Pump Court Chambers

Ruba Huleihel undertakes all areas of criminal work, both prosecuting and defending, and is a CPS Level 3 Panel Advocate for general crime.

She has a calm and genuine demeanour which establishes an easy rapport with clients. She is an eloquent and effective advocate, employing meticulous preparation.

Current or recent instructions include rape (both as a led junior and junior alone), drugs, serious violence, burglary, robbery, and fraud.

Ruba is a native Arabic speaker and is fluent in Hebrew. On one occasion when an interpreter failed to attend court, she interpreted simultaneously for a defendant in court while mitigating.

Recently, Ruba has acted as disclosure junior in a case concerning historic sex offences. Following this, she has acted in trials and sentences concerning serious sex offences and child sex offences.

Ruba has also completed a legal review for Lexis PSL of Practice Notes on Road Traffic Offences

Previously, Ruba completed an LLM in International Law. Inspired by her casework at a criminal defence firm, she wrote her dissertation on extradition and the right to a fair trial.

Prior to qualifying, Ruba was a legal advisor at Harrow Law Centre working with young people and parents on Stop and Search rights, county lines exploitation, education law, and community care law. Alongside this role, she was a support worker to Syrian refugees at Single Homelessness Project.

In a previous career, Ruba co-founded an ethical fashion brand employing women facing barriers to work. She has also worked with Seeds of Peace and Solutions-not-Sides, conflict resolution charities focusing on the Palestinian-Israeli crisis.

• Middle Temple Inn
• Western Circuit
• CPS Grade 3 Panel Advocate – General Crime
• Youth Court Certified

Arabic (native), Hebrew (fluent)

• LLM International Law (Dissertation on Extradition) – University of Westminster
• LLM in Bar Practice – University of Law (Distinction)
• BPTC – University of Law
• GDL – University of law
• MSc Comparative Politics-States and Markets – LSE
• BA International Relations and Business Administration – IDC Herzliya

Awards:

• Queen Mother BPTC Scholarship Middle Temple Inn
• Dean’s List Award for Academic Excellence IDC Herzliya

Publications

Greater Sentencing Power for Magistrates – A solution to the Backlog?

Coercive control: What is it and how to spot the signs

‘Controlling or coercive behaviour’: Is the law fit for purpose?

Lexis PSL Profile