Erimus Chambers Barristers undertake
work in Criminal Law, Family Law - including
domestic violence - and Civil Law together with
most County Court matters, including personal
injury, road traffic, contracts, debt disputes
and mortgage repossession cases.
Chambers lawyers cover local
courts including Northampton, Daventry, Kettering,
Corby, Wellingborough, Towcester, Market Harborough,
Milton Keynes, Bedford, Luton, Watford and Peterborough.
Counsel also cover courts throughout London.
Karen has regularly attended Wood Green and Inner
London Crown Courts and the Old Bailey.
Karen has extensive experience
in general common law practising in London and
on circuit over the last 19 years. She practices
in criminal, civil, and family law. She has regularly
appeared in the Magistrates, Youth, Crown and
County Courts literally across the Country, from
Cardiff to Suffolk and from Leicester to Hove.
She has also acquired a particular expertise
in road traffic cases, including speed camera
and drink driving. This experience transfers
across to civil hearings concerning road traffic
accidents in County Court disputes.
Karen has a wide and varied experience of Criminal matters including
violence, sexual offences and fraud, including confiscation hearings.
Karen has also dealt with hunt saboteur cases. Mental Health
issues have been dealt with both before Mental Health tribunals
and within Criminal cases. She recently received in house domestic
violence training with CPS Dorset and has dealt with a considerable
number of such cases over the years. She also has completed the
Sexual Offences and Rape courses with the Bar Council over the
last two years. She is a grade two Prosecutor for CPS and again
has many years experience working for the CPS around the country
in Crown and Magistrates Courts.
In the Family Courts she again
has dealt with children cases, contact and residence,
child abduction and care. Her criminal experience
of Domestic violence also enhances her experience
with injunctive relief. She has had conduct of
a care case with a QC leader at the High Court
which included murder and extreme sexual abuse.
Karen conducts and has many
years experience of ancillary relief cases including
complex self employed and business cases.
As Legal Services are continually
restricted financially, Karen is keen to provide
quality and value to her clients and aims to
return promptly case reports and fee notes, as
she fully appreciates the importance of financial
administration to instructing solicitors and
the need for clients to be fully informed about
finances.
Karen spent 11 years prior to
call to the Bar as a Magistrates Legal Advisor
which gave daily experience of family, road traffic
and crime. Her duties included being the Clerk
to the Youth Court and training of Justices.
She also supervised trainee Court Clerks. She
completed the advocacy training course with Middle
Temple to become an Advocacy trainer. She has
also lectured Criminal Practice for the Institute
of legal Executives. Over the years Karen has
also assisted with mini pupils and with pupils
of Chambers to assist their development and experience.
She is a member of the Criminal Bar Association,
Family Law Association and the Women Barristers
Association.
Geographically Karen has built
up contact with many Courts across the Country
and is still happy to travel across both the
South Eastern and Western Circuits of which she
is a member and across The Midlands where she
is based.
On a personal note, Karen has
been active throughout her working life in the
voluntary sector, particularly in respect of
children and whilst serving on various school
and childcare committees is particularly proud
of being a founder member and registered provider
of an after school club. This required she be
trained in Child Protection issues and child
development. As a working mother she achieved
a work life balance when her children were growing
up and fully understands the challenges of the
modern mother. She also has assisted with her
daughter’s show jumping career, with mucking
out and lorry driving. She is passionate about
her free range chickens, and country life in
general.
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