Red Lion Chambers

Michelle Nelson defends and prosecutes across the criminal spectrum. She has a strong background in prosecuting and has prosecuted in some of the most serious, difficult and high-profile Crime cases.

As Treasury Counsel she has been involved in the prosecution of a large number of high-profile murder and manslaughter cases. She has also prosecuted fraud and large-scale money laundering on behalf of the SFO, RCPO and DBIURR.

Her defence work includes general crime, fraud and murder. Her work includes dealing with restraint and confiscation and she has worked at the Asset Forfeiture Unit of the RCPO advising on and pursuing restraint and forfeiture. She has advised on and represented the Attorney General in the Court of Appeal on unduly lenient sentence appeals.

Other work includes advising appellants in Privy Council appeals. Michelle appeared as prosecution junior, led by Max Hill QC, in Channel 4’s The Trial (2017) in which real juries, together with actual barristers and judges, tried a fictional murder case in order to explore the workings of the jury system. She has also appeared as a panellist on Radio 4’s Unreliable Evidence on Sentencing (2017) alongside Treacy LJ, the Attorney-General and the Legal Director of the Howard League.

Year of Call: 1994

Inn: Middle Temple

Silk: 2019

Treasury Counsel: 2009–2016

SFA: (A List) 2007–2009

Publications:

Bar Council Working party on Response to the Government White Paper on proposed changes to the law of Bribery (2009–2010)

Middle Temple

CBA

South Eastern Circuit

Bar Council, RRC

Bar Council, PCCC (2002–2008)

Prison Reform Trust