Tonicha has successfully completed her pupillage under the supervision of Glenn Parsons and Karen Lennon, with a primary focus on criminal and family law.
During second six, Tonicha has received instructions in a variety of Prosecution and Defence work, ranging from first hearings in the Magistrates Court to committals for sentence in the Crown Court. She has experience dealing with offences ranging from offensive weapons, racially aggravated public order offences, assaults and motoring offences.
Tonicha has continued to build on her knowledge throughout second six, developing her advocacy techniques to secure desired outcomes in both Prosecution and Defence work. She is able to deal sensitively with vulnerable clients and put witnesses at ease. Tonicha consistently adopts a fair and reasonable approach, using her experience of both prosecuting and defending to inform decision making and ensure the strongest case theory is put forward.
Notable Cases
R v W 2024 – Successfully represented defendant’s in a long running care home trial. The prosecution case was brought against directors, managers and care workers within two care homes, linked to the deaths of five residents in 2016 and 2017. The case against the two defendant care workers represented by members of chambers alleged that they had wilfully neglected the residents in their care with charges brought under the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. During the trial listing, issues relating to significant disclosure failings on behalf of the Crown led to further skeleton arguments and applications from defence counsel which resulted in the prosecution being forced to undertake a comprehensive review of the case.
Contact Tonicha’s clerks
Andrew Thornton on 0113 213 5202