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Emma has a broad practice encompassing all of Chambers’ areas of expertise and is particularly interested and experienced in international criminal matters, having worked for two years in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. She has particular expertise regarding issues of admissibility under the Rome Statute.

She prosecutes and defends a wide range of crime and fraud cases in the Magistrates’ Courts and Crown Court and is also experienced in the Court of Appeal.

She has considerable experience in representing police officers charged with criminal offences as well as professionals accused of committing offences in the course of their employment.

Emma advises and represents clients in matters concerning the proceeds of crime, including restraint, confiscation, forfeiture and enforcement proceedings. She appears and advises in extradition cases at first instance and on appeal to the High Court.

Emma acts for and advises licensees, applicants, residents, and responsible authorities in a wide range of licensing matters. She is experienced in representing and advising individuals and enforcing authorities in matters arising out of a variety of regulatory regimes, including health and safety and fire safety prosecutions.

Emma was involved in an investigation by the Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board (AADB) into the quality of advice given to a pension fund by a large accountancy firm and one of its partners. She also has experience in advising individual accountants, who are the subject of disciplinary proceedings.

Called 2008.

Admitted to the International Criminal Court’s List of Assistants to Counsel in 2013.

CPS Specialist Panels Fraud List, Level 3 (2018-2022)

Criminal Bar Association; Bar Human Rights Committee; Amnesty International; Young Fraud Lawyers Association;  Women in Criminal Law (founding member)

College of Law, London (Bar Vocational Course); Lincoln’s Inn (Kennedy Scholarship; Hardwicke Entrance Scholarship; Levitt Scholarship for pupillage); Oxon (Doctor of Philosophy in Law; Masters of Philosophy in Law; BCL); University of Sydney, Australia (Bachelor of Laws First Class Hons; Bachelor of Arts (Politics and French) First Class Hons).