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Sarah Selby

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Sarah Selby

Called

1998

Appointments

Attorney General's Unified List of Prosecuting Advocates

Appointed to the CPS Advocate Panel at Level 3

Practice Areas and Specialisations

Sarah undertakes crime (both prosecution and defence) and associated regulatory work. Prosecution work undertaken for a wide variety of agencies, including the CPS, RCPO, BIS, DWP, the Probation Service, local authorities, and the Royal Mail. She has spent significant periods on secondment to the RCPO, including as part of a team that conducted a large-scale review of money laundering cases.

 

Sarah's defence work encompasses a broad spectrum of criminal cases, including violence, drugs, dishonesty and sexual offences.

Education and Qualifications

Inns of Court School of Law
BA (Hons) Law, 1st class - Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association
Young Fraud Lawyers’ Association
South Eastern Circuit

Cases of Interest

R v. Biryah, Biryah and Biryah, June - July 2009. Junior counsel for the Crown in a £5million tax fraud committed by labour supply companies.

R v. Sanyang, October 2008. Prosecution of a large-scale cannabis importation involving claims of identity theft by the defendant.

R v. Reed, August 2008. Prosecution of the theft of £200,000 in breach of trust, involving the use of a speech therapist as intermediary for a vulnerable victim.

R v. Dennis and others, October - December 2007. Junior counsel for the defence in a large-scale VAT fraud.

R v. Wheeler and others, June 2007. Junior counsel for the defence in a large-scale car ringing conspiracy.

R v. Coutanche, October 2006. Junior counsel for the Crown, historic rape.

R v. Rowe and others, June 2005. Junior counsel for the Crown, multi-handed kidnapping.

Reported Cases

R v. AM [2009] EWCA Crim 618; (2009) AER(D) 173. Successful appeal against conviction regarding the application of Section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, in relation to previous allegations made by complainants in sex cases.

R v. Smith (James William) [2006] EWCA Crim 1355: appeal against conviction concerning the detailed application of the 'bad character' provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Publications

Winner of the Kalisher Essay Prize in 2003 - regarding developments in the law relating to double jeopardy.

Associated Work

Sarah is a member of Chambers' Pupillage Committee.

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