Facing criminal charges or being subject of a criminal investigation can be a worrying time. Our criminal lawyers offer a discreet and professional service on a range of criminal offences.

Partner, Nigel Burn is head of the criminal department and is based at the Lincoln office. Nigel has specialised in crime since 1980 and has held the Law Society’s Higher Courts (Criminal Proceedings) qualification since 1994, entitling him to appear in the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal. He has represented defendants throughout the Magistrates Court, in the Crown Court, in Courts Martial and in the Court of Appeal.

All of the criminal team are members of the Law Society's Criminal Litigation Panel.

The firm also specialises in Military Courts Martials and Armed Forces Disciplinary Proceedings. The team have appeared in thousands of courts martials both in the UK and abroad appearing for the Court of Appeal and ultimately the European Court of Human rights on behalf of military personnel.

Recommendations

"Through Nigel Burn and Gilbert Blades, Wilkin Chapman has over 75 years' combined criminal defence experience, most often deployed before military courts martial and the European Court of Human Rights in the defence of forces personnel. A significant highlight of 2009 was the acquittal of a client on charges of war crimes in Iraq and involvement in the subsequent public inquiry" - Legal 500 2010

"Distinguished by its specialisation in matters of military discipline, including appearing in the European Court of Human Rights, Wilkin Chapman also deals with the full range of criminal matters, and saw an increase in private client work in the magistrates court in 2008" - Legal 500 2009