North Eastern Circuit
New Park Court Chambers has a deep and broad team of barrister with practices focused on professional disciplinary law at both the silk and junior level, and have a close working relationship with the General Medical Council. The ‘thoroughly professional’ Jason Pitter KC has been instructed on disciplinary elements of prominent inquiries, with particular experience in police law, and Adam Birkby represents police officers accused of gross misconduct, with one important recent case concerning if professional disciplinary standards can be applied to private conversations absent of force policy. Praised for her ’fantastic attention to detail’, Chloe Hudson leads on high-profile inquests at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal and the ‘confident and intelligent’ Chloe Fairley has particular expertise in cases concerning doctors accused of sexual misconduct. In other areas, Jade Bucklow is experienced representing social workers and accountants.
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Chloe Hudson’s practice encompasses criminal and regulatory work. Her particular areas of specialism are cases with a medical aspect and sexual offences.
She has been instructed by the General Medical Council to appear at Fitness to Practise Hearings for many years, giving her substantial specialist knowledge to bring to criminal work with a medical element and involving expert witnesses. She undertakes drafting and advisory work in all areas of her practice and is a popular choice of junior and enjoys a significant amount of led work.
In February and March 2021, leading Ashleigh Metcalfe, Chloe Hudson prosecuted James Macken for the murder of Daniel Jeffries. The Defendant was found guilty after a three week trial and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum period of 16 years.
Led by Nicholas Lumley KC, Chloe was a finalist in the Dennis Hoban Award for Crime Investigation awarded by the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police for their work on Operation Panelmill, the investigation into the death of Tyron Charles who was shot in a shipping container on a smallholding in Denholme, Bradford in 2018 and then buried on moors near Oxenhope. James Sutcliffe was sentenced to 31 years’ imprisonment for the murder. Chief Constable John Robins, stated:
Working as a team, you showed innovation in both investigative practise and evidence presentation to ensure justice for a murder victim and his family in what was an extremely challenging enquiry.
Since 2012 Chloe has been an external lecturer to medical students at Manchester Medical School, the University of Manchester, on the law and procedure of the General Medical Council and Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal Service.
Crime
Chloe has a busy practice encompassing all areas of Criminal Litigation in the Crown Court. She is a Level 4 Prosecutor and is on the Crown Prosecution Service Rape and Child Sexual Abuse list of specialist prosecutors.
Crime is a significant proportion of Chloe’s practice and she regularly appears, for both the prosecution and the defence, in a range of cases dealing with serious crime including: murder, manslaughter, serious sexual assaults, drugs and violence.
Chloe has expertise in dealing with cases involving non-accidental injuries to babies and small children, particularly those with concurrent family proceedings. She recently prosecuted a so called ‘shaken baby’ case involving the leading experts in this field of medicine being led by Dafydd Enoch KC.
Regulatory
Chloe prosecutes doctors on behalf of the General Medical Council before the Fitness to Practise Tribunals of the Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal Service. The hearings cover all aspects of professional misconduct by doctors, including deficient professional performance and often involve extremely sensitive subject matter. She has worked on many cases that have received national coverage.
Memberships
- Legal Assessor to the General Optical Council
- Legal Assessor to the ACCA (accountants’ regulator)
- Finalist in the 2020 West Yorkshire Police Denis Hoban Award for Crime Investigation
- CPS Level 4 Prosecutor
- RASSO
- GMC Panel
- Harehills & Chapeltown Law Centre Management Committee Chairman (2011-2014)
- Pegasus Scholar, internship at the Crown Law Office, Wellington, New Zealand (Inner Temple, 2006)
- Lord Haldane Scholarship, Hardwicke Entrance Award (Lincoln's Inn, 2002)
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- 'Kirsten Frankland is an exceptional clerk. She responds quickly to any queries, and ensures that appropriate counsel is available for any matters wherever possible. Nothing is ever too much trouble for Kirsten, or any of the other clerks at New Park Court, and it\'s a pleasure to work with them.'
- 'Kirsten Frankland is an excellent Clerk and Chambers Manager. The service she provides is outstanding.'
- 'New Park Court are a top set to deal with who have a great range of exceptional barristers in this field. The number of barristers they have who excel in this line of work means it's never difficult to find Counsel for different types of cases.'
- 'Counsel consistently show high levels of expertise in the area, and provide quality advocacy. Counsel provide a first-class service, and are professional, but approachable and friendly, and pragmatic in their approach to cases.'
- 'Chambers does a lot of police work and they have a good reputation for it'
- 'Clerks are efficient and responsive. '
- 'The clerks consistently provide the highest quality of service. They are friendly, dependable, and always respond quickly. They are accommodating and work hard to find availability, which is no mean feat.'