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Eleanor De
Eleanor has a busy practice defending in a broad range of criminal matters including serious violence, drugs and sexual offences, dishonesty, public order, and road traffic cases.
Eleanor has a particular interest and expertise in representing young people and vulnerable adults. She is skilled at identifying fitness to plead and effective participation issues and advising on the instruction of relevant experts. She has a keen interest in cases involving exploitation, modern slavery and gang violence and appears as assigned advocate in the Youth Court for unusually grave or difficult cases. Eleanor also has experience in the civil jurisdiction of the criminal courts, opposing applications for Football Banning Orders, Criminal Behaviour Orders, Stalking Protection Orders, Serious Crime Prevention Orders and Knife Crime Prevention Orders.
Background
Before coming to the Bar, Eleanor worked across strategic litigation, policy and research with organisations such as the Texas Defender Service, Reprieve and Revolving Doors Agency. This included assisting with death penalty pre-trial preparation and appeals in the USA, researching the impact of the UK Government’s policy on ‘Overseas Security and Justice Assistance’ (OSJA) and campaigning for policy changes to help end the ‘revolving door’ of crisis and crime. She has also volunteered as a caseworker with the Centre for Criminal Appeals (now APPEAL) and the Free Representation Unit, successfully representing clients at the First-tier Social Security Tribunal.
Qualifications and Awards
- Bar Professional Training Course - City, University of London (2019)
- Best in Category Award - Justis International Law and Technology Writing Competition (2019)
- Inner Temple Major Scholarship (2018)
- MSc Criminal Justice Policy – London School of Economics (2017)
- BA (Hons) Law - Pembroke College, University of Cambridge (2016)
Publications
- Janus-faced justice? The role of legal technology in the provision of access to justice, Legal Information Management Journal (2019) 19(1), 63-65
- No Justice in the Capital?, Revolving Doors Agency (2019)
- A literature review on severe and multiple disadvantage, Revolving Doors Agency (2018)
- Tackling violence against women and girls: the PCCs playing a crucial role, Policing Insight (2018)
Memberships
- Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
- Criminal Bar Association
- Howard League for Penal Reform
- Young Legal Aid Lawyers
- Women in Criminal Law