Barristers

Charlotte Atherton

Charlotte Atherton

Exchange Chambers, North West

Work Department

Criminal; Regulatory

Position

Charlotte is a specialist criminal practitioner with experience in a wide range of criminal matters including fraud and money laundering; violent offences; drugs offences; public order offences; serious sexual offences; dishonesty; road traffic offences; environmental offences; confiscation proceedings; and asset recovery.

Charlotte has particular experience of large and complex fraud cases including money laundering offences. She has been involved in a number of VHCCs dealing with voluminous case papers, requiring extensive and detailed case preparation.

Charlotte prosecutes on behalf of the CPS (Category 3), DWP, Local Authorities, Health and Safety Executive and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.  She has been admitted to the CPS specialist Rape Panel and List C of the Regulatory Panel.

She has represented the Environment Agency and defended Local Authority prosecutions. She also has experience of conducting contested appeals against the revocation of environmental permits and waste management licences before the Inspectorate.

Career

Called 2003; Category 3 Prosecutor; List C of the Regulatory Panel; CPS Specialist Rape Panel

Memberships

Northern Circuit Criminal Gray’s Inn Young Fraud Lawyers of the North

Education

1998 - 2002 - University of Sheffield – LLB LAW: First Class Honours 2002 - 2003 – Nottingham Law School – Bar Vocational Course (Very Competent)