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Who We Are

We aim to connect women working within all areas of the profession. 

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Our membership will include (in no particular order): 

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  • judges and district judges;

  • court clerks​;

  • criminal barristers' clerks;

  • barristers;

  • solicitors;

  • paralegals;

  • chartered legal executives;

  • those working within the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division); and

  • those working within the Criminal Cases Review Commission. 

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If you find yourself reading on with intrigue, please consider joining Women In Criminal Law here.

 

If you find yourself wanting to know more, find our mission statement here.  

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Our Patron

The Rt Hon. Baroness Heather Hallett DBE

Committee

Founder and Chair:  Katy Thorne QC 

Vice-Chairs: Chloe Birch, Jessica Dunk, Amy Cox & Emma Goodall QC

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Head of Communications: Chloe Birch

Head of Events: Leona Roberts

Head of Mentoring: Amy Cox 

Head of Policy: Diana Wilson

Head of Maternity: Caroline Liggins

Head of Wellbeing: Stephanie Roe

Head of Membership: Becca Noble

Race-Equality Committee Chair: Laurie-Anne Power

Race-Equality Committee Vice-Chair: Ashwinder Gill

Treasurer: Perveen Hill 

Secretary: Aileen Colhourn

 

Committee Members:

Julia Smart QC, Michelle Simpson, Pippa Woodrow, Kitan Ososami, Grace King, Rebecca Noble,
Tejal-Roma Williams, Danielle Reece-Greenhalgh, Emma Fielding, Amy Packham, Alexia Nicol,
Kitty St. Aubyn, Varuna Askoolum, Yvonne Kramo, Nicola Howard QC, Lisa Wilson, Ashwinder Gill,
Sarah Read, Gillian Huston, Christine Giscombe, Angharad Hughes, Farrhat Arshad,
Grace Khaile, Lisa Towell, Nutan Fatania, Phoebe Coleman, Radha Baan, Rebecca Ireland,
Rosemary Donnabella, Sandra Paul, Sian Beaven, Holly Mees, Samantha Christien. 

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In addition, all our Founder Members form part of the WICL Committee. 

Founder Members 

Our founder members reflect our broad membership.

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They are:

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  • Aileen Colhoun, Hickman Rose

  • Alex Preston, Olliers (Manchester)   

  • Alice Dodd, Cartright King (Oxford)

  • Alison Saunders, Linklaters (former DPP) 

  • Amy Cox, Sonn Macmillan Walker 

  • Baljit Ubhey, CPS  

  • Mrs Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb, Judiciary

  • Caroline Liggins, Hodge Jones Allen 

  • Chloe Birch, Mountford Chambers 

  • Christine Braamskamp, K&L Gates

  • Daniella Waddoup, Doughty Street Chambers

  • Diana Payne, Blackfords - LCCSA  

  • Elizabeth Robertson, Skadden Solicitors 

  • SDJ Emma Arbuthnot, Chief Magistrate of England and Wales

  • Emma Collins, 3 Raymond Buildings

  • Emma Goodall QC, Doughty Street Chambers

  • Harriet Johnson, Doughty Street Chambers (Manchester)   

  • Helen Draycott, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, CPS  

  • Helen White, Howells (Sheffield)

  • Isabella Forshall QC, Doughty Street Chambers 

  • Janice Brown, Complex Case Lawyer, CACD

  • Jenny Wiltshire, Hickman Rose - Vice Chair LCCSA

  • Jessica Dunk, Mischon de Reya

  • Jude Lanchin, Bindmans 

  • Judith Seddon, Ropes & Gray

  • HHJ Kaly Kaul QC, Judiciary 

  • Kate Welch, Parry Welch Lacey (Liverpool)

  • Katy Thorne QC, Doughty Street Chambers 

  • Letitia Duffus, Shaw Graham Kersh 

  • Lois Cullen, Hogan Brown (Liverpool) 

  • Lorna Burns, CPS  

  • Louise Delahunty, Cooley  

  • Lucy Tapper, Reeds (Oxford)

  • Madeline Corr, Shaw Graham Kersh

  • Mary Poku, Foundry Chambers 

  • Melanie Parrish, CPS

  • Perveen Hill, BDB Pitmans

  • Pam Reddy, Norton Rose Fullbright

  • Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC, 2 Hare Court 

  • Salma Yousef, CPS

  • Sasha Wass QC, 6KBW

  • Sandra Paul, Kinglsey Napley

  • Stella Harris, Garden Court Chambers

  • Tejal-Roma Williams, CPS

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