Doughty Street Chambers

Peta-Louise is an experienced advocate in both domestic and international criminal law, and professional discipline.

Within crime, Peta-Louise has particular experience in dealing with complex, document heavy cases involving telephone and cell site evidence. As an experienced criminal defence advocate, she is comfortable acting a led junior or junior alone in cases ranging from paper heavy frauds to organised crime.

Her international practice includes defending in numerous high-profile cases. She has particular expertise in genocide, crimes against humanity, and joint criminal enterprises in an international context. In addition, she has been granted leave to file submissions as amicus curaie before the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court and International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.

Peta-Louise presents and defends in professional discipline cases. She completed a secondment at Kingsley Napley’s Band 1 ranked regulatory department presenting cases on behalf of healthcare regulators, which provides her with a unique insight when she represents registrants. She has extensive experience of cases involving expert evidence on clinical issues.

Year of Call: 2011

Criminal Bar Association

Association of Defence Counsel practicing before International Criminal Tribunals

Young Fraud Lawyers Association

Amicus

International Bar Association (IBA)

Law LLB, University of Durham

Public International Law (specialising in International Criminal Law) Ad. LLM, University of Leiden, The Netherlands