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Barristers

Priya Malhotra

Priya Malhotra

Position

Priya is an exceptional advocate, renowned for her attention to detail, meticulous preparation, sound judgment, and skilful witness handling. She is an experienced barrister who regularly appears in tribunals, public inquiries, and inquests – often in complex cases attracting significant media attention.

She sits as an Assistant Coroner for Inner West London and the City of London and was appointed Assistant Coroner for Berkshire in June 2023.

Priya specialises in public inquiry, inquests, professional discipline, environmental law, as well as all areas of criminal defence, in particular fraud and financial crime. She is an experienced trial advocate who has appeared in the Court of Appeal, VAT and Duties tribunal, professional disciplinary tribunals, Coroners Courts, Crown Courts, Magistrates Courts and Employment Tribunals.

Career

Called 2007.

Languages

Hindi, Punjabi, German

Memberships

Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers United Kingdom Environmental Law Association

Education

Bar Vocational Course BPP London: September 2006 – June 2007 (Very  Competent) The University of Sheffield & The University of Trier (Germany): September 2002 – June 2006 BA (Hons) Law with German Law 2:1 Inner Temple scholar: BVC Exhibition & the Yarborough-Anderson Prize 2006 Neuroscience, Fundamentals Part 1, Harvard (2019) Anatomy: Know your abdomen, University of Leeds (2006) Coronial Law, Bolton University (2022)

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