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Charlotte Baines

Charlotte Baines

Park Square Barristers Ltd., Yorkshire And The Humber

Work Department

Crime,

Position

Charlotte is a door tenant  at PSQB and has a wealth of experience prosecuting and defending in serious crime. Her practice encompasses murder, fatal road traffic offences, serious violence, conspiracies involving drugs and dishonesty, firearms offences, serious sexual offences.

Charlotte is recognised as a highly capable advocate and for her ability to engage with clients from all backgrounds. She has a down to earth approach that enables a positive rapport to be built with lay and professional clients.

Charlotte is a very experienced trial advocate. She is particularly skilled at finding the right balance required in dealing with sensitive, traumatic and often complex evidence and effective cross examination. She is an expert in the presentation of such evidence to a jury in a comprehensible and pragmatic manner. Charlotte has significant and invaluable experience in the cross examination of vulnerable and child witnesses and conducting section 28 hearings.

Career

2000 - Pupil at Wilberforce Barristers, Hull

2001 - Tenant at Wilberforce Barristers, Hull

2011 - Junior of the North Eastern Circuit

2015 - Accredited Advocacy Trainer

2016 - Level 4 Prosecutor

2017 - Vulnerable Witness Advocacy Training Facilitator

2023 - Pupillage Officer, North Eastern Circuit

2024 - Door Tenant – Park Square Barristers

Memberships

North Eastern Circuit

Criminal Bar Association

Women in Criminal Law

2009 - Pupil Supervisor

2011 - RASSO panel

Education

1999 - University of Hull LLB (Hons) Law & Politics

2000 - Nottingham Law School BVC (Very Competent)

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