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.
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Call 2018
Tayo Dasaolu enjoys a mixed practice, receiving instructions in all areas of criminal and care proceedings.
Tayo has the required skills to absorb large volumes of material quickly and present them accurately.
Her mixed practice equips her with exceptional client management skills even in the most serious and sensitive cases.
Tayo regularly appears for the prosecution and defence in a wide range of matters in the Crown Court including Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings.
She is regularly instructed to prosecute and defend trials involving serious offences such as dishonesty offences, rape, robberies, multi-handed burglaries, multi-handed robberies, S18 assaults and driving offences involving death.
She is a sought-after junior and has been successful as solely instructed counsel before various courts at various levels, including Court of Appeal and the High Court.
Tayo is on the specialist fraud panel. She provides legal advice on merits and represents victims of fraud in private fraud prosecutions.
Operation Spearson
Instructed as prosecution counsel and secured convictions in multi handed, joint-enterprise robberies and burglaries. The defendants targeted vulnerable males on the dating App Grindr, lured them to meet under false pretences and then committed a series of armed robberies and burglaries against them
Operation Macegate
Prosecution junior in multi handed conspiracy to burgle. There were over twenty offences in the conspiracy period with little to prove that each of the four defendants participated in all the burglaries. The Crown’s case relied heavily on telephone evidence, call data, cell-site data and ANPR evidence to prove the conspiracy. Tayo carefully considered the voluminous evidence and worked with leading counsel to ensure the Crown’s case was put as accurately as possible, resulting in Guilty pleas from all defendants.
Operation Jaguar
Prosecution junior in football related violent disorder involving over 20 defendants. The number of defendants in this operation required two separate trials. Tayo cross examined some of the defendants and meticulously reviewed and prepared voluminous material to ensure seamless and simple presentation to the jury
R v N (A Youth)
Tayo secured not guilty verdicts following successfull application to vacate guilty pleas and raising the modern-slavery defence in a county-lines drugs case.
R v M, R v D, and R v S-M
Tayo successfully secured contingent destruction orders for clients convicted of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and/or causing injury.
Tayo receives instructions in all areas of private and public law proceedings. She is experienced in complex family disputes, contact cases, domestic violence cases and cases involving non-accidental injuries to a child. She regularly appears in fact-finding hearings and other contested hearings. She is particularly mindful to the sensitive nature of disputes in this area and approaches each case with client care at the forefront of her mind. Tayo gives firm advice on prospects of success and manages clients’ expectations effectively. She is trusted as led junior in highly complex family proceedings.
Re KM (a child)
Led junior in highly complex care proceedings involving serious injuries to a child. Injuries sustained included a bleed to the brain, several bony fractures and bite marks. The issues in the case necessitated evidence from medical experts including a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, forensic scientist, consultant paediatric neuro radiologist and an odontologist. Tayo conducted the cross examination of two expert witnesses and had significant involvement in the preparation of the cross-examination of the other expert witnesses.
Re JR
Led Junior in highly complex family proceedings representing a teenager with significant vulnerabilities. The case involved allegations of sexualised acts against two of his younger siblings, whilst suffering physical, emotional and sexual harm at the hands of his parents
Re TG (A Child)
Successfully secured a Special Guardianship Order following a lengthy contested hearing.
CPS Grade 2 prosecutor
Specialist Fraud Panel- Level 2
Member of the Family Law Bar Association
Member of the Criminal Bar Association
BPP Law School, 2018 – Bar Professional Training Course (Very Competent)
Brunel University, 2016 – LLB Law with professional placement (2.1)
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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