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Craig Hassall

Year of Call:

1999

Education:

Thomas Sumpter Comprehensive School, Scunthorpe
John Leggott Sixth Form College, Scunthorpe
University College Oxford, 2:1 in Jurisprudence
Inns of Court School of Law, BVC, very competent
Awarded a Duke of Edinburgh Scholarship and the Sweet & Maxwell Prize by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple1999

Career:

Called to the Bar 1999, Inner Temple
Pupillage at Sovereign Chambers 1999-2000 supervised by Richard Newbury and Marilyn Fricker.
Member of the North Eastern Circuit
Member of the Criminal Bar Association
Young Barristers Committee of the Bar Council 2004-2006
Junior of the North Eastern Circuit 2006-2007
Grade 3 Crown Prosecutor
Appointed to List B of the Attorney General’s Panel of Prosecuting Advocates

Craig has experience of all types of work encountered in the sphere of prison law.

He has extensive experience of appearing before the Parole Board (in relation to recall and life panels) and has conducted numerous adjudication hearings, regularly representing prisoners serving sentences for the gravest crimes.

Recent work has included advising in relation to an urgent judicial review application on behalf of a prisoner seeking permission to visit his terminally ill mother.

Craig also has experience of advising clients as to their prospects of appealing conviction and/or sentence after the usual time limits have elapsed.

For further details please contact Yvonne Crosbie on 0113 245 1841.