Ella Ripper’s practice focuses on criminal defence and prosecution, professional discipline and inquests.
Recent fraud instructions include acting as a led junior in a paper heavy trial at Southwark Crown Court representing a banker accused of conspiring with five others to defraud his employer. She is currently acting in various private prosecutions on behalf of the DVSA and is also instructed on a large-scale HMRC VAT-fraud investigation.
Her current general crime instructions include acting for the first defendant in a five-handed conspiracy to supply Class A drugs involving modern slavery issues, and representing individuals accused of serious sexual offences.
Ella has a growing interest in licensing and regulatory work. Recent instructions include prosecuting on behalf of Trading Standards departments, with one case involving £625k’s worth of counterfeit goods. Last year, she was seconded to a business crime firm to assist in a multi-million-pound regulatory inquiry.
Ella regularly acts on behalf of regulators and for medical professionals accused of serious misconduct, including dishonesty allegations, before the major healthcare regulators, including the MPTS and NMC. Her most recent FtPSH, heard for 4 weeks in total, comprised the defence of a clinical lead at an 85-bed care centre and involved the cross-examination of four CQC inspectors.
Ella has experience advising and representing Interested Persons, predominantly medical practitioners, at inquests and PIRH.
Before coming to the Bar, Ella worked as a legal researcher in the white-collar crime department of Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. She specialised in international sanctions law, drafting a report for the Japanese government on AML enforcement in the UK and EU, making her uniquely placed to advise on matters that touch on both sanctions and criminal law.
Ella represents defendants in the Magistrates’ Court, Youth Court and Crown Court. She has defended in cases in the Crown Court involving a range of offences including allegations of serious violence, drug supply and fraud.
HMRC v M [2024]
Represented a company and its director in a case brought by HMRC alleging the unlawful supply of taxable goods/services in contravention of the VAT Act 1994.
R v T [2023] Southwark Crown Court
Led junior in a multi-handed conspiracy to defraud an international bank by their employers and external agents. Trial involved a high volume of documentary and banking evidence.
R v F [2023]
Female defendant, a mother of 4, given a suspended sentence order after pleading Guilty just before trial to running a class A drugs line. The starting point for sentence was 4 and a half years.
R v H [2023]
Representing the first defendant out of 5 accused of supplying over 1kg of Class A drugs with co-defendants running defences of modern slavery implicating Ella’s client.
R v H [2023]
Acquittal of a heavily convicted defendant of non-fatal strangulation and assault.
R v E [2023]
Acting on behalf of a vulnerable defendant accused of the sexual grooming of a 12-year-old. The case involved fitness to plead concerns.
Ella has a growing practice in this area. Her recent and current instructions include.
Inquest into the death of L [2024]
Instructed to represent a GP/psychiatric specialist in a 4-day inquest concerning the death of his patient.
Inquest into the death of T [2023]
Instructed to represent a GP in an inquest concerning the suicide of his patient.
Inquest into the death of JH [2023]
Instructed to advise on questions and an accompanying statement for a medical expert witness.
Ella has appeared in the MPTS, UKCP and NMC. She is regularly instructed by the NMC in fitness to practise proceedings, incorrect/fraudulent entry on the register proceedings and interim hearings.
GMC v S [2024]
Ella was instructed by the MPTS to cross-examine a patient and her husband, who had been granted special measures, on behalf of a senior obstetrician.
NMC v P [2024]
Defence of a clinical lead at an 85-bed care centre at a 4-week FtP hearing. The NMC sought a 12-month suspension order, but the Panel were persuaded to impose a one-year caution (the shortest length of time that a caution order can be imposed for).
UKCP v HH [2023]
Prosecuting a psychoanalyst in the UK Council for Psychotherapist’s first successful application for an interim suspension order.
NMC v T [2023]
Defence of a deputy manager of a rehabilitation centre accused of poor management.
NMC v DM [2023]
Defence of a nurse specialising in neo-natal care. Allegations concerned dishonesty.
Ella is a Grade 2 CPS Prosecutor.
RBG v T [2024]
Prosecuting the trading of £625k’s worth of counterfeit goods on behalf of a local authority.
LBI v NO [2024]
Prosecuting the trading of non-compliant cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and other items on behalf of a local authority. Expert evidence involved. Press release here.
Various private prosecutions alleging fraud on behalf of the DVSA.
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