Our Expertise
St Pauls Chambers provides legal services throughout the UK and worldwide. We are known for providing excellence in our areas of focus.
As a leading barristers chambers in Leeds, our expertise span the depth and breadth of a number of key areas of law.
Our People
St Pauls Chambers have an excellent team of Barristers, Clerks & Administration, with our barristers including KC’s, Members and Pupils.
View our teams in full detail, or browse by expertise to find a barrister.
Call 2001
Jane Brady is a very highly regarded criminal practitioner whose advocacy, case preparation and client care have always set her apart. She was briefed to represent a 13 year old charged with murder when she was just 2 years’ call.
Jane is a Grade 4 Prosecutor and defends and prosecutes the most serious cases for a Junior, often involving legally complex issues, expert evidence and vulnerable witnesses and defendants.
Jane is briefed in the full spectrum of criminal cases including murder, attempted murder, serious violence (baby shaking, s.18, armed robbery, kidnap), arson, bomb hoaxes, drugs conspiracies, fraud, burglary conspiracies, CSE, child cruelty, sexual offences, prison officer misconduct and road traffic cases including fatalities. She has worked for HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Health & Safety Executive and the Post Office. She has conducted complex confiscation hearings with success for both the Prosecution and Defence, due to her accounts expertise.
A tenacious opponent, she is a stickler for detail and disclosure and is determined to do justice to a case. She has only appeared 5 times at the Court of Appeal (which she sees as a good thing), including an entry in Banks on Sentence for R v G and M 2015 EWCA Crim 32 – Sex Offences with Children. Defendant aged 16-17. Post-guideline case.
Prosecution
Advising pre-charge on a complex Murder and Gross Negligence Manslaughter case. Following an 8-week trial being led by Oliver Saxby QC, the jury convicted all defendants including Lynda Rickard of murder. Covered in all national media including BBC and Sky New
Successful prosecution of 2 Defendants for Child Cruelty of 3 children spanning more than 4 years and including allegations of sadism and strangulation.
Conviction of a School Teacher for Drugs Supply after a contested Newton Hearing.
Prosecution of 5 Defendants for large scale under-cover Drugs Conspiracy in High Wycombe area. Pleas to Indictment from all.
Defence of multiple rapist, involving filming, threats, indecent images, distribution. Early guilty pleas to 20 count Indictment and avoidance of life sentence.
Defence of knife-point stranger rape. Negotiated acceptable early pleas to amended Indictment.
Junior counsel in 2 large CSE cases; latter case with 11 defendants, Defendant acquitted of multiple rapes.
Defence
Successful defence of very vulnerable woman accused of Armed Robbery; Defendant was granted an intermediary for the entire trial, she gave evidence and was acquitted.
Defence
Defendant charged with Child Cruelty of 2 children and multiple rapes of one child. 2 hung juries despite compelling witnesses and evidence, following which the Crown offered no evidence.
Successfully defending NCA Prosecution of Ms Rasha (wife of Kuqi) for Importation of Cocaine into the UK. Defendant, who could not speak English well, gave evidence and was acquitted.
Defence
Defending client charged with rape of a boy following acquittal for previous alleged rape of different boy some years ago. Jane contacted previous Defence Counsel and successfully defended the Crown’s application to adduce the acquittal. Defendant was acquitted of the more recent allegation also.
Successfully defending client charged with murder, aged 21, of good character and acting in self-defence. Main witnesses to the alleged murder became defence witnesses.
Representation of Defendant charged with murder. 41 eye witnesses to prepare for cross examination.
Defence
Sole Counsel for 3rd Defendant in a 19-handed, million pound drugs conspiracy involving 3 different conspiracies and Police forces.
Junior Counsel defending an Animal Rights Activist in a 3 month trial in Winchester. Over 120 lever arch files. Only defendant of 8 on trial to be acquitted by the jury.
Advising pre-charge on a complex Murder and Gross Negligence Manslaughter case. After an 8 week trial, being led by Oliver Saxby QC, a conviction for Murder followed in a ‘ground-breaking’ case for CPS. Jane was personally commended in open court by the High Court Judge at sentence and she received a Chief Constable’s Commendation award. The case was covered in all national media including BBC and Sky News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-57316940
https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley/news/2024/april/29-04-2024/chief-constable-awards-given-for-obtaining-murder-conviction-for-deliberate-starvation–oxfordshire/
Led by Rupert Dodswell KC, prosecuted a complex 8 week murder trial involving contested video, audio and DNA expert evidence.
Chambers is centrally located within walking distance of the train station, secure car parks and the Courts.
St Pauls Chambers
Park Row House
19-20 Park Row
Leeds
LS1 5JF
For out of hours assistance please call the senior clerk on 07854170429.
The switchboard will open from 08:30 until 17:30
Phone: +44 (0)1132 455 866
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