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Claire Pickthall   (1999)

Email: cpickthall@temple-chambers.co.uk

Areas of Practice :
Criminal Law

Description:
Specialist Criminal Law practitioner.

Claire Pickthall was called to the Bar in 1999. She joined Chambers after the successful completion of a criminal pupillage. Claire practices exclusively in Criminal Law, largely defending but also prosecuting.

A Grade 3 prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, Claire also prosecutes for the Serious Organised Crime Agency.


Memberships:
Gray's Inn
Criminal Bar Association
Wales and Chester Circuit




 

Education:
Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law (1999)
Ll.B. (Hons), University of Wales, Cardiff (1997)


Cases:
R v McNess et al - Junior counsel in prosecution for the Serious Organised Crime Agency. Case involved conspiracy to supply controlled drugs with a value of two million pounds. McNess received a sentence of 26 years imprisonment following conviction.
R v Wen [2006] EWCA Crim 3004 (Deportation Orders)
R v James, Reynolds & Roberts [2006] EWCA Crim 1080 (Parity of Sentence)
R v Norris [2001] Cr.App.R. (S) 116 (Consecutive terms in Detention and Training Orders)


Lectures:
Changes to the "Dangerousness Provisions" brought about by the implementation of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (July 2008)

Other:
Crown Prosecution Service List: Grade 3


 
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