9BR Chambers
Barristers
Lucy Waterstone
- Phone020 7489 2727
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.9brchambers.co.uk
Position
Lucy practises in crime, extradition and prison law. She prosecutes and defends in the Crown, Youth, and Magistrates’ courts in respect of crime, and in the Magistrates’ court and High court in respect of extradition. Lucy has a particular interest in working with clients who are vulnerable by virtue of their mental health. She has been described as “compelling, thorough and persuasive” in the Crown Court, and that her “commitment never fails to impress” her clients.
Lucy appears in matters throughout the criminal spectrum, including serious violent crimes, offensive weapons, domestic violence, sexual offences, fraud and dishonesty, drug offences and road traffic offences.
Background and Expertise
Prior to pupillage, Lucy worked for a law firm specialising in prison, mental health and human rights law. She represented clients in Parole Boards and Independent Adjudications, and instigated judicial reviews and criminal appeals. She represented clients with highly complex needs, including youths, foreign nationals, clients with mental health difficulties and high-risk offenders. She has also spent time in Moria Refugee camp, Lesvos, where she assisted asylum-seekers in their applications for refugee status.
Whilst studying for the GDL, Lucy was the highest scoring individual in the UH/Blackstone’s National Criminal Advocacy Competition, which took the form of a mock criminal trial. She is a Lord Denning Scholar at Lincoln’s Inn and an Advocacy Scholar at BPP Law School.
Before embarking on her legal career, Lucy had spent time volunteering for NGOs whilst living and working in Latin America. She studied at Balliol College, University of Oxford, where she read slim volumes of verse for her English degree and wrote about electronic music in the University newspaper.