Profile
Elizabeth joined chambers in October 2024 after completing her pupillage. She accepts instructions across the range of Chambers’ practice areas, including crime, regulatory and public law.
Expertise
Elizabeth regularly prosecutes and defends in the Crown Court and the magistrates’ courts.
Elizabeth is a Grade 2 CPS prosecutor and is regularly instructed in trial and pre-trial matters for the CPS. She has experience prosecuting cases involving offences against the person, robbery, domestic abuse, drugs and perverting the course of justice.
Elizabeth has defended clients in the Crown Court and magistrates’ court, most recently in cases involving handling stolen goods, coercive and controlling behaviour and offences committed in custody.
Elizabeth has experience in disclosure, having worked as a disclosure reviewer at the Serious Fraud Office prior to commencing pupillage.
Elizabeth has also worked on several appeal matters, including research and drafting for an Attorney General’s reference, and on appeals in Guernsey and Mauritius.
Recently, Elizabeth was led by David Perry KC, to draft an advice on extra-territorial jurisdiction and corporate criminal liability.
Elizabeth has experience acting for regulators in professional discipline proceedings. She has completed substantive and non-substantive hearings for the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and drafting work for the General Optical Council. Her experience includes proceedings for allegations of dishonesty and sexual misconduct, working with vulnerable witnesses, and drafting written submissions at interim and substantive hearings.
Elizabeth is open to instructions to defend individuals in proceedings before their regulators.
Elizabeth is on the Attorney-General’s ‘Junior Junior’ panel, and has recently attended training on judicial review proceedings (delivered by ALBA) and immigration judicial review (delivered by the GLD).
Elizabeth gained experience in public law and extradition during her pupillage, in particular under the supervision of Rosemary Davidson. This included research and drafting in extradition and immigration appeals, for proceedings before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, and for a public inquiry.
Prior to starting pupillage, Elizabeth worked as a document reviewer at the Serious Fraud Office, in a team investigating a large-scale investment fraud. Previously, she was a criminal law research assistant at the Law Commission, working on projects concerning reform of post-conviction confiscation and hate crime laws. Elizabeth also undertook content review work for Blackstone’s Criminal Practice 2022.
Elizabeth has undertaken internships at the anti-torture charity Redress and the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Elizabeth was a volunteer on the National Domestic Abuse Helpline, speaking with victims of domestic abuse to provide support and information. Elizabeth has also volunteered with the Free Representation Unit and as a caseworker at the Bar Pro Bono Unit (now Advocate).
MA, Law, University of Cambridge (first class, 2018)
LL.M, Public International Law, University of Leiden (summa cum laude, 2019)
BPTC, Inns of Court College of Advocacy (distinction, 2022)
- Women in Criminal Law
- Criminal Bar Association
Gerald Moody Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2021)
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