Year of Call: 1999
Clerk: Nigel East

A well respected barrister specialising in crime, Elizabeth handles both prosecution and defence work. With specific experience of serious sexual offences, Elizabeth’s work regularly includes cases involving children or otherwise vulnerable witnesses and defendants. She also handles serious violence, drugs, dishonesty, proceeds of crime and regulatory matters.

Elizabeth’s recent most notable cases include R v C and C (2011) defending a man charged with carrying out a campaign of serious sexual abuse against members of his family for over 30 years. She also defended a London man charged with Conspiracy to Supply heroin as part of Operation Versailles. He was acquitted after Elizabeth successfully challenged the propriety of police identification procedure – R v Okunola (2011).

A member of the Criminal Bar Association and a Category 4 CPS Prosecutor, Elizabeth is regularly recommended in legal directories as a leader in her field of crime, including the 2012 edition of Chambers and Partners UK. She is described by Legal 500 as ‘adept at handling sexual offence cases’ and ‘good with clients, especially young ones’

Elizabeth was educated at Stanwell Comprehensive School, Penarth before going on to study law at the University of Bristol. She then completed the Bar Vocational Course at the University of the West of England.