Ms Harriet Lavin > Exchange Chambers > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile

Ms Harriet Lavin

Work Department

Crime

Position

Having completed a three month secondment with the Crown Prosecution Service back in 2020, Harriet was able to gain experience that ordinarily only employees of the Crown Prosecution Service would have. She is now a confident Level 2 prosecutor and has been instructed by the Complex Case Unit in her own cases. She has experience as a led junior in large scale drug supply cases involving Encrochat evidence.

Harriet has developed an equally busy defence practice. She has experience in defending in the most serious cases, including murder. Confident and approachable, Harriet has shown she has the necessary “soft skills” which allow her to communicate effectively with others as well as support clients through the process. She is well equipped to deal with the most vulnerable clients.

Harriet has a particular specialism in road traffic offences.

As part of the Exchange Driving Team, Harriet gained considerable experience defending summary only offences and formulating arguments on special reasons and exceptional hardship.

More recently, her specialist training and experience of defending in Crown Court matters involving issues of dangerous and careless driving has equipped her to deal with the influx of new instructions on the new serious injury by careless driving cases.

Harriet has also applied her skills as a criminal advocate in regulatory work and inquests. Some examples include representing a local council in taxi licensing cases and presenting on behalf of Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Career

Called 2019

Languages

English

Memberships

The Middle Temple
Northern Circuit
Criminal Bar Association

Education

LLB Laws Hons: First Class
The London School of Economics and Political Science 2014-2017

BPTC: Very competent
BPP University, Manchester 2018-2019

SCHOLARSHIPS

Jerry Parthab Singh Scholarship: the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (2017)

Regional Scholarship: BPP University Manchester (2018)