Christine A Egerton

Education

• LL.B (Lond)
• LL.M (Lond)

Areas of Practice

Crime

Practises extensively in criminal law, both Prosecution and Defence with a 50/50 split.

Grade 4 Prosecutor

Parole Board hearings

Attended training in prosecuting serious sexual offences and in the use of intermediaries to assist vulnerable witnesses.

Recent Cases

Has been instructed as junior counsel in many cases of homicide.

Has conducted numerous cases of attempted murder, death by dangerous driving, serious violence, kidnap, blackmail, fraud and drugs offences.

Particularly experienced in prosecuting and defending serious sexual offences (rape, historical sexual abuse, child pornography etc.)

Wide experience in prosecuting and defending cases involving children, young and vulnerable people as defendants or witnesses.

Appeared for the Crown in R v H [2005] 2 AllER 859 a sexual assault case which defined the approach to sexual touching for the purposes of the Sexual Offences Act 2003

Instructed in Parole Board hearings (Discretionary Lifer Panels etc.)

Professional Membership

• Member of the Criminal Bar Association
• North Eastern Circuit