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Sally Hobson
Work Department
36 Crime
Position
Sally is a senior criminal practitioner with a practice consisting predominantly of complex criminal matters. She is sought-after due to her substantial experience of difficult and serious sexual offence cases involving both contemporary and historic allegations and is excellent in dealing with defendants and witnesses with mental health issues and other vulnerabilities. Although sensitive to the needs of the vulnerable, she has been described as ‘highly skilled’ in her cross-examination of witnesses.
Due to the serious nature of Sally’s practice she is instructed to appear at Court Centres throughout the country and has extensive experience of homicide, rape and serious sexual allegations, fraud and money laundering, and large scale drug conspiracies. Sally is frequently instructed in difficult cases due to her consultative approach and knowledge of expert witnesses. She is able to advise at an early stage of the proceedings as to the suitability of a particular expert.
In addition to her criminal practice, Sally appears at adjudications and parole hearings within the prison system. She is also able to advise at an early stage as to judicial review of a refusal to grant parole.
Career
Call: 1991.
Areas of experience:
Serious & Complex Crime
Consumer
Serious Sexual Offences
Homicide
Financial Crime
Coroners’ Court
Languages
English
Memberships
Member of Inner Temple
Member of the South Eastern Circuit
Member of the Criminal Bar Association
Former Junior and current Committee Member of the Cambridge and Peterborough Bar Mess
Grade 4 CPS Prosecutor, Rape and Serious Sexual Offences panel advocate
Education
LLB (Hons)
LLM
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Crime (general and fraud)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Sally Hobson –The 36 Group ‘Sally handles clients with professionalism and compassion. She has the ability to build a powerful rapport with clients and is definitely someone you want on your side.’
London Bar > Crime
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Sally Hobson – The 36 Group ‘Sally is a gifted advocate and ferocious cross-examiner who delivers well-crafted, jury-engaging closing speeches. She is extremely committed to getting the best result possible and a pleasure to work with no matter how difficult and testing the case may be.’
The 36 Group has a growing reputation for being ‘an excellent set with strong advocate at every level‘. Sally Hobson’s broad practice sees her lead in murder, manslaughter, drugs, and protest cases as well as be led in complex homicide trials – she recently defended a man, aged thirteen at the time of the offence, who was ultimately convicted of the murder six-year-old Rikki Neave, whose body was found strangled in a Peterborough woodland in November 1994. Watson was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of fifteen years. Mary Prior KC, ‘an enormously experienced barrister with formidable advocacy skills’, is regularly instructed to prosecute and defend in high-profile homicide and serious sexual offences cases.