Lee Yates
Solicitor
Switchboard: +44 (0)1782 205 000
Practice areas
Lee specialises in criminal defence. He started work at Beswicks in 1998, becoming an accredited police station representative before qualifying as a solicitor in 2000.
Lee is an experienced duty solicitor with extensive experience as an advocate in the Magistrates Courts. He now specialises in cases in the Youth Court as this has a different procedural and sentencing regime than the adult courts. He also specialises in defending anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) applications
Specialisms
Lee has a caseload involving many serious offences, and has represented clients in connection with allegations of murder, manslaughter, sexual assault, public disorder and numerous road traffic offences.
- Youth court procedure
- Youth court sentencing
- Murder and manslaughter cases
- Sexual offences
- Money Laundering Regulations
- Proceeds of Crime actions
- Speeding offences
- Road traffic offences
Recent noteable cases
- Defending a “drink drive” allegation with evidential inconsistencies, leading to successful acquittal at trial.
- Defending application by the Police for an ASBO following conviction against a youth client for a minor offence when, if granted, the restrictions would be extremely onerous.
- Representing a surgeon in motoring case who was liable to disqualification from driving. Successful argument to the Court to find “ exceptional hardship” to allow client to retain licence and continue driving.
Personal
Lee is a keen footballer and supporter of Stoke City (the mighty Potters)
He is an avid music lover and gig- goer.
