Claire Davies	Called : 1999
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AREAS OF PRACTICE

Claire is instructed to defend in a wide range of the most serious offences in the Crown Court, including murder, fraud, rape and human trafficking. Claire has appeared as both led junior counsel and sole junior counsel in several complex multi-handed trials. As a result of the work Claire is instructed in she regularly deals with expert evidence including cell-site, DNA, mobile telephone and computer analysis. Claire is regularly instructed in cases of rape and other serious sexual offences.  She has particular experience of cases involving young children and cases requiring intermediaries.

Claire has substantial experience in representing defendants with mental health difficulties and appears at fitness to plead hearings, trials of issue and also sentencing, in particular s41 restriction cases.

As part of the Prison Law Team Claire also appears at prison adjudications, recall hearings and parole hearings for lifer prisoners.

Claire can now accept instructions under Direct Access.

NOTABLE CASES

Some examples of the work Claire has undertaken are:

R-v-Kostromina – Multi-million pound International online banking fraud (Zeus).

R-v-Adeyemi – Led junior in an MTIC fraud value £140 million.

R-v-Chambers – Led Junior for one of the principle defendants in the largest ever Flying Squad investigation into raids on high value jewellers.

R-v-D – Led junior representing a solicitor accused of mortgage fraud. The case was stayed as an abuse of process due to failures on disclosure.

R-v-Franklin – Sole junior on 2 day contested confiscation hearing £2m hidden assets involving the calling of evidence from outside the jurisdiction.

R-v-Palmer – Sole junior on multi-handed attempted murder.

R-v-Dhillon – Led Junior on Conspiracy to Murder – Honey trap shooting.

R-v-P – Rape and false imprisonment.

R-v-C – Historic sexual abuse of a child under his care.

R-v-Sufova – Human trafficking for purposes of prostitution. Sole junior in multi-handed case.

R-v-Mack – Sole junior for the lead defendant in 9 handed conspiracy to rob cash in transit vans.

R-v-Ravandi – Multi handed opium importation.

MEMBERSHIPS

Member of Criminal Bar Association

Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association

MIND

OTHER INFORMATION

Claire is Licensed to take Direct Access work.

CONTACT DETAILS

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