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Felicity Davies

Year of Call:

1980

Education:

St Hilda’s School, Whitby
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London – SRN
University of York – BA in Philosophy and Politics
Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic – CPE
Inns of Court School of Law – Bar Finals

Career:

Called to the Bar 1980, Middle Temple
Pupillage at Chambers of Wilfrid Steer QC, Newcastle-upon-Tyne with G W Lowe QC
Pupillage at 10 Park Square with HHJ Peter Charlesworth
Tenant at 10 Park Square, Leeds 1981-2001
Tenant at Sovereign Chambers since 2001
Assistant Recorder 1999
Recorder 2000 (civil and private family authorisations 2002)
Appointed judicial member of a Review Body by the Office for Judicial Complaints 2007

Member of the North Eastern Circuit
Member of the Criminal Bar Association
Grade 4 Crown Prosecutor

In the early years of her practice Felicity’s work was wide-ranging, covering crime, family, personal injury and general common law. In recent years she has specialised in serious crime, prosecuting and defending particularly in cases involving sexual and violent offences.

Cases have included murder and manslaughter and various high profile sexual cases including the defence of a police officer charged with the rape of a colleague at the police training college. Felicity has also prosecuted a number of major drugs cases and serious public disorder cases including a ten-handed violent disorder in which she appeared as leading counsel for the prosecution.

Her sittings as Recorder in the Crown and County Courts are throughout the North Eastern Circuit

For further details contact Yvonne Crosbie on 0113 245 1841