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Nina Ellin KC
Work Department
Crime and Professional Disciplinary.
Position
Nina Ellin is an experienced specialist criminal practitioner who undertakes both prosecution and defence work across all areas of the criminal spectrum. She has a particular expertise in offences involving serious sexual misconduct and exploitation and in the questioning of vulnerable witnesses, including very young, elderly victims and mentally disordered.
She has been involved in the prosecution of organised crime gangs across Kent and South East involved in fraud, money laundering, robbery and firearms.
In addition she has undertaken numerous cases at the Nursing and Midwifery Council, both substantive and interim hearings. She has recently been appointed Legal Assessor to the NMC.
Career
Grade 4 CPS prosecutor, appointed to the CPS specialist prosecution rape panel.
Approved advocacy and the vulnerable facilitator.
Legal Assessor at the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Languages
French and German.
Memberships
Criminal Bar Association; South Eastern Circuit; Justice and Liberty.
Education
King’s College London (LLB); Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) (Maîtrise en droit français); Inns of Court School of Law (Bar Finals),
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Crime (general and fraud)
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Nina Ellin KC –Six Pump Court ‘Nina is a hard-working, conscientious and thorough barrister. Her preparation for a case involves not only an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of her case, but she can effectively analyse the opposition’s case. In court, she is calm and composed, with an ability to deal with any number of changing scenarios without hesitation.’
Six Pump Court is an ‘excellent set with a wide range of talents and outstanding clerks’, with specific expertise in cases involving sexual offences and serious violent crime. The set, which is based in London and Maidstone, is particularly active in Kent. Danny Moore is defending a homeless woman charged with the murder of a homeless man, while Nina Ellin KC, who took silk in the 2023 round, successfully prosecuted a man who killed two and seriously injured three other members of the same family in a motor collision. Turning to the set’s more junior names Emin Kandola secured the acquittal of two defendants alleged to have been involved in a prison mutiny.