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Marian Lewis

 
 

Year of Call

1977

Areas of Practice

Crime

 

 
 

Practice Overview

Marian has a wide ranging practice. She is regularly instructed by the prosecution and defence both as junior and leading junior in cases of homicide, complex fraud, serious and historic sexual offences, child cruelty and drugs conspiracies. Whilst she has been recognised as possessing particular expertise and sensitivity in dealing with vulnerable witnesses and clients she has successfully represented many professional clients.

Marian lectures regularly on Evidence, Current Legal Developments and Sexual Offences for accredited courses and seminars provided by The Wales and Chester Circuit, The Law Society and Thirty Park Place . She also assists in providing advocacy training to young practitioners on Circuit.

She is a fluent Welsh speaker and is therefore able and happy to advise and represent clients in this language.

Recommendations

'Marian Lewis has a quality practice that includes serious sex cases and murders, which she handles with "great sensitivity and skill"'.
(Chambers UK 2012)

‘Marian Lewis is an experienced performer who “stands up well in the crucible of the courtroom”’.
(Chambers UK 2008)

‘…strong juniors including Marian Lewis for serious crime…’
Legal 500 2007)

‘…a faultless performer, pinpointed for her involvement in serious violent and sexual offences’
(Chambers and Partners Guide 2006)

Appointments

  • Member of the panel counsel for the National Assembly for Wales
  • VHCC Panel Member
  • Grade 4 Prosecutor

Memberships

  • Criminal Bar Association

Education

  • University College London LL.B (Hons)

Notable and Reported cases

    Murder

  •  R v C (2011) Junior Counsel representing mother charged with attempted murder of 5 year old daughter – issue insanity  
  • R v Freany (2011) Junior Counsel representing mother charged with murder of her severely disabled son  
  • R v Ege (2011) Junior Counsel representing mother charged with murder of her 7 year old son 

   Death by Dangerous Driving

  • R v Willey Prosecuting Causing Death by Dangerous Driving defence being automatism as a result of hypoglaecaemic attack. First successful application by the Prosecution on this circuit for a terminating ruling from a decision of the trial judge 

   Serious Sexual Offences

  • R v Emma Heath Defending mother jointly charged with raping her own children aged under 5 years  
  • R v Dasic Defending woman charged with controlling prostitution and people trafficking
  • R v Tonks Defending young man with severe learning difficulties charged with raping a baby and 3 year old boy  
  • R v Beasley Defending professional person charged with historic multiple rapes as part of paedophile ring  
  • R v Thorley Defending primary school headmaster charged with sexual assault on 13 young girls aged between 5 and 11 years  
  • R v Singh, Singh and Singh Prosecuting high profile case of multiple rapes which had been persistent over many years by family members on female relative.  
  •  R v Ather Ali Defending high profile case of taxi driver charged with multiple rapes and sexual assaults of female passengers

   Fraud

  • R v O’Sullivan Junior counsel representing a financial advisor charged 12 others with a multi million pound mortgage fraud.
  • R v Mukthar Leading Junior representing man charged with multi million pound MTIC Fraud 
     

   Drugs

  • R v Power (Operation Othello) Leading Junior in defence in conspiracy to Supply Class A drugs
  • (Operation Verona) Leading Junior in defence in conspiracy to Supply Class A drugs

   Care Home Abuse

  • R v Alder Defending male nurse charged with cruelty to elderly patients in a care home 
     Perverting the Course of Justice
  • R v Greenwood (2011) Defending retired police officer charged with 13 others with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice arising from the conviction of three men for the murder of a prostitute in 1988

   Kidnap

  • R v Cook Prosecuting grandmother charged with kidnapping her own granddaughter and removing her from the jurisdiction whilst she was a ward of court

   Robbery

  • R v Crooks Defending multiple armed robberies and conspiracies to rob from Supermarkets, Building Societies ATMS machines and domestic premises

 

 
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