Julia Farrant > Chambers of Sally O’Neill and Michael Holland KC > London, England > Barrister Profile
Furnival Chambers Offices
Furnival Chambers
16 Took’s Court
LONDON
EC4A 1LB
England
- Set Profile
- Go to...
Julia Farrant
Position
Called 2010
Career
Julia is a specialist extradition practitioner, described by Chambers and Partners 2019 as a‘‘very tough opponent’
Julia is ranked as a tier 2 junior in international crime and extradition by the Legal 500 directory, which comments that she is ‘very approachable, and incredibly thorough in her case preparation.’
Julia was appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown in 2018 and is currently working on a public inquiry alongside her other work.
Languages
French and German
Memberships
The Criminal Bar Association, the Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > International crime and extradition
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Julia Farrant –Furnival Chambers ‘A superb barrister – clever, thoughtful and fluent. Paperwork of outstanding quality.‘
Furnival Chambers‘ members continue to receive instructions in a range of high-profile extradition cases, with many instructions coming from the CPS. Leading Nicholas Hearn, Joel Smith KC is representing the CPS in USA v Tahilramani, extradition proceedings concerning a person known to be ‘Hollywood Con Queen’, involving allegations of defrauding aspiring actors and film workers by pretending to be high-profile figures in the entertainment industry and luring them to Indonesia, where they would pay inflated fees to a driver. Julia Farrant acted for a Polish judicial authority in an extradition matter related to a multi-handed conspiracy to traffic people from Poland to the UK. In a test of the new post-Brexit legislative framework, Hannah Burton was instructed in Badea v Romania a case considering if Article 597 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement mandates a specific proportionality assessment when considering whether extradition is compatible with Article 8 of the ECHR under s.21 of the Extradition Act 2003.