R v LSG
Currently representing a mother accused of killing her 10-week-old baby daughter by ‘shaking’ her.
Bo is an experienced and highly regarded junior barrister with a successful practice in serious and complex crime, fraud, inquests, professional discipline, licensing and health & safety.
She has been involved in several high profile cases in recent years including:
Grenfell Tower Inquiry – instructed by the London Fire Brigade in relation to the public inquiry examining the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017.
Croydon Tram Crash inquests – instructed as junior counsel for the Office of Rail and Road at the inquests into the tram crash on 9 November 2016 which killed seven passengers and injured over 60 more.
Fishmongers’ Hall inquests – appeared on behalf of the Fishmongers’ Company at the inquests into the terror attacks at Fishmongers’ Hall and London Bridge on 29 November 2019.
Lakanal House Fire – instructed by the London Fire Brigade in respect of the criminal investigation into the deaths of six people in a tower block in Southwark.
R v LSG – currently representing a mother charged with murdering her 10-week-old baby.
R v Neil Wallis – represented the Deputy Editor of News of the World who was cleared of phone hacking.
R v Adey and Others – represented three police officers accused of perverting the course of justice and perjury by lying about the circumstances of the death of Kingsley Burrell, a black male who had been detained and restrained under the Mental Health Act and had been left with a covering over his head.
Inquest into the death of Dr Jeroen Ensink – represented the Metropolitan Police Service at the inquest into the death of a doctor who was stabbed to death by a man with psychosis following a series of admitted failings by the MPS.
Bo has been Special Legal Advisor to the South Korean Embassy since 2010 and is on the ‘B’ list of Specialist Advocates in Health & Safety and Environmental law.
Bo accepts instructions directly from members of the public under the Public Access Scheme and also welcomes instructions from in-house lawyers, foreign lawyers and clients licensed under the Licensed Access Scheme.
Bo is a specialist criminal advocate. She prosecutes and defends serious and complex cases and her practice spans the whole spectrum of criminal offences including murder, s18 assaults, organised crime, perverting the course of justice, fraud, rape, historic/familial sex offences, and money laundering.
She is skilled in dealing with vulnerable witnesses and defendants including those with: low IQ; paranoid schizophrenia; Asperger’s syndrome; dissociative disorder; personality disorders; depression.
Currently representing a mother accused of killing her 10-week-old baby daughter by ‘shaking’ her.
Represented three police officers charged with perverting the course of justice and perjury by lying about the circumstances surrounding the death of Kingsley Burrell, a black male who died in hospital while detained under the Mental Health Act. The defendants were acquitted of all charges.
Defended a director of a company accused of an international Ponzi fraud. He was acquitted of all counts.
Successfully defended the Deputy Editor of News of the World against charges of phone hacking.
Represented a man accused by his two stepdaughters of historically and repeatedly raping them when they were aged between 11 and 15 years old. He was acquitted of 15 counts of rape and sexual assault.
Bo specialises in all aspects of regulatory law and is a Specialist Regulatory Advocate in Health and Safety and Environmental Law (B panel).
She regularly appears before licensing sub-committees and Magistrates’ Courts (on appeal) all over the country as well as advising in a wide range of licensing matters.
She is also experienced in the field of regulatory enforcement, in particular, fire safety and health & safety cases.
Bo has provided training to the Medical Defence Union, the General Dental Council and to licensing authorities.
Regularly instructed on behalf of the MPS with regard to applications for TENS and premises licences in relation to the annual Notting Hill Carnival in London
Successfully represented the applicant (We are the Fair Ltd) in applications for premises licences in relation to Gala and Jam on Rye music festivals, held in Peckham Rye Park in London.
Successfully acted for the Thames Valley Police in the review of a premises licence for the Reading Community Carnival following stabbings and other violent incidents. The licence was revoked.
Advised a company regarding an investigation into alleged breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following the explosion of an electric water heater at the premises. The Council decided to take no further action.
Bo has considerable experience in professional regulatory/disciplinary proceedings.
She is regularly instructed by regulators and by registrants to conduct and advise on complex and serious cases before Health and Conduct and Competence Committees.
She also represents police officers facing disciplinary proceedings for gross misconduct.
In 2007/2008, she spent nine months at Kingsley Napley Solicitors where she was responsible for investigating, advising on and presenting cases nationally on behalf of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
She also spent three months at the end of 2013 in a similar role at Blake Morgan (previously Blake Lapthorn) Solicitors, where she advised on cases for a range of regulators including the General Dental Council, the General Pharmaceutical Council, and the Architects Registration Board.
Successfully represented a police officer who was accused of gross misconduct for unnecessarily discharging his taser into a suspect’s leg after saying “You know what, fuck it”. The allegations were dismissed.
Represented the General Dental Council in a case where a dentist was accused of making a large number of false claims for NHS work over a 2-year period. The dentist was struck off.
Acted for the GDC in a case involving the theft of £16,000 by a dentist from his practices. He was struck off.
Acted for the GDC in a case concerning the modern practice of ‘tele-dentistry’.
Drafted written representations on behalf of a midwife accused of lacking competence in basic midwifery skills. The allegations included that NB had failed repeated competency assessments carried out by the Trust. The NMC decided that there was no case to answer and took no further action.
Bo represents all types of interested persons at inquests, and has recently appeared in a number of high profile cases.
She appeared as junior counsel for the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) at the Croydon Tramlink inquests and also represented the Fishmongers’ Hall at the inquests into the terror attacks at Fishmongers’ Hall and London Bridge.
She has been instructed by the London Fire Brigade since November 2019 in relation to the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry.
Instructed as junior counsel for the Office of Rail and Road at the inquests into the tram crash on 9 November 2016 which killed seven passengers and injured over 60 more.
Appeared on behalf of the Fishmongers’ Company at the inquests into the terror attacks at Fishmongers’ Hall and London Bridge on 29 November 2019.
Instructed by the London Fire Brigade in relation to the public inquiry examining the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017.
Represented the Metropolitan Police Service at the inquest into the death of a doctor who was stabbed to death by a man with psychosis following a series of admitted failings by the MPS.
Represented the family of the deceased, a 15-year-old boy who was discovered upside down on a steep slope next to a river on a freezing cold night. He had been left there alone heavily intoxicated, and probably unconscious, by his friend.
Bo advises and appears on behalf of requesting authorities and defendants in extradition matters at first instance and on appeal.
Represented the appellant whose extradition was sought by Poland. The requesting authority conceded on appeal that the offence described in the European Arrest Warrant was not an extradition offence.
Successfully argued on appeal that the appellant’s rights and those of his partner and son under article 8 of the ECHR would be breached if he were to be extradited.
R v LSG
(Wood Green Crown Court)
Currently representing a mother accused of killing her 10-week-old baby daughter by ‘shaking’ her.
R v FD
(City of London Magistrates’ Court)
Represented the proprietor of a large public house in London who was accused of breaching the Coronavirus Regulations 2020. The case against him was dismissed at court.
R v PA & Others
(Birmingham Crown Court)
Represented three police officers charged with perverting the course of justice and perjury by lying about the circumstances surrounding the death of Kingsley Burrell, a black male who died in hospital while detained under the Mental Health Act. The defendants were acquitted of all charges.
R v KC
(Warwick Crown Court)
Defended a director of a company accused of an international Ponzi fraud. He was acquitted of all counts.
R v JYK
(Isleworth Crown Court)
Defended a man charged with endangering an aircraft by attempting to open the door during a flight. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a conditional discharge.
R v NW
(Central Criminal Court)
Defended Neil Wallis, the News of the World’s former Deputy Editor under Andy Coulson, against allegations of phone hacking. Bo was led by Neil Saunders in the trial, at the end of which NW was unanimously acquitted.
R v CD
(St Albans Crown Court)
Represented a man charged with a s18 assault with intent to cause really serious harm. The case was dismissed at court.
R v GP
(Portsmouth Crown Court)
Represented a man accused by his two stepdaughters of historically and repeatedly raping them when they were aged between 11 and 15 years old. He was acquitted of 15 counts of rape and sexual assault.
R v NM
(Aylesbury Crown Court)
Successfully defended a man accused of making indecent images of a child on his mobile telephone. The defendant had met a 15-year-old girl on the dating app, Tinder, and had encouraged her to send him indecent images and videos of herself.
R v HS
(Isleworth Crown Court)
Represented a woman accused of modern slavery.
R v PC
(Portsmouth Crown Court)
Represented a defendant who was found by the court to be unfit to plead and to stand trial. At a trial of the facts, his stepdaughter gave evidence that she was sexually abused by the defendant when she was young. Mr Coleman was unanimously found by the jury not to have committed the acts alleged in the 5-count indictment.
R v D & Others
(Central Criminal Court & Court of Appeal)
Prosecuted 24 defendants for conspiracy to produce cannabis to the value of £125 million.
The prosecution was the culmination of a two year police investigation (the biggest of its kind) into an international organised criminal network, alleged to be responsible for the commercial cultivation of over £125m of cannabis in the UK. The network was alleged to have imported the requisite equipment through associated companies in China, Holland and Germany and was responsible for a high proportion of the industry up to point of arrest and the criminality includes various acts of intimidation and the use of trafficked and child labour. The materials in the case exceeded 250,000 pages of material from diverse sources and maintained in both paper and electronic format. The defendants pleaded guilty or were convicted after trial. The appeals against conviction and sentence were dismissed.
HSE v Friedlander
Acted for the HSE in the prosecution of a contractor in charge of a dangerous excavation site.
Gala and Jam on Rye Music Festivals
Successfully represented the applicant (We are the Fair Ltd) in applications for premises licences in relation to Gala and Jam on Rye music festivals, held in Peckham Rye Park in London.
51st State Music Festival
Successfully represented the applicant (Found Series Ltd) in an application for a premises licence in relation to the 51st State music festival, held in Trent Park in London.
Reading Community Carnival
Successfully acted for the Thames Valley Police in the review of a premises licence for the Reading Community Carnival following stabbings and other violent incidents. The licence was revoked.
Westminster City Council v The W International
Advised a company regarding an investigation into alleged breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following the explosion of an electric water heater at the premises. The Council decided to take no further action.
Westminster City Council v Z Restaurant
Drafted written representations on behalf of a company accused of breaching the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 with regard to a mice infestation at the premises, which resulted in a simple caution.
HSE v CR Ltd
Prosecuted a company for failing to ensure the health and safety of its employees. The company owned a number of waste processing sites. During an accident at work, one of the employees received serious injuries when he was dragged under the magnetic bar of an industrial shredding machine. The defendant was fined a total of £300,000.
West Midlands Police v BS
Successfully represented a police officer who was accused of gross misconduct for unnecessarily discharging his taser into a suspect’s leg after saying “You know what, fuck it”. The allegations were dismissed.
West Midlands Police v DH
Represented a police officer who was well-known as ‘the Birmingham taxi cop’ and was awarded ‘Police officer of the Year’ in the 2019 Westside awards who was accused of gross misconduct for sending a photograph of his erect penis to a member of the public whilst on duty.
General Dental Council v STC
Represented the GDC in a case where a dentist was accused of making a large number of false claims for NHS work over a 2-year period. The dentist was struck off.
General Dental Council v SN
Acted for the GDC in a case involving the theft of £16,000 by a dentist from his practices. He was struck off.
General Dental Council v YS
Acted for the GDC in a case concerning the modern practice of ‘tele-dentistry’.
Nursing and Midwifery Council v NB
Drafted written representations on behalf of a midwife accused of lacking competence in basic midwifery skills. The allegations included that NB had failed repeated competency assessments carried out by the Trust. The NMC decided that there was no case to answer and took no further action.
General Dental Council v RK
Presented the case on behalf of the GDC at a hearing before the Professional Conduct Committee of the GDC. The allegations related to wide-ranging clinical failures relating to 18 separate patients. The Committee found that the facts proved amounted to misconduct and imposed conditions on the registrant’s practice.
General Dental Council v MB
Represented the GDC at the misconduct hearing of a dentist with over 20 years’ experience. The Registrant was struck off for his misconduct in relation to an elderly patient whom he treated between the ages of 83-91 years.
Nursing and Midwifery Council v GN
Represented the Registrant, who was accused of stealing medication from the hospital where she worked. She was given a caution.
Nursing and Midwifery Council v KTD
Represented a Registrant with Asperger’s Syndrome at her misconduct hearing.
Croydon Tram Crash inquests
Instructed as junior counsel for the Office of Rail and Road at the inquests into the tram crash on 9 November 2016 which killed seven passengers and injured over 60 more.
Fishmongers’ Hall inquests
Appeared on behalf of the Fishmongers’ Company at the inquests into the terror attacks at Fishmongers’ Hall and London Bridge on 29 November 2019.
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Instructed by the London Fire Brigade in relation to the public inquiry examining the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017.
Inquest touching the death of Dr Jeroen Ensink
Represented the Metropolitan Police Service at the inquest into the death of a doctor who was stabbed to death by a man with psychosis following a series of admitted failings by the MPS.
Inquest touching the death of AL
Represented the family of the deceased, a 15-year-old boy who was discovered upside down on a steep slope next to a river on a freezing cold night. He had been left there alone heavily intoxicated, and probably unconscious, by his friend.
Inquest touching the death of NM
Represented the MPS at the inquest into the death of a man who jumped from Blackfriars Bridge into the River Thames. His family had called the MPS a few days prior to the death informing them that Musa was suicidal.
Inquest touching the death of TS
Represented three Police Inspectors in charge of training firearms officers at Surrey Police in an inquest where the training programme had come under scrutiny following the death in police custody of TS who had been subjected to prolonged restraint while exhibiting symptoms of excited delirium.
Inquest touching the death of ST
Represented a provider of supported living accommodation at which ST was living when she was found deceased.
Inquest touching the death of SC
Represented a police officer who was an interested party in the inquest into the death of a man who jumped off a hospital building where he was being held under the Mental Health Act.
Inquest touching the death of LI
Represented the Office of Rail Regulation at an inquest into the death of a 12-year-old girl killed by a tram in Nottingham.
Inquest touching the death of SLP
Represented the doctor who examined the deceased at the police station prior to her death. Verdict of accidental death.
Poland v MO
(Administrative Court, High Court)
Represented the appellant whose extradition was sought by Poland. The requesting authority conceded on appeal that the offence described in the European Arrest Warrant was not an extradition offence.
Poland v MW
(Administrative Court, High Court)
Successfully argued on appeal that the appellant’s rights and those of his partner and son under article 8 of the ECHR would be breached if he were to be extradited.
“She is really very good. A strong mix of charm and ability.” Chambers UK 2023: Professional Discipline
“Bo is very intellectually bright and a good advocate.” Chambers UK 2023: Professional Discipline
“She is extraordinarily hardworking, and with a deep understanding of coronial proceedings and inquiries.” Legal 500 2023: Inquests and Inquiries
“A measured and highly persuasive advocate who shows empathy for tribunals and witnesses alike.” Legal 500 2023: Inquests and Inquiries
“Highly trusted and sought after for inquests and inquiry work.” Legal 500 2023: Inquests and Inquiries
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