Ylenia Rosso

AREAS OF EXPERTISE Crime Defence International Criminal Law International Human Rights Law International Law International Law in Domestic Courts Prison & Parole Boards Prosecution

CRIMINAL PRACTICE

Ylenia regularly defends and prosecutes in the Crown Court, Magistrates' Court and Youth Court.

Ylenia is developing a fraud practice. She has defended and prosecuted in fraud cases. She is currently on a part-time secondment at the Serious Fraud Office.

Ylenia has been appointed to the Government Legal Department’s Junior Junior Panel of Counsel and is also a member of the CPS Advocate Panel Scheme (level 1).

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ylenia has advised on human rights aspects of prison law and judicial reviews. She is often instructed to represent clients with mental health concerns. She has experience in cases involving serious crime, extradition, appeals, fraud, youths and driving offences.

CIVIL PRACTICE

Ylenia has advised on matters of jurisdiction in large scale international trade disputes. She is keen on developing a civil fraud practice and has been led on numerous civil fraud cases. Ylenia has also defended and represented claimants in personal injury claims.

BACKGROUND

Ylenia obtained an LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Accordingly, she advises on points of law relating to Human Rights. Having worked and studied in civil, common law and international jurisdictions, she has a keen interest in cases with an international element.

Ylenia worked for criminal defence solicitors in their appeals and prison law departments, representing prisoners at independent adjudications and advising on points of appeal against conviction and sentence in cases of murder, serious drug and sexual offences, often incorporating Human Rights issues, in particular fair trial rights.

Ylenia spent time working in The Hague at the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal of Former Yugoslavia on the case of Prosecutor v. Radovan Karadžić, who was convicted of genocide. She also worked for the University of Essex Human Rights Clinic as a legal researcher investigating international corporate accountability for human rights abuses.

Ylenia also spent time teaching prisoners at HMP Pentonville. This experience developed an interest in prison law matters and gave her a special understanding of the needs of those in custody; and knowledge of prison procedures, rules and bodies.

BPTC (College of Law)

GDL (BPP Law School)

LLM 'International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law" (University of Essex)

LLB  (Hons.) 'Laws with International Relations' (University of Malta)

B. European Studies with Anthropology (Hons.) (University of Malta with exchange at University of Bologna)

Ylenia has a strong relationship with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law through which she has trained foreign prosecutors on matters of pre-trial conferencing, witness care and ethics.