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Leah was called to the Bar in 2019 and has subsequently attended a variety of hearings in Courts and Tribunals across the UK. Leah joined °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ in 2020 and completed pupillage under the supervision of Fiona Butler. Leah’s practice is predominantly in the field of regulatory and civil work although she has experience in wider areas too.

Prior to joining °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, Leah worked as a County Court Advocate for a national organisation in which she attended numerous civil hearings, including a variety of civil applications, possession hearings, bankruptcy hearings and approval hearings.

Leah is regularly instructed in fitness to practice cases before Professional Conduct Panels, including multi-day contested cases involving, but not limited to, allegations of sexual abuse, criminal convictions, exam malpractice and those involving dishonesty.

Leah is also routinely instructed in civil matters including, anti-social behaviour injunctions, closure orders, contempt of court proceedings, appeals of an abatement notice and a range of civil applications, in addition to drafting instructions. She has also worked on a range of other cases, including in respect of a number of applications to the Attorney General to quash the decision of an inquest, one of which was successful in the High Court.