An established criminal practitioner with over 35 years experience prosecuting and defending in the London area. Jacqueline handles a wide variety of cases at all levels, including violence (ranging from murder and armed robberies to racially aggravated assaults) sexual offences (ranging from gang rape to indecent exposure and voyeurism) and dishonesty (ranging from money laundering to forgery). She has particular expertise in representing juveniles and defendants with mental health issues and equally, in prosecuting cases involving vulnerable witnesses. Her practice includes privately funded defence work handling cases such as perjury, pornography and motoring.
Notable Cases
| Case name | R v Campbell and others | Case name | R v Heggart 2001 (4 Archbold News 2CA) |
| Appearance | Defence | Appearance | Defence |
| Category | Murder | Category | Violent Disorder |
| Detail | Death occurring in course of large violent incident in public place. | Detail | Road rage trial. Conviction quashed in Court of Appeal owing to prosecution refusal to disclose details of 999 callers. |
| Case name | R v Miah & Hussein | Case name | R v Jay Murray |
| Appearance | Prosecution | Appearance | Defence |
| Category | Conspiracy to commit GBH | Category | Rape |
| Detail | High profile trial concerning gang warfare in Euston. One of first cases where ASBO imposed. | Detail | High profile case concerning postman who pleaded guilty to raping customer, after forcibly entering her home. Two day sentencing hearing involving examination of witnesses resulted in ruling that defendant did not constitute a public danger under CJA 2003 provisions. |