Isabella Priestman Bennett

Barrister

Year of Call

2025

Profile

Bella commenced pupillage in October 2025, under the supervision of Denis Barry.

Bella was called to the bar by Middle Temple in 2023, having received the Queen Mother Scholarship.

Following her call to the bar and prior to starting pupillage, Bella was a Caseworker Intern at the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre. In the year that followed, Bella worked year as a paralegal at Laura Devine Immigration, assisting the corporate immigration team with Skilled Worker applications and sponsor licence compliance.

From 2024-2025, Bella worked as a Clerk to a judge in the King’s Bench Division of the High Court, assisting on matters in the Administrative Court and the Court of Appeal Criminal Division.

 

Expertise

  • Bar Course – City, University of London (Very Competent, 2023)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Law – BPP Law School (Distinction, 2022)
  • BA (History) – University of Cambridge (Starred First, 2021)
  • Evan Ashfield Memorial Prize – City, University of London (2023)
  • Scholarship for Academic Excellence – City, University of London (2022)
  • Queen Mother Scholar – Middle Temple (2022)
  • Career Commitment Scholarship – BPP Law School (2022)
  • Lady Katharine Barnardiston Scholarship – University of Cambridge (2021)
  • Walduck Prize for History – University of Cambridge (2021)

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