Position

Campaspe has a broad practice with a particular focus on crime, extradition, inquests & professional discipline.

She has appeared in numerous fraud and terrorist cases as well as drugs cases, and cases alleging violence and sexual assault. She is used to dealing with both very vulnerable and also highly articulate clients.

She has recently, successfully defended a young man charged with kidnap, robbery and running the Southend class A drugs market, and a large number of police officers (in front of both the criminal courts and at professional disciplinary hearings.) She has obtained the discharge of a freezing order for a client who was being investigated for fraud and obtained confiscation and sexual harm prevention orders for the Met police. She has defended a number of sex cases, both historical and virtual, and allegations of coercive and controlling behaviour and serious assault.

Campaspe has a wealth of extradition experience and has appeared in many high-profile extradition cases over the years, appearing both for foreign governments and for those seeking to resist extradition. She has made a speciality of representing Italian clients and identifying Article 6 breaches in Italian legal proceedings. She was part of the prosecution team in Pinochet and she was a contributor to Halsbury’s Laws extradition section.

Education

Oxford University BACity University Dip LawUEA MA