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Deanna Heer KC
Work Department
General crime; health and safety; professional disciplinary.
Position
She frequently appears before the Court of Appeal in respect of appeals against conviction and sentence and advises the Attorney General on References to the Court of Appeal on questions of law and sentencing. In 2021, following a four-day appeal which involved questioning multiple experts she successfully persuaded the Court of Appeal to uphold the convictions in the case of the so-called ‘Freshwater Five’.
Deanna is also an acknowledged expert in health and safety law and has specialised in this area for many years, appearing in the leading case of R v Tangerine Confectionary in the Court of Appeal.
She is experienced in appearing at inquests, including those involving juries, and is currently instructed in the inquest into the death of Belly Mujinga who died during the Covid 19 pandemic.
She sits as a Recorder of the Crown Court.
Career
Called 1994, Gray’s Inn.
Recorder of the Crown Court 2009
Junior Treasury Counsel 2015
King’s Counsel 2022
Senior Treasury Counsel 2022
Memberships
Criminal Bar Association; Health and Safety Lawyers Association.
Education
LLB Hons.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Health and safety
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Deanna Heer KC –5 Paper Buildings ‘Deanna has the law at her fingertips and possesses a relentless and steely determination.‘
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1London Bar > Crime
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Deanna Heer KC –5 Paper Buildings ‘Deanna is amazing at quickly coming up to speed on a case. She is able to steer a prosecution with authority and her advocacy is persuasive and commanding.’
5 Paper Buildings ‘is an excellent set with many first class advocates‘ doing high-level work. Benjamin Douglas-Jones KC represented the CPS in an appeal concerning the proper scope of the refugee defence to document offences under s.31 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Deanna Heer KC successfully prosecuted in a high-profile murder trial in which the defendant was convicted for having murdered and subsequently decapitated a woman in an attempt to obtain her estate. Joshua Normanton raised the rare defence of automatism to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.