Profile
Work Department
Position
Crime
Gillian Batts is an experienced criminal practitioner taking silk in 2025. She is regularly instructed to defend in serious and challenging cases. Her practice encompasses the full range of offences, including homicide, serious non-fatal violence and drug-related offences; however, her particular specialisms are sexual offences and fraud. She is recommended for crime in The Legal 500 (2013).
Of note Gill was instructed to represent one of the main defendants in Operations Clover 1 and 2 (Rotherham Child Sexual Exploitation trials 2015-16) and has been briefed to represent defendants in 3 other major CSE investigations in West Yorkshire.
Gill is a strong jury advocate with a consistently high rate of success at trial, recognised by both professional and lay clients for her conscientious approach and commitment. She receives an increasing number of private instructions.
Gill is noted to be effective at dealing with cases which involve young or vulnerable witnesses, and is often first choice for the defence because of her easy manner and sensitive approach. Those who instruct her comment that “her ability to communicate with people from all walks of life is a real strength”.
She is experienced in all aspects of financial offending, including fraud, theft from employer, money-laundering and insolvency offences. She has defended in prosecutions brought by the CPS, HMRC, BIS and Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Regulatory & Public Law
Gillian Batts KC sits as a Legally Qualified Chair to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
Gill has regularly been instructed by the General Medical Council to appear before the Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal. She has conducted hearings before the Interim Orders Panel and review hearings before the Fitness to Practise Panel.
She also has experience of representing professionals including teachers, police officers and doctors.
Career
Call 1999
Appointments
2019
Level 4 Prosecutor
2025
Kings Counsel
Memberships
Education
1998
Leicester University, LLB Law1999
Inns of Court School of Law
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