Profile
Kir 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
Kir has been regularly instructed as both prosecution and defence counsel in the Crown Court and the magistrates’ courts. She is a Grade 2 CPS prosecutor and is regularly instructed in trial and pre-trial matters for the CPS. Kir has experience prosecuting cases involving, domestic abuse, harassment, robbery, dangerous driving, and offences against the person.
Kir also has experience defending clients in both the Crown Court and magistrates’ court, including offences under the Public Order Act 1986, possession of offensive weapons, criminal damage and offences against the person.
Kir has experience conducting document review from both a defence and prosecution perspective. Most recently she conducted document review for a private client in the early stages of an investigation by the FCA into allegations of fraud by misrepresentation and assisted the Counter Terrorism division of the CPS with document review in a complex prosecution under s.1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911.
Kir has also worked on appeal matters, most recently conducting research and drafting opposing an appeal against conviction and sentence in Mauritius.
Kir has experience acting for regulators in disciplinary proceedings. She has appeared before the Nursing and Midwifery Council and General Optical Council, completing substantive and non-substantive hearings as well as drafting work for the General Optical Council.
Kir’s experience includes proceedings for allegations of sexual misconduct, dishonesty and impairment due to ill-health. Many of the cases have involved both vulnerable witnesses and registrants.
Kir accepts instructions to represent both registrants and the regulator.
Kir is a member of the Attorney-General’s ‘Junior Junior’ scheme and has recently attended training on judicial review proceedings (delivered by ALBA). Kir gained experience in public law during her pupillage and while working as a Public Law Paralegal at Simpson Millar where she was involved in community care, education and trafficking matters including civil claims against public authorities. She has a particular interest in challenging NRM decisions where individuals are seeking to rely on the s.45, Modern Slavery Act defence in concurrent criminal proceedings.
Kir graduated from St Anne’s College, Oxford in 2019 with a BA in Jurisprudence. Kir continued her studies by undertaking a research LLM at the European University Institute where she examined positive obligations on higher education facilities under Section 43 of the Education Act 1988. Kir then progressed to the Bar Course at City University and, upon completion, was awarded a Distinction.
After graduating, Kir worked as a Public Law Paralegal at Simpson Millar on community care, education and trafficking matters including civil claims against public authorities. Kir was an Advice and Information volunteer at Liberty, speaking with members of the public to provide information about their protest rights during the Covid-19 pandemic. Kir also volunteered, as part of Oxford Legal Assistance, at Turpin and Miller, assisting with applications for indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
- BA Jurisprudence (Law), University of Oxford (2.i, 2019)
- LLM in Comparative, European and International Laws, European University Institute (2022)
- BTC, City, University of London (Distinction, 2022)
- Ely Carter Prize for Specialised Legal Studies, St Anne’s College (Human Rights Law and Media Law – 2019)
- Ely Carter Prize for Law of Institutions, St Anne’s College (EU Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law – 2019)
- Queen Mother Scholar, Middle Temple (2021)
- 11KBW Scholar (2022)
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