Elizabeth joined JMW in August 2024 as a Senior Associate in the Professional Misconduct team, part of the Business Crime and Regulation Department.
Elizabeth has over 25 years experience of working in the criminal justice system. She is experienced in dealing with all types of allegations, and with clients from all walks of life, as well as with the fragility that is sometimes a precursor, to or caused by involvement with the criminal justice and disciplinary systems. She has considerable experience in representing those concerned in all aspects of Criminal and Police Disciplinary Proceedings, Post Incident Procedures, Judicial Review and Inquests.
In common with some of her senior colleagues, her involvement is seldom publicly advertised given sensitivities surrounding her instruction but generally includes defending many misconduct in public office offences, sexual allegations, including successfully presenting the defence of sexomnia, as well as defending accusations of dishonesty in all forms, and all offences relating to the use of force and allegations of causing death or serious injury by dangerous or careless driving. Advising in cases involving death and serious injury (including manslaughter by gross negligence) and defending allegations not only in criminal or disciplinary proceedings, but also in associated High Court proceedings and Inquests.
Recent experience includes advising officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Police service and also supporting the British Army in post incident procedure training.
Elizabeth continues to be instructed on behalf of pilots in a variety of discrete circumstances. Together with Danielle Povey she represented BALPA in the High Court proceedings which led to the landmark decisions on disclosure in Chief Constable of Sussex Police v Secretary of State for Transport, British Airline Pilots Association [2016] EWHC 2280 (QB) and of Secretary of State for Transport v Senior Coroner for Norfolk [2016] EWHC 2279 (Admin).