Isabel joined Three Raymond Buildings following successful completion of her pupillage. She is developing a practice across Chambers’ main areas of expertise, with a particular interest in crime, public law, inquests & inquiries, regulatory matters and professional discipline.

Before coming to the Bar, Isabel worked as an analyst for a market research firm in the professional services industry and volunteered for the Crime Team of a London Law Centre.

Legal Expertise

Civil and quasi-criminal matters overview

Isabel is frequently instructed by the Metropolitan Police Service to advise on and appear in applications for civil preventative orders, including Sexual Risk Orders, Sexual Harm Prevention Orders, and Stalking Protection Orders.

She recently applied successfully for a preventative order against an individual subject to complaints from 17 individuals over a 25-year period.

Crime overview

Isabel regularly prosecutes and defends in criminal matters in the Magistrates’ and Crown Court. She has been instructed in cases involving a range of offences including assault, theft, possession of an imitation firearm, public disorder offences, motoring offences and drugs offences.

Isabel completed the ICCA “Children in Conflict with the Law” training in November 2023.

Licensing and regulatory overview

Isabel acts for licensing authorities in the Magistrates’ Courts and Crown Court. She is regularly instructed by Transport for London in licensing appeals.

Isabel is also instructed by a local authority in a prosecution under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and has experience of proceedings under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. During pupillage, Isabel gained experience assisting in advisory work on the Regulatory Regime (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

During pupillage Isabel also gained experience assisting with cases before police misconduct tribunals, the solicitors disciplinary tribunal and other regulatory proceedings.

Financial crime and proceeds of crime overview

Isabel has experience of making forfeiture applications in the Magistrates’ Courts on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Service.

During pupillage, Isabel assisted in advisory work for the Serious Fraud Office on Fraud Act 2006 and Bribery Act 2010 offences. She also gained experience assisting individuals and companies to understand their obligations and liability under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Bribery Act 2010 and the Criminal Finances Act 2017.

Public law, inquests and inquiries overview

During pupillage, Isabel gained experience assisting with work on several inquests including article 2 inquests involving police officers and forces as interested persons and advisory work concerning an inquest following a death overseas.

She also assisted with judicial review cases and work related to a public inquiry. Isabel has a keen interest in developing a practice in this area.

  • Young Fraud Lawyers Association
  • Women in Criminal Law

Bar Vocational Studies (PGDip), City University, Distinction
MPhil Criminology, Murray Edwards, University of Cambridge
BA Law, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, First Class

Awards

Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
Dr Cooper Studentship, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge
Bateman Scholarship, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge
Platinum Pro Bono Award, University of Cambridge Law Society

Crown Prosecution Service (General Crime) Level 1

I, Isabel Aughterson, am a data controller and can be contacted at 3 Raymond Buildings, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5BH or by telephone on 020 7400 6400 or by email at isabel.aughterson@3rblaw.com.  My Data Protection Policy can be found here.

All personal data that I process is for the purposes of providing legal services, conducting conflict-checks, marketing, defending potential complaints, legal proceedings or fee disputes, keeping anti-money laundering records, training other barristers and pupils and when providing work-shadowing opportunities, and/or exercising a right to a lien.  The types of data I process vary upon the nature of the legal matter in relation to which I am engaged to advise, but can include names, contact details, biographic details and ‘special category personal data’ (such as details of racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, health, sex life and criminal convictions and proceedings).

Depending upon the circumstances of the case, the legal bases upon which I process personal data are (i) the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract, (ii) the processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations to which I am subject, or (iii) the processing is necessary for the legitimate interests set out above, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subjects which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.  When I rely on (iii) legitimate interests, my ‘Legitimate Interests Assessment’ can be found here.  When I process data which has not been obtained directly from the data subject (e.g. personal data contained in evidential materials), it will have been supplied to me as part of my instructions in circumstances covered by legal professional privilege.

Depending upon the circumstances of the case, I may share the personal data with:

  1. my Chambers, which supplies professional and administrative support to my practice;
  2. Courts and other tribunals to whom documents are presented;
  3. my lay and professional clients;
  4. potential witnesses, in particular experts, and friends or family of the data subject;
  5. solicitors, barristers, pupils, mini pupils and other legal representatives;
  6. ombudsmen and regulatory authorities;
  7. current, past or prospective employers;
  8. education and examining bodies;
  9. business associates, professional advisers and trade bodies.

I retain personal data for no longer than 7 years after the case has come to an end or as otherwise required by law.

I do not intend to transfer data to any country which is not either within the European Union, or otherwise permitted by UK data protection legislation.

Under the UK GDPR, data subjects whose personal data I process have the right to request from me access to, and rectification or erasure of, their personal data, the right to the restriction of processing concerning them, the right to object to processing as well as the right to data portability.  Data subjects also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).

In cases where there is a contract between me and the data subject, the provision of personal data is a contractual requirement and the data subject is obliged to provide the personal data in order that I can supply legal services.  A failure to provide such data may mean that I will not be able to provide those legal services.

 

Rev 2.1 29.09.2024

Data Protection Policy

Legitimate Interests Assessment