Coming from a working-class background in East London, Chloe is known for her ability to put clients at ease and for her unwavering approach both inside and outside of the courtroom.
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Chloe accepts instructions to defend in all areas of crime within the Magistrates’ Court, Youth Court and Crown Court. She has a specific interest in gang crime and representing those who are victims of exploitation.
Solicitors have expressed that she gave clients “an excellent service throughout” and have noted “I’m really impressed with Chloe, great sentence and it was complex by numerous issues, she grasped the nettle overnight and did a fantastic job.”
Before joining 15NBS, Chloe worked as a paralegal at a successful Criminal Defence firm in central London, an Independent Custody Visitor (ensuring fair treatment of detainees in police custody) and volunteered for a ‘Street-law’ programme where she presented several seminars to school children, college students and prisoners on varying criminal law topics.
Notable cases
Crown Court
R v HN (2022) – being led at the Old Bailey successfully secured a unanimous acquittal of music artist charged with perverting the course of justice in connection with a murder and attempted murder after a 3-month trial [Chambers News] [My London News]
R v NA (2022) – successfully secured a unanimous acquittal for a defendant charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm (broken nose / fractures to the face) and assault by beating.
R v DG (2022) – defendant (initially charged with aggravated burglary) entered a guilty plea to affray which was acceptable to the Crown. As a result, the starting point for the offence was reduced from 10 years imprisonment to 1 year imprisonment. The defendant was sentenced to a community order with a mental health treatment requirement.
R v KB (2022) – defendant sentenced to 3 months’ imprisonment suspended for 18 months for being concerned in the supply of Class B drugs and possession of Class A drugs x2.
R v BM (2022) – defendant sentenced to 27 weeks imprisonment suspended for 18 months for assault occasioning actual bodily harm (assault with a bike helmet causing several broken teeth).
R v JO (2022) – defendant sentenced to a 12-month community order for possession of a bladed article and racially aggravated fear or provocation of violence.
R v TN (2021) – defendant sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment suspended for 2 years for one count of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship (spanning over 2 years and 9 months). The prosecution appealed this sentence on the basis that it was unduly lenient. Chloe also represented the defendant at the Court of Appeal.
R v MH (2021) – successful appeal against sentence for non-dwelling burglary (16 weeks imprisonment ordered to run concurrently to 40-months’ imprisonment, rather than consecutively).
R v JA (2022) – defendant sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment suspended for 24 months for dangerous driving in a case where the judge remarked ‘the driving was as bad as it could get’ / ‘it gets in the record books for one of the longer police chases.’
R v PR (2021) – defendant sentenced to 9 months’ imprisonment suspended for 24 months with a drug rehabilitation requirement for dangerous driving (driving 78mph in 30mph zone which resulted in a collision), possession of a Class A drug, driving without insurance and driving without a licence.
R v AR (2021) – defendant sentenced to 27 weeks imprisonment suspended for 18 months for stalking and harassment (spanning over 4 months).
R v KB (2021) – defendant sentenced to a 24-month community order for assault on an emergency worker x2 (spitting during Covid 19 pandemic).
Magistrates Court
R v BC (2022) – represented defendant (body guard of high-profile activist Tommy Robinson) charged with possession of an article (flare) and throwing a missile at a Blackburn Rovers vs Luton Town football match. Successfully opposed Football Banning Order application. Defendant was sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge.
R v PG, JG and DJ (2022) – represented three defendants charged with assaulting police officers at the West Ham vs Eintracht Frankfurt Europa League semi-final football match. Two were sentenced to suspended sentence orders and the other to a conditional discharge. [Chambers News].
R v BB (2022) – defendant was acquitted of assault by beating. Successfully opposed Crown’s application to admit body worn video of the complainant’s first account at trial under the res gestae provision, resulting in the Crown offering no evidence.
R v JB & others (2021) – three of the four defendants represented were sentenced to community orders and the fourth received a fine after guilty pleas to affray were accepted (initially charged as violent disorder). Successfully opposed Football Banning Order applications. [Express News Report] [My London News Report]
R v DR (2021) – secured an acquittal after trial for theft by an employee at Selfridges, London.
R v SB (2021) – defendant sentenced to a 12-month community order for shining/directing a laser beam towards an aircraft despite the enactment of tougher sentencing measures in 2018.
R v RP (2021) – defendant was acquitted of racially aggravated fear/provocation of violence after the Crown offered no evidence following a successful application for disclosure of CCTV footage.
R v LC (2021) – successful application to suspend the defendant’s disqualification from driving pending his Crown Court Appeal against conviction and sentence which resulted in him not losing his job.
R v JH (2021) – defendant was acquitted of assault by beating. Successfully opposed Crown’s application to admit 999 call and body worn video of the complainant’s first account at trial under the res gestae provision, resulting in the Crown offering no evidence.
R v AMMS (2021) represented respondent in the first application for continued detention of seized cash under s.295 POCA 2022 (£65,000).
R v MC (2021) – defendant sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge for possession of a weapon for the discharge of a noxious liquid/gas/electrical incapacitation device.
R v AA (2021) – defendant sentenced to a 12-month community order for possession of a bladed article, failing to stop for a constable, driving without due care and attention and driving without insurance.
R v JH (2020) – defendant sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment suspended for 2 years after careful mitigation for breach of SHPO and voyeurism.
Youth Court
R v OH (2022) – 14-year-old youth sentenced to a 12-month referral order for affray and possession of a bladed article (gang related).
R v OS (2021) – youth who pleaded guilty to false imprisonment on a joint enterprise basis (involved brandishing of knives, use of duct tape and physical violence) and possession of Cannabis was sentenced to a 12-month referral order.
R v MD (2021) – youth acquitted after the Crown offered no evidence to possession of a bladed article following a successful application to exclude CCTV footage under s.78 PACE 1984.
R v AO (2021) – youth was acquitted of possession of a bladed article. Successfully opposed an application to adjourn the trial after an administrative error meant witnesses for the prosecution were not warned to attend court, resulting in the Crown offering no evidence.
R v JAM (2021) – drafted written representations sent to the CPS, submitting that it was not in the public interest to prosecute a vulnerable youth for possession of Cannabis, theft and assault by beating, which resulted in proceedings being discontinued.
R v CR (2021) – successful application for an adjournment for a caution to be administered to a 14-year-old youth for possession of an offensive weapon.
Professional Associations
Criminal Bar Association
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
Scholarships/Awards
1st Prize in the Criminal Bar Association 2020 Bursary Award (CBA)
Harmsworth Scholarship – major award to fund BPTC (Middle Temple)
Advocacy Scholarship to fund BPTC (BPP, Holborn)
Excellence Scholarship to fund BPTC (BPP, Holborn)
Course Director’s Prize for achieving highest results on LLB Law with Criminology course (South Bank University)
Qualifications
Mental Health First Aider (MHFA England)
Trained in youth justice advocacy (Youth Justice Legal Centre)
BPTC – very competent (BPP, Holborn)
LLM Legal Practice (Bar) – distinction (BPP, Holborn)
Qualified International Civil/Commercial Mediator (The Bar Council & ADR-ODR International)
LLB Law with Criminology degree – 1st Class (South Bank University)
Trained in US capital defence law and procedure (Amicus)
