Education
Lady Manners School, Bakewell, Derbyshire
University of Leicester/University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany LLB (Hons)
Inns of Court School of Law, Grays Inn
Areas of Practice
Civil and criminal. Main areas of work are criminal (prosecution and
defence) and personal injury, including disease litigation.
Criminal
Grade 3 prosecutor. Criminal prosecutions have
involved working for the Serious Fraud Office in major fraud, working
with the Major Crime Unit in West Yorkshire in Operations Holstein,
Bottle and Stride, as junior counsel in murder investigations in
Bradford, Harrogate and Middlesbrough areas and in cases involving drug
offences and violent crime. Defence cases have included supply of Class
A drugs, Section 18 GBH, public order offences and allegations involving
environmental protection.
Civil
Advising
and drafting pleadings for the Treasury Solicitor, Claimant and Defence
personal injury (accidents at work, road traffic accident, slipping and
tripping on the highway), Claimant disease litigation (HAVS, noise
induced deafness, dermatisis). Also has experience of contractual and
constructions disputes.
Supplementary
Information
Speaks German to a high standard.
Elected Junior
of the North Eastern Circuit (April 2003 - March 2004)
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