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Toni Wharton

Year of Call:

2003

Education:    

Frodsham High School, Fridsham, Cheshire

Winstanley Sixth Form College, Wigan

University of Northumbria, LLB (Hons) 1^st Class

University of Northumbria, BVC Exemption, equivalent to outstanding 

Awarded the Queen Mother Scholarship and the Blackstone Entrance Exhibition by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 2002

Awarded the Certificate of Honour for achievements at the BVC by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 2003

Awarded the Harold G. Fox Scholarship by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple 2003

Career:

Called to the Bar 2003, Middle Temple

Harold G. Fox Scholar – McCarthy Tetrault, Markson & McDonald, Toronto 2003-2004

Casework Manager – Independent Police Complaints Commission, (“IPCC”), Manchester 2004-2005

Pupillage at Sovereign Chambers 2005-2006 supervised by David Dixon.

Member of the North Eastern Circuit

Member of the Criminal Bar Association

Member of the Family Law Bar Association

Member of the Personal Injuries Bar Association

Grade 1 Crown Prosecutor

Profile:

During her final year at university Toni worked in the Student Law Office, which provides pro bono legal advice and representation to members of the public. Toni worked in the Employment department and successfully represented clients in the Employment Tribunal. Whilst in Toronto Toni was involved in the litigation of two major Canadian Class Actions resulting from contractual disputes. Toni’s first six months of pupillage covered a mixed variety of practices and included exposure to a number of areas of civil law, including mainly personal injury and employment cases. In her second six months of pupilage and since obtaining tenancy Toni has built up a substantial practice in these areas and has expanded her practice to other areas of civil law.

Toni appears at all stages of Small Claims and Fast Track matters, on behalf of both Claimants and Defendants. Her areas of practice include road traffic accidents, personal injury claims, employment disputes, contractual disputes, and Landlord and Tenant disputes. Toni also has a busy paper practice providing pleadings and written advice on liability and quantum.

For further details contact Stuart Young on 0113 245 1841