Mrs Clea Topolski KC > Crucible Chambers > LONDON, England > Barrister Profile

Crucible Chambers
CENTRAL COURT, 25 SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS
LONDON
WC2A 1AL
England

Work Department

Clea has an exclusive defence practice in serious crime and is regularly instructed in cases involving serious violence and organised crime. 

Position

Clea has an exclusive defence practice in serious crime and is regularly instructed in cases involving serious violence and organised crime. She is often instructed in high profile murders, serious sexual assaults and high value frauds. She has extensive experience in cases involving alleged gang related activity that often involve large scale conspiracies to supply significant quantities of class A drugs as well as conspiracies to rob or murder.

She always applies her meticulous case preparation with any case she is instructed on. Her manner and professionalism puts both the lay and professional client at ease, whatever the case.

She is often commended for her witness management and cross-examination.

Clea is a founding member of a programme to give pupils from non-traditional backgrounds, access to life at the criminal Bar. Through this programme, Chambers have developed a relationship with two secondary schools in London, which gives interested students an opportunity to undertake mini-pupillages with members of Crucible Chambers. The programme has been a resounding success.

Career

Clea has an exclusive defence practice in serious crime and is regularly instructed in cases involving serious violence and organised crime. She is often instructed in high profile murders, serious sexual assaults and high value frauds. She has extensive experience in cases involving alleged gang related activity that often involve large scale conspiracies to supply significant quantities of class A drugs as well as conspiracies to rob or murder.

She always applies her meticulous case preparation with any case she is instructed on. Her manner and professionalism puts both the lay and professional client at ease, whatever the case.

She is often commended for her witness management and cross-examination.

Clea is a founding member of a programme to give pupils from non-traditional backgrounds, access to life at the criminal Bar. Through this programme, Chambers have developed a relationship with two secondary schools in London, which gives interested students an opportunity to undertake mini-pupillages with members of Crucible Chambers. The programme has been a resounding success.

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Crime

(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

Clea Topolski KC – Crucible Chambers ‘Clea is a charming individual and forms great bonds with lay clients. She is thorough and hardworking and quickly and efficiently analyses evidence.’