The 36 Group

36 Crime

Nicola is a tenacious advocate with a wealth of experience across all levels of civil and criminal courts in the UK and overseas territories. She worked for the Attorney General in Cayman having conduct of the Guns, Gangs and Serious Crime portfolio and went on to be appointed Attorney General of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. She is a senior junior with gravamen and appears in cases unled where her opponent is leading counsel. She is practical and straightforward in her approach and is adept at dealing with unfamiliar areas at short notice.

Nicola, whilst a skilled criminal practitioner, also has substantial experience in, and accepts instructions in:

Courts-martial/ Boards of inquiry / military advice – she held a commission in the RAF

Inquests – she has acted for families of the deceased and other interested parties

Public Inquiries – she has experience in public inquiries in three jurisdictions

Nicola is a Grade 4 prosecution panel advocate with rape panel membership.

She has more than two decades of experience both prosecuting and defending dealing with the most serious and sensitive cases involving sexual offending against children and adults and those who lack capacity. She also has recent experience in county lines and slavery work including those who traffic cross border for prostitution and children trafficked within the UK for sexual exploitation. She is a facilitator for the Bar Council’s training of advocates in vulnerable witness advocacy.

Nicola has prosecuted and defended cases of murder unled.

She has experience in bribery and corruption matters multi-jurisdictionally.

In addition to criminal work Nicola has experience and welcomes instructions in coronial law to appear at inquests where she has acted for the family of the deceased. She has experience in police disciplinary tribunals where officers have been charged with serious misconduct amounting to breaches of international law. She has also been involved in three public inquiries representing core participants and witnesses.

Nicola is adept at dealing with any case involving complex computer technical evidence and accepts instructions in cyber-crime.

She is instructed by the SFO to deal with LPP matters.

She is one of only a handful of dual qualified English Barrister/ Jersey Advocates and as such she may also appear as an advocate in the Royal Court of Jersey.

Work undertaken:

Homicide and fatal violence
Trafficking
Gang and firearm offending
Serious sexual offending
Cyber crime and internet child sexual offences
Inquests
Courts-martial
Civil aspects of sexual crime

Call: 1993.

Areas of experience: Judicial Review Professional Misconduct & Disciplinary Serious Sexual Offences Coroners Court

Lincoln's Inn Jersey Advocate Admitted to the Bars of Cayman, St Helena, sovereign base area of Cyprus Criminal Bar Association