Georgina Coade

Criminal and Regulatory & Public

Crime

Georgina enjoys a practice prosecuting and defending in equal measure. She is a grade 3 prosecutor.  Her work encompasses the spectrum of criminal offending, including serious sexual offences, drugs, fraud and serious violence. Her work increasingly focuses on serious and organised crime.

Georgina is adept at condensing complex matters for simple and effective presentation to lay clients and juries.  She is also noted for her patience and sensitivity with victims, lay clients and their families.

Georgina has recently worked overseas.  As the UK Government’s Criminal Justice Adviser to Ethiopia, she worked in region to help counter organised crime, in particular human trafficking and smuggling.

Regulatory & Public

Georgina has regularly prosecuted on behalf of Trading Standards. As junior to Katherine Robinson, she assisted in the prosecution of a four-handed multi-million-pound conspiracy to defraud and regulatory prosecution.

As part of these proceedings and many others in her general criminal practice, Georgina also has substantial experience of confiscation proceedings.

Georgina has experience prosecuting offences of copyright theft and cases involving complex computer evidence.  She has also undertaken cases for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.

2001University of Nottingham, BA (Hons) Art History

2004College of Law, PGDip Law (Very Competent)

2005Nottingham Law School, BVC (Very Competent)