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Emily specialises in criminal law and has advised and advocated in cases involving dishonest, drugs, violent and sexual offences. She is currently a Grade 2 prosecutor.

 

Emily is building a strong regulatory practice. She acts in and advises the Local Authority on cases involving offences committed under the Licencing Act 2003, Animal Welfare Act 2006 and Anti-Social, Crime and Policing Act 2014. Emily also represents individuals accused of offences contrary to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.

 

Prior to the Bar, Emily worked in the legal and compliance department of a multinational consumer goods company. Within her role, Emily was responsible for ensuring company-wide compliance with international regulations and assisted in investigations including money laundering, bribery and commercial conflicts of interests.

 

At university, Emily was a part-time Research Assistant in Human Rights Law and her Law School’s President.

 

 

Notable Cases

 

R v H & D (2024), Cardiff Crown Court. Secured convictions in a multi-handed drugs trial involving the supply of cocaine.

 

Led by Timothy Evans, R v P (2023), Cardiff Crown Court. Successful prosecution of an individual charged with two offences of child neglect. Defendant sentenced to 36 months immediate custody.

 

R v B & H (2023), Cardiff Crown Court. Defence of an individual charged with four counts of fraud including one over £200,000. Acceptable pleas were offered on day 3 of trial to one of four offences. This case involved extensive cross-examination of a vulnerable complainant through an intermediary.

 

R v L (2023), Cardiff Crown Court. Defence of an individual charged with criminal damage and theft. The defence involved complex issues of land law.

 

R v R (2023), Cardiff Crown Court. Defence of an individual where no evidence was offered by the Crown in respect of a charge of a sexual assault.

 

R v D (2023), Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court. Successful defence after trial of an individual charged with theft from an employer.

 

 

Sentencing

 

 

Operation Tredegar (Ongoing), Led by Hashim Salmman, Cardiff Crown Court. Junior counsel representing a defendant in a case involving conspiracy to supply cocaine and crack cocaine and entering into a money laundering arrangement.

 

R v L (2024), Newport Crown Court. Represented a young man convicted of robbery and fraud, sentenced to a term which guaranteed immediate release from custody.

 

R v A (2023), Cardiff Crown Court. Defence of a 19-year-old charged with multiple counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, with previous convictions for weapons. Secured a suspended sentence order.

 

Operation Draco (2023), Led by Ben Douglas Jones KC, Cardiff Crown Court. Junior counsel at sentence for an individual convicted of Conspiracy to Supply Class A drugs.

 

R v G (2023), Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court. Secured a community order for a young woman convicted of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm and assault by beating.

 

R v J (2023), Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court. Secured a suspended sentence order for an individual convicted of burglary with similar previous convictions where both co-defendants received immediate custodial sentences.

 

R v G (2023), Cardiff Crown Court. Defence of an individual convicted of possession with intent to supply 105kg of amphetamine and 40kg of cannabis. Successfully argued the principle of totality and secured the imposition of concurrent sentences.

 

Appeals

 

Appeal of N (2023), Cardiff Crown Court. Successfully resisted an appeal of a man convicted of sexually assaulting a young woman in order to steal from her. Appeal dismissed.

 

Appeal of F (2023), Cardiff Crown Court. Successfully represented an individual charged with various dishonest offences. Submissions based on totality aimed at reducing sentence accepted. Appeal against sentence allowed.

 

Appeal of R (2022), Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court. Privately instructed to represent an individual appealing the length of disqualification for a drink driving offence. Appeal against sentence allowed.

 

 

Regulatory

 

 

Cardiff County Council v T (2023). Represented the Local Authority prosecuting a loan shark local to the area. Secured a suspended sentence order in the magistrate’s court.

 

Carmarthenshire County Council v G (2023). Represented the Local Authority in Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings resulting from a conviction of illegal dog breeding. Advice provided on issues concerning the division of equity in property.

 

Monmouthshire County Council v S & P (2023). Represented the Local Authority resisting an application pursuant to section 20 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Multiple dogs including XL Bullys taken into the Local Authority’s possession.

 

Carmarthenshire County Council v CGMT Ltd (2023). Prosecuted at plea and sentence three individuals charged with multiple offences of animal cruelty on a farm.

 

 

Emily regularly advises the Local Authority on matters of disclosure in serious criminal matters and the merits of prosecution.

 

 

Inquests

 

Inquest touching on the death of AD (2024), Pontypridd Coroner’s Court. Represented a Healthcare Assistant in a three-week Article 2 inquest concerning a death in custody at a local prison. Issues such as food and fluid refusal as well as the adequacy of observations examined.

 

Inquest touching on the death of DM (2023), Pontypridd Coroner’s Court. Represented a Local Health Board in an inquest reviewing the decision to withdraw anticoagulants and recognising the symptoms of stroke. The Health Board was absolved of any fault at the conclusion of proceedings.