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Eleanor Fry
Work Department
Crime, Regulatory, Family
Position
Eleanor Fry deals with a broad range of complex and sensitive matters in the criminal and family jurisdictions and before regulatory/disciplinary tribunals, often with cross-jurisdictional aspects.
Crime
Eleanor’s criminal experience, as a junior alone, leading and/or led junior includes prosecution and defence and ranges from cases of fraud to violence, child cruelty, rape and other sexual assaults, attempts to pervert the course of justice, misconduct in a public office, operational cases involving allegations of serious organized crime, terrorism offences and murder/manslaughter.
Crime
Eleanor regularly prosecutes and defends in the Crown Court (as a junior alone, leading and led junior), in cases involving murder, manslaughter, causing death or serious injury by dangerous driving, rape and other sexual offences, misconduct in a public office, attempts to pervert the course of justice, dishonesty, violence including child cruelty, etc.
Eleanor has prosecuted and defended in cases involving the defence of insanity and has conducted numerous complex, multi-handed operational and sensitive cases, involving medico-legal (including sleep), scientific, ballistic, telephone and financial experts, and children and other vulnerable witnesses. She also has experience of representing both sides in cases involving private prosecutions and regulatory offences.
- R v N [2022]. Led junior, prosecuting the murder of a woman by her husband on their wedding night.
- R v M and others [2022]. Led junior, prosecuting firearms offences and allegations of violence.
- R v H [2022]. Led junior, defending in allegations of very serious violence towards a very young baby.
Regulatory
Since 2016, Eleanor has been instructed regularly by the General Medical Council to conduct GMC Investigation Committee hearings and fitness to practise, non-compliance and review hearings before the Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal Service. These proceedings have included expert evidence spanning numerous different medical fields, vulnerable witnesses, remote evidence, legal argument regarding the admissibility of material and have covered the following allegations (often combined):
- Misconduct, including sexually motivated misconduct and dishonesty
- Convictions/cautions
- Deficient Professional Performance
- Insufficient Levels of English
- Impairment by reason of ill-health
Inquests
Eleanor has experience of representing various IPs at inquest and PIR hearings, before juries and coroners sitting alone, including in cases involving complex expert medical evidence (pathology, psychiatry, endocrinology, emergency medical, renal, trauma surgery, cardiology, etc.) and other expert evidence (toxicology, engineering, psychology, etc.) and evidence on police and prison systems and procedures. Eleanor has experience of drafting submissions on the engagement of Article 2, the scope of the inquest, the conclusions to leave to a jury, the making of prevention of future death notices, etc.
Family
Eleanor regularly appears in applications in the High Court or on behalf of parents, children and local authorities in the Family Court in private and public law proceedings under the Children Act 1989.
- Representation at case management hearings, findings of fact and final hearings of public and private law applications involving allegations of serious physical and sexual violence (both recent and non-recent), serious emotional harm, involvement in organised crime etc.
- Use of special measures and other technology (ABE, video-link, TV-link, telephone evidence (for experts), screens, pre-recorded cross-examination, written/pre-prepared cross-examination, etc.)
- Representation of respondents in child abduction cases under the Hague Convention in the High Court of Justice (at the RCJ).
- Representation of applicants and respondents in applications for international or national relocation.
- Involvement on all sides of private law proceedings – applications for CAOs, SIOs, PSOs, SGOs.
- Involvement in cases involving the Official Solicitor and where the Home Office has intervened.
Languages
Spanish, French
Memberships
- Shortlisted Crime and Extradition Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards (2023)
- CPS RASSO Panel Advocate (2023)
- Appointed Deputy District Judge (2022)
- CPS Level 4 Prosecutor
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Family: children and domestic violence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Eleanor Fry – New Park Court Chambers ‘Eleanor is a consummate advocate, who stands her ground with opponents and judges.’
Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Crime (general and fraud)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Eleanor Fry – New Park Court Chambers ‘An intellectually rigorous junior who is persuasive on her feet in court. She stands her ground with opponents and judges.’
New Park Court Chambers ‘is widely admired as a set with a good array of talent, including at the highest level‘. In a prominent work highlight, Jason Pitter KC led Tom Storey KC for the prosecution in a case involving the death of 15-year-old Sebastian Kalinowski following extensive physical abuse at the hands of his mother and her partner; both were convicted of murder. In a separate matter, Alistair MacDonald KC led Eleanor Fry for the prosecution of a man who was convicted of the murder of his wife on their wedding night and disposing of her body in a suitcase. Simon Kealey KC, who heads up the practice, is well-versed in handling a broad range of serious criminal work, including serious sexual offences, fraud, murder and terrorism.