Summary

Corinne is a specialist crime and extradition practitioner. She regularly appears in both the High Court and Crown Court and has defended and prosecuted a broad range of cases including sexual offences, robbery, homophobic crimes and witness intimidation.

She is proficient in representing young defendants and those with mental health problems. Corinne is a Grade I Prosecutor on the Crown Prosecution Service's London List of Advocates.

Corinne regularly appears in extradition proceedings and represents both requested persons and judicial authorities, at first instance and at appeal in the High Court.
In 2009, Corinne was seconded as 'in-house' Counsel at the Crown Prosecution Service's Extradition Unit (Special Crime Division). On secondment Corinne advised and represented foreign judicial authorities at all stages of the extradition process. She continues to advise domestic prosecution agencies in respect of extradition to the United Kingdom from foreign states. She co-writes monthly extradition updates for lawbriefupdate.com and provides extradition law seminars and workshops to solicitors' firms on a regular basis.

 

Notable Cases

 

Criminal - Defence

R v. Morgan (July 2010)
Defendant acquitted of attempted robbery.

 

R v. Coughlan (June 2010)
Defendant acquitted of robbery.

 

R v. Lawson (May 2010)
Defendant acquitted of the attempted robbery of a postman.

 

R v. N (May 2010)
Defendant acquitted of 'possession of extreme pornographic images' pursuant to section 63(1) of Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 following a successful half-time submission.

 

Criminal - Prosecution

Corinne is currently instructed Junior Counsel, led by Hanna Llewellyn-Waters, prosecuting a Defendant charged with 15 counts of rape and sexual assault against three complainants.

 

Extradition - Appellant

Corinne is currently instructed Junior Counsel, led by Alun Jones QC, on behalf of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Turin which seeks the extradition of a Defendant to Italy for offences of aggravated murder, attempted robbery and illegal possession and carrying of arms for which he was convicted in the 1980's.

Rytmetis v. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Lithuania [2010] EWHC 1048 (Admin)

High Court appeal against an order for extradition, challenging the validity of a European Arrest Warrant, pursuant to section 2(3) of the Extradition Act 2003; and the compatibility of extradition with Articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Okruch v. Circuit Court In Rzeszow, Poland [2010] EWHC 1047 (Admin)

High Court appeal against an order for extradition challenging its compatibility with Articles 2 and of the European Convention on Human Rights and section 25 of the Extradition Act 2003 based on the mental health of the Appellant and the lack of suitable facilities in the requesting state.

Extradition - Respondent

Johnson v. State Prosecutor at the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Lille, France and Stevens v. Judicial Authority of the Government of France [2009] EWHC 2830 (Admin)

Successfully resisted an appeal concerning the validity of European Arrest Warrants which sought the return of British nationals to face trial for serious drug trafficking offences in France.

Mihociu v. Central Court of the Dictrict of Pest, Hungary [2010] EWHC 708 (Admin)
Successfully resisted an appeal against an order for extradition on grounds of abuse of process, oppression due to the passage of time and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Akyol v. DPP Zwole Lelystad Netherland [2010] EWHC 605 (Admin)

Successfully resisted an appeal against an order for extradition on grounds of oppression due to a passage of time of 15 years between a conviction for drugs-related offences and the commencement of extradition proceedings against an individual in the UK.

Kwasny v.Poland [2010] EWHC 518 (Admin)

Successfully resisted an appeal against an order for extradition. The Appellant had effectively served three months more than that required to be served in Poland due to a lengthy delay between the making of the extradition order and the appeal hearing.

 

Professional Memberships

Criminal Bar Association

Extradition Lawyers’ Association

 

Education

Bar Vocational Course: Inns of Court School of Law, City University

LLB (Hons): European, International and Comparative Law, University of Sheffield/University of Helsinki

 

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