseload is a multi-defendant conspiracy to murder case where her client was granted bail and later acquitted at the Crown Court.
She has also secured Crown Court acquittals in other serious matters, including two recent rape acquittals. She takes a particular pride in seeing cases through from police station interview to conclusion at Court.
Judith also has substantial experience and expertise in drink and drug driving and other motoring cases, and has secured many acquittals.
Judith was an accredited Duty Solicitor and has a particular interest in mental health issues.
Before qualifying as a Solicitor, Judith was an accomplished and successful professional actor, making appearances in a number of well-known TV series, including Coronation Street, The Royal and Red Dwarf.
In her spare time, Judith is interested in politics, theatre, literature and travel.
Debbie and Katie are both very experienced legal secretaries and have worked at Richard Silver Solicitors for most of their careers.
Debbie joined the practice in 2000 and Katie in 2005.