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Caroline Carberry KC

Caroline Carberry KC

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Furnival Chambers  is considered a ‘a stand out chambers in general crime’, having advised clients on a number of sophisticated serious and organised crime cases. Caroline Haughey KC  prosecuted Lydia Mugambe – a former judge of the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals – who was convicted of modern slavery offences after trafficking a fellow to Ugandan woman to the UK as a domestic worker – the defendant raised issues of diplomatic immunity. Caroline Carberry KC  represented Beinash Batool, stepmother of Sara Sharif, in her trial for the murder of the child after what was described by the judge as a “campaign of torture” – under cross-examination for Batool, Urfan Sharif, the child’s father, confessed to her murder. Nicola Shannon KC  and Lisa Bald  prosecuted a social media personality who stabbed to death an army veteran who she previously used as a dog-sitter for her Pomeranian; the case involved draft and published TikTok videos as evidence.
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In 2019 Caroline, leading Joel Smith, achieved the first ever conviction for Female Genital Mutilation in the United Kingdom. News story here

In 2017 she made legal history by successfully prosecuting the country’s first ever case of GBH with intent through the transmission of the HIV virus. This ground-breaking trial involved evidence of the utmost sensitivity and complexity.

Her impressive success record is a result of rigorous strategic planning, indepth legal knowledge, skilled advocacy and hard work. Her balanced portfolio of serious defence and prosecution work gives her a 360-degree perspective and ensures her advice is always current, nuanced and insightful.

Caroline is exceptionally good with clients, can build an empathetic relationship with juries and achieves results in the most difficult of cases. She is a sought-after counsel by firms with private clients who wish to retain experienced counsel for advice in the early stages of an investigation through to trial.

She has a deserved reputation for her particular skill in dealing with both defendants and witnesses of the utmost vulnerability. In 2017 she was appointed a Lead Facilitator for the Advocacy and the Vulnerable National Training Programme.

Caroline has considerable experience of slavery and human trafficking cases and is considered a leader in this developing area of law. She has been instructed in serious child cruelty and “baby-shaking” cases which have involved complex medical and forensic evidence and extensive cross-examination of expert witnesses. Her busy practice is wide ranging and she repeatedly delivers excellent results.

Caroline is authorised to accept instructions from members of the public in certain circumstances.

Career

Called 1995; Gray’s Inn.

Memberships

CBA; SEC.

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  • 'An excellent chambers who seem to have a lot of very good people. '
  • 'Very good and experienced set with real strength in depth. '
  • 'Wide ranging set of barristers from different years of call specialising in different types of complex criminal matters. '
  • 'Great chambers with high quality advocates. '
  • 'The clerking team is by far the best from all of the London sets.  They are led by Stephen Ball who is widely regarded as the best senior clerk of all time. '
  • 'Great chambers with high quality advocates.'
  • 'The set as a whole is strong from top to bottom.'