Katherine Buckle

Katherine practises in domestic and international crime, specialising in business crime, extradition and human rights. She appears for both the prosecution and the defence, primarily in the Crown Court. Katherine was part of the team representing British-Canadian businessman Victor Dahdaleh, who was acquitted in December 2013 at Southwark Crown Court of all eight counts relating to allegations of multi-million dollar corruption in Bahrain after the Crown offered no evidence. Katherine was recently instructed as disclosure reviewing counsel by the Competition and Markets Authority in relation to a criminal cartel investigation. Katherine has completed two secondments in white-collar crime departments at Norton Rose Fulbright and BCL Burton Copeland. Katherine has significant experience in international crime and human rights law. Having worked on the prosecution of Popovic et al at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Katherine is now part of the legal team instructed to investigate, and prepare of a report detailing, human rights abuses in a Middle Eastern country. She is regularly instructed in appeals in capital cases (both death penalty and non death penalty) before the Privy Counsel and other jurisdictions.