Jude Lanchin > Bindmans LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Bindmans LLP
236 GRAY'S INN ROAD
LONDON
WC1X 8HB
England

Living Wage

Work Department

Criminal Defence and Extradition.

Position

Associate, Criminal Defence and Extradition.

Jude has a strong reputation for outstanding work in a case range including: murder, firearms, drugs supply and importation, money-laundering and large-scale confiscation, fraud, white-collar/ business crime, perverting course of justice, immigration offences, large-scale protest/public disorder and serious youth crime.

Jude is particularly regarded for her tactical skills and her skill and experience in dealing with controversial and difficult clients and cases involving young people. She inspires huge client confidence and is known as an assertive, dedicated and fearless lawyer, with very considerable ability to negotiate the complexities of criminal litigation and practice. She works on both legally-aided and privately-funded cases.

Jude has also been involved in a number of media-related projects arising from the disturbances of August 2011 and regularly assists TV researchers on criminal justice matters. She has also carried out consultancy work for Kids Company and is involved in research relating to the position of young people in other criminal jurisdictions.

Jude qualified as a solicitor after a career in community-based work. For a number of years, she worked with the young people on the North London Broadwater Farm Estate who were charged after the 1985 riot. She subsequently established and ran a community project in Islington for former prisoners. Jude has maintained her connections with the North London communities where she previously worked and is involved on a voluntary basis with a number of organisations. She has also presented training courses in youth justice, has run sessions with young people in schools and exclusion projects and provided legal advice to drugs organisations.

Career

Jude trained at Bindmans LLP, qualifiying in 1994. Following this, she did freelance work before joining Hodge Jones and Allen in 1995. Jude returned to Bindmans in 1999.

Memberships

LCCSA.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general

(Rising stars)

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The general crime practice at Bindmans LLP is headed by the ‘knowledgeable and pragmaticKatie Wheatley, with the team described by clients as ‘very strong and competent‘. The practice is experienced in the full gamut of crime cases at all stages of criminal proceedings, which includes murder, terrorism, extradition appeals, drug importation and supply, and sexual offences. Tayab Ali, solicitor advocate, is recommended for his work on counter-terrorism law, cybercrime, and international criminal law. Kate Goold is especially adept at defending high-profile clients in politically sensitive and controversial cases, while Catherine Jackson is experienced in representing professionals in criminal cases and high-profile individuals in historic sexual offences. Jude Lanchin is recommended for her work with juveniles.