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Clea has an exclusive defence practice in serious crime and is regularly instructed in cases involving serious violence and organised crime. She is often instructed in high profile murders, serious sexual assaults and high value frauds. She has extensive experience in cases involving alleged gang related activity that often involve large scale conspiracies to supply significant quantities of class A drugs as well as conspiracies to rob or murder.
She always applies her meticulous case preparation with any case she is instructed on. Her manner and professionalism puts both the lay and professional client at ease, whatever the case.
She is often commended for her witness management and cross-examination.
Clea is a founding member of a programme to give pupils from non-traditional backgrounds, access to life at the criminal Bar. Through this programme, Chambers have developed a relationship with two secondary schools in London, which gives interested students an opportunity to undertake mini-pupillages with members of Crucible Chambers. The programme has been a resounding success.
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Clea has an exclusive defence practice in serious crime and is regularly instructed in cases involving serious violence and organised crime. She is often instructed in high profile murders, serious sexual assaults and high value frauds. She has extensive experience in cases involving alleged gang related activity that often involve large scale conspiracies to supply significant quantities of class A drugs as well as conspiracies to rob or murder.
She always applies her meticulous case preparation with any case she is instructed on. Her manner and professionalism puts both the lay and professional client at ease, whatever the case.
She is often commended for her witness management and cross-examination.
Clea is a founding member of a programme to give pupils from non-traditional backgrounds, access to life at the criminal Bar. Through this programme, Chambers have developed a relationship with two secondary schools in London, which gives interested students an opportunity to undertake mini-pupillages with members of Crucible Chambers. The programme has been a resounding success.
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- 'A good set with some very able counsel instructed in high profile matters'
- 'Crucible Chambers really are one to watch. Although reasonably new to the market, they have some incredibly impressive juniors and Silks, and the clerking team is lead by James Hall who is always friendly, professional and highly efficient.'
- 'Crucible are fantastic. You know you will always get a top shelf barrister when you go to them. The clerks are friendly and commercially aware. They are an excellent set that goes from strength to strength year after year'
- 'The chambers are friendly and have a very high standard from pupils to KC's. They are an impeccable set and are widely liked and used in my firm due to the excellence of the advocates and the clerking team.'
- 'Crucible Chambers are an excellent chambers.attributes include strength in depth in that all counsel are very competent and excellent with clients and always available to advise. '
- 'Strong set throughout so good for returns.'
- 'Crucible Chambers are a well run and respected set of Chambers with a number of well established practitioners .'