Emily Mattin
Call: 2019
“Great strength in depth both in relation to their expertise and breadth of experience from juniors through to their KCs.”
Legal 500
Personal profile
Emily has a general Crime practice acting on behalf of both the prosecution and defence.
Emily has represented defendants at trial in a wide range of cases, including section 18 grievous bodily harm with intent, sexual offences and offences of drug supply.
Emily prosecutes on behalf of the CPS as a Grade 3 panel advocate in General Crime. She has been instructed as a junior on cases of rape, attempted murder and high value fraud.
Emily has a growing practice in healthcare regulation, defending medical professionals at substantive fitness to practise proceedings.
Prior to coming to the Criminal Bar Emily worked in the House of Commons as a women and equalities researcher and later as a paralegal in regulatory law. Emily also acted as an advocate at school exclusion hearings, with a particular focus on disability discrimination and representing students with special educational needs.
Crime
Emily has a busy practice both defending and prosecuting. She has represented defendants at trial for offences of dishonesty, violence, drug offences, sexual offences and confiscation proceedings.
Emily prosecutes on behalf of the CPS as a Grade 3 panel advocate in General Crime.
Featured cases
- R v E – Defendant acquitted of the sexual assault of his young step-daughter.
- R v K – Represented a pregnant defendant who exceptionally received a suspended sentence for multiple sexual offences committed against a child.
- R v M – Prosecuted an attempted robbery and possession of imitation firearms. Defendant sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment.
- R v L – successful prosecution of defendant for attempted murder of her daughter as prosecution junior.
- R v P – acted as prosecution junior in the trial of a defendant for multiple offences of rape against five seperate women. The Defendant was sentenced to 25 years custody.
- R v N – Defendant given a suspended sentence for an offence of PWITS Class A.
- R v A – Defendant acquitted of drug supply offences notwithstanding material obtained from his mobile phone.
- R v S – Prosecuted a Defendant for multiple dangerous dog act offences. The case concerned a contested destruction order with expert evidence.
Regulatory & Professional Disciplinary
Before coming to the Bar, Emily worked as a paralegal in Healthcare Regulation. She gained experience in assisting the defence of medical professionals at the General Medical Council, General Dental Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council. Emily also assisted in the representation of medical professionals in inquests and parallel criminal proceedings.
Since coming to the Bar, Emily has been instructed on substantive fitness to practise hearings. She also has experience in representing registrant’s at preliminary and interim order hearings.
Featured cases
- NMC v V – represented a nurse at her final substantive fitness to practise hearing. The NMC were seeking strike off. Dishonesty charges were not proven. The panel agreed that charges that were previously admitted did not constitute serious misconduct. After three years of being suspended, the nurse had no further action taken on her registration.
- NMC v A – represented a nurse in fitness to practice proceedings that lasted 12 weeks with over 40 charges from three seperate investigations. The NMC were seeking to strike the nurse from the Register. After most of the charges were found not proven, the Registrant was given a conditions of practice order.
- GOC v B – Short suspension of 3 months achieved for a Registrant who had accepted multiple charges of dishonesty.
- GOC v B – The Registrant admitted sharing information about exams to trainees on the day of the assessment. The Committee accepted that this was not dishonest and did not amount to misconduct. No further action was taken in respect of her registration.
Education
- Bar Professional Training Course, City University: Very Competent (2018-2019)
- Graduate Diploma in Law, City University: Distinction (2017-2018)
- BA Hons, Politics, Newcastle University: 1st Class (2013-2016)
Awards
- Pupillage Award, Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (2020)
- Lord Denning Scholarship, Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (2018)
- Winner of Inner Temple Human Rights Moot (2018)
- Runner up I-Max International Moot (2018)
- Lord Haldane Scholarship, Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (2017)
- John Wiseman Prize for Best Undergraduate Performance, Newcastle University (2016)
Memberships
- CBA