At New Park Court Chambers, we do things a little differently. With a total of 74 barristers, including 13 King’s Counsel, our reach and influence stretches far beyond the bounds of our Circuit.
As a Tier 1 Set based in Leeds and Newcastle we are home to a number of high profile and nationally and internationally reputable Counsel.
Lea Levine commenced pupillage in September 2024 under the joint supervision of Richard Holland and Ben Campbell. Lea takes instructions across our key practice areas, including Crime, Family, Regulatory and Civil.
During her first six, Lea worked on a variety of criminal cases, including murder, complex fraud, serious sexual offences, armed robbery and drug conspiracies. Lea has also observed regulatory matters, private children law, non-molestation and financial remedy proceedings.
Lea has assisted her supervisors through drafting opening and closing speeches, defence case statements, cross examination questions and a complex written advice. Lea has also drafted bad character and hearsay applications, and conducted comprehensive legal research to assist her supervisor with a high profile abuse of process application.
Lea has an impressive grounding in both financial remedy and private children proceedings. Prior to pupillage, Lea gained exposure to complex and high value litigation while working as a paralegal at Stewarts Law. Of note is Lea’s success in an application to terminate the parental responsibility of a father who had pleaded guilty to the possession of indecent images of children.
Lea has undertaken youth training and general advocacy training. She has also successfully completed the Women’s Aid ‘IDVA training’, providing her with an intricate understanding of domestic abuse. To this end, Lea has published two articles in the Lexis Nexis Family Law Journal focussing on allegations of domestic abuse within private child proceedings.
We are delighted that our pupil barristers Lea Levine, Freddie Adams and…
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