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Olive Lycourgou

Year of call: 1997

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Practice Profile

My practice involves all areas of criminal defence work and some prosecution work and ranges from possession of a bladed article to sexual assaults, rape, child sex cases, drugs, burglary, robbery, cruelty to a child, kidnapping and serious assaults. Moreover I have gained valuable experience in cases involving mental health issues.

Furthermore, I was instructed in a trade mark case involving complex areas of the law including issues such as trade mark origin and infringement of a trade mark under the civil and criminal provisions.

Professional Courses

  • Human Rights Act 1998
  • Sexual Offences Act 2003
  • Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
  • Vulnerable witnesses
  • Expert Witnesses
  • Criminal Justice Act 2003
  • Forensic Accounting
  • International Criminal Court
  • Criminal Procedure Rules

Professional Memberships

  • Gray’s Inn
  • Criminal Bar Association.
Mr Paul Wakerley

Case Profile

  • R v Kamel Abu Qassem:
    Defendant acquitted of kidnapping his son and stealing his wife’s jewellery. Background of domestic violence against the wife.
  • R v Helen Luo:
    Trade mark case involving sale of counterfeit mobile phone covers. Crown offered no evidence on all seventeen counts in respect of Miss Luo.
  • R v Ali Zamani – Rad:
    Defendant acquitted of indecent assault on a woman.
  • R v Glen Waterman:
    Acquitted of assault involving head injuries on ex wife’s partner.