Park Square Barristers Ltd.

Pupil

Family Law, Crime, Personal Injury

Tonicha worked as an administrative officer at Leeds Magistrates Court as part of the resulting team. During the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Tonicha took on an additional role relating to the running of the remote applications court. Initially being set-up and run over Skype for Business, Tonicha also received training on CVP which was later introduced for the remote hearings.

Tonicha was awarded an advocacy scholarship from BPP University in recognition of her advocacy skills prior to starting the BTC. During the BTC year, Tonicha took part in the plea-in-mitigation competition at BPP and made it as one of four finalists. The final of the competition took place at Bradford Crown Court in front of a Circuit Judge. Tonicha also volunteered for pro-bono projects such as Streetlaw which aims to simplify and make the law accessible to members of the general public.

Prior to commencing pupillage, Tonicha worked at the University of Leeds as a Student Success Tutor. As part of the skills teams, Tonicha provided assistance to law students on all aspects of their general skills abilities, running group sessions alongside one-to-one support. Tonicha also provided assistance on the Family Law module by teaching seminars to 2nd year law students.

Pupil, 2022 Year Call

2020 - The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple

2021 - BPP University Law School, LLM Legal Practice Bar/BPTC

2019 - Sheffield Hallam University Law LLB (Hons) 2:1