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James Lofthouse

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Career

James is a seasoned criminal advocate who has acted as a leading and led junior, although he is often instructed to run large and complicated cases alone. His last three murder briefs have been one counsel cases. He is a Grade 4 prosecutor and is on the Rape and Child Sex Abuse List for the CPS in London and the SE. In recent years, James has been instructed to advise the CPS pre-charge in a substantial number of complex and highly sensitive cases, ranging from attempted murder by arsenic poisoning to serious sexual allegations.

He frequently receives instructions from various CPS Special and Complex Casework Units and is one of the Flying Squad’s counsel of choice. James was one of two principal counsel instructed to prosecute the vast majority of Crown Court trials resulting from the various student and TUC demonstrations of 2010/2011. Through this work, and the contacts he made, James has developed niche specialisms in football banning order applications and contested PACE production orders. While he is now a specialist criminal advocate, James enjoyed a wide-ranging common law practice for many years and therefore has extensive experience of a variety of practice areas, including immigration and asylum appeals, family (both children and financial), housing, employment, personal injury and trusts. His many years in civil practice have finely honed his drafting skills and give a particular edge to his written advocacy.

He is an accredited Pupil Supervisor who has mentored a host of pupils through to tenancy and on to successful careers at the bar.