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Lisa is a respected and highly effective jury advocate accepting instructions in the most serious criminal work either as leading junior, led junior or junior alone.

She has vast experience in providing advice and assistance at every stage of a criminal prosecution from providing pre-charge advice and guidance in the most complex of cases right through to trial and appellant advocacy.

Lisa is frequently instructed by both regional CPS areas and Complex Casework Units and The Homicide Unit to prosecute some of their most complex and serious cases.  Recent instructions have included cases of murder, manslaughter, death in driving cases, large scale drugs conspiracies (including EncroChat cases and conspiracies involving Organised Crime Groups), multi handed cases involving serious violence as well as fraud cases.  Lisa is highly experienced in dealing with vulnerable complainants and has a reputation for securing successful outcomes in difficult cases.

Lisa regularly advises on and prosecutes a range of RASSO offences – both non recent and recent. She is experienced in cases involving young children and the use of special measures including pre-recorded cross-examination.

Lisa spent a year as the Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Service Prosecutions at the Service Prosecuting Authority.  As a result, she dealt directly with their most serious work as well as undertaking Court Martial advocacy.

In addition to her prosecution work, Lisa has been instructed for the defence both as sole counsel and led junior in a range of cases, including large scale drug dealing and RASSO cases.