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Nutan Fatania

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Position

Nutan predominantly specialises in crime and has conducted cases in the Crown Court involving firearms, violence, controlled drugs, sexual offences and offences of dishonesty. She has prosecuted and defended in Crown Court trials and also taken conduct of a full range of hearings in the Magistrates’ and Youth Court.

Nutan is currently instructed by the London Fire Brigade as junior counsel assisting with a review of the evidence for Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

Nutan completed her pupillage with the Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) and continues to build a strong prosecution practice. She is a CPS Panel Advocate at Level 2. Nutan has been instructed by the CPS Homicide Team as noting junior counsel in murder trials at the Old Bailey. She has assisted leading counsel with legal research, evidence analysis and the sentencing note.

Nutan’s training and varied experience has enabled her to become a robust and thorough advocate. Her ability to build a rapport with a variety of people has assisted her in building a criminal defence practice. Nutan has completed the vulnerable witness training. She has represented vulnerable adult and youth defendants and has experience of cross-examining young witnesses that have required intermediaries and a ground rules hearing.

Prior to pupillage, Nutan was a Legal Assistant in the Regulatory department at Kingsley Napley Solicitors investigating fitness to practise matters for the Health and Care Professions Council. Nutan was also a Civil Litigation Paralegal at Hickman and Rose Solicitors where she assisted in actions against the police, judicial reviews and inquests (acting for the bereaved families), namely that of Darren Neville who died a few months after being restrained by the police as well as the In Amenas Inquest which investigated the deaths that occurred during the terrorist attack on a BP gas plant in Algeria.

Career

Called 2013

CPS Panel (Grade 3)

CPS POCA Panel (Grade 2)

CPS Fraud Panel (Grade 2)

Memberships

Education