Cathy Mitchell
Cathy transferred to the Bar in 2008 (Lincoln’s Inn), having practiced as a solicitor for 4 years. As a solicitor she obtained higher rights of audience (All Proceedings)
She has a broad experience of civil, family and criminal work:
Civil
Cathy deals in particular with credit hire and road traffic accident cases and personal injury work. She has conducted trials on the small claims and fast track.
Family
Cathy has experience of Children Act matters and ancillary relief. She has also successfully acted in an international child abduction case. Cathy has dealt with all types of applications arising in private law Children Act applications, including emergency applications for residence orders.
She has also dealt with emergency applications for non-molestation and occupation orders.
In respect of ancillary relief, Cathy has acted in first direction appointments and Financial Dispute Resolution appointments.
Crime
Cathy worked as a Crown Prosecutor from 2006 until October 2009. She has dealt with all matters in the Magistrates Court. She later qualified as a Crown Advocate, dealing with all matters in the Crown Court and has had conduct of Level 2 jury trials.
Other Barristers
Julian Abengowe
a broad grounding and training in both civil and criminal litigation, working on complex and high profile cases with a particular emphasis on judicial review
Maria Mulla
Maria receives instructions across the full range of civil litigation and appears regularly in trials and applications in the County Court
Cathy Mitchell
Cathy deals in particular with credit hire and road traffic accident cases and personal injury work. She has conducted trials on the small claims and fast track
Robert Askey
Robert’s Chancery Practice and experience encompasses Banking and Financial transactions, Landlord & Tenant, Land Law and Insolvency, as well as Employment, Housing and Personal Injury
Iain Mutch
Iain specialises in crime, housing and personal injury work, litigious and non-litigious family work, the interpretation of consumer contracts and the drafting and interpretation of tenancy agreements.
Neil Addison
Neil has particular experience in Civil/Criminal cases such as Proceeds of Crime, Banning Orders, Anti Social Behaviour, and Police Powers
Afshan Hashmi
Afshan was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 2005. She has obtained an LLM Masters degree in Employment Law and specialises in this field. She has a particular interest and experience of discrimination in the workplace. She is also regularly instructed in civil litigation, professional discipline, immigration and crime
Steven Levine
Steven has been a Barrister for over 19 years since his call to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn and pupillage and gaining his Masters Degree in Law in London. He has a predominantly mixed common law background
Josephine Scally
called to the bar in 1984 and, after serving a pupillage in St. John Street Chambers, Manchester, pursued a general practice of family, crime and personal injury
Jonathan Rule
Head of Chambers
Jonathan specialises in landlord and tenant, real property, easements and covenants, insolvency, wills and probate, inheritance disputes, partnerships and general commercial disputes