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Charles Blatchford

Year of call: 1997

King's Counsel:

Defends in the full range of serious criminal cases including homicide (incl infant deaths), historic sexual exploitation, drug conspiracies, firearms, kidnap, blackmail, violence and fraud.

Also defends driving cases in the Magistrates Court on a privately funded basis.

Some cases have attracted national media attention:

R v Longmate (Southwark Crown Court – Misconduct in Public Office by a Police Officer).

Deepcut Inquest.  Representing the Commanding Officer from Deepcut Barracks (Surrey)

AG Specialist panel of prosecutors – A Panel.  Prosecuting cases on behalf of the HSE (fatality at a firework factory near Peterborough), Environment Agency, Office of Rail Regulation.

Legally Qualified Person for Police Misconduct Hearings.

Regular appearance representing service personnel before Courts-Martial.

Background

Education

  • University of Durham BSc(Hons)
  • Inns of Court School of Law 1995-1996 

Professional Membership

  • Member of Criminal Bar Association
  • North Eastern Circuit

Professional Career

  • Qualified as a solicitor in 1999 (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
  • Major in the British Army (serving from 2000-2008) (serving in Northern Ireland, Germany, Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Nepal)

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