Claire Anderson > New Park Court Chambers > Leeds, England > Barrister Profile

Claire Anderson

+44 (0)191 232 1980 clerks@newparkcourt.co.uk

Work Department

Crime

Position

Claire Anderson is a junior criminal practitioner, who prosecutes and defends, both on her own and as junior counsel. Claire is routinely instructed on behalf of the prosecution in complex and multi-handed cases across the full spectrum of criminal law. This includes serious violence, sexual offending, frauds and drug offences. She acts on behalf of a variety of agencies, including the Crown Prosecution Service, HMRC, the DWP, DVSA and the Environment Agency.

When defending, she is instructed to represent clients charged with serious allegations including matters of sexual and violent offending. Based in Newcastle, she is known for her thorough preparation and her friendly, honest and common-sense approach to her cases.

Claire has experience of being a ‘led-junior’ in a number of high-profile nationally reported cases, including R v MS (Prosecution junior in an attempted murder), R v OS (Prosecution junior in a six-week multi-handed trial involving numerous sexual allegations against vulnerable women) and R v LM (Defence junior in a murder/ conspiracy to commit GBH trial).

Claire predominantly prosecutes and defends in the Crown Court. She is a CPS Level 3 prosecutor with an established Crown Court practice. She has experience in a variety of offences including dishonesty and drugs offences, to sexual offending and violent offences including GBH and murder.

Example Cases

• R v NK [2024]. Defence of NK, in a nationally reported case. NK was sentenced for evading around £630,000 worth of duty on over 2 million counterfeit cigarettes.
• R v KS [2024]. Represented the interests KS in Operation Opaque. She was one of 17 defendants charged by the HMRC with cheating the public revenue. The total value of the fraud was in excess of £1 million. KS received a suspended sentence of imprisonment.
• R v JS [2023]. Successful prosecution of JS, who was charged with numerous allegations of rape. This case involved an extremely vulnerable complainant, who suffered from numerous learning difficulties and developmental delays. JS was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment.

Memberships

• The FA Regional Discipline Panel (2023)
• CPS Level 3 Prosecutor
• North Eastern Circuit
• Criminal Bar Association
• Middle Temple