Miranda 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 and extradition.
Prior to joining Chambers, Miranda worked at a rape crisis centre and interned in the women’s justice team at APPEAL. She also completed an internship at the Capital Appeals Project, a Louisiana law firm providing representation to people on death row.
Miranda regularly prosecutes and defends in the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts. She has acted in cases involving a range of offences including assault, battery, harassment, burglary, possession of an offensive weapon, drug supply and public disorder. She has defended in cases involving criminal damage arising from protest-related activity and has a particular interest in this area of work.
During pupillage, Miranda assisted other members of chambers in preparing appeals against conviction and sentence.
Miranda is regularly instructed by the Metropolitan Police Service in POCA matters, including cash forfeiture and account forfeiture. She recently acted in a multi-day hearing concerning an application for the forfeiture of over £100,000 that had been obtained through fraud and money laundering.
During pupillage, Miranda assisted another member of chambers in advising a law firm as to its obligations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. She also gained experience in the preparation of a case involving alleged breaches of sanctions regulations.
Miranda is frequently instructed by the Metropolitan Police Service to appear in applications for civil preventative orders, including Sexual Harm Prevention Orders, Sexual Risk Orders, Closure Orders and Gang Injunctions. She has also acted for respondents in similar applications.
Miranda recently appeared in the Crown Court in a successful application to vary the terms of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order that had been imposed following the respondent’s conviction for multiple child sex offences.
Miranda has appeared in extradition matters at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. During pupillage, she assisted other members of chambers in preparing cases on behalf of both requested persons and requesting states. These included an extradition request brought by Albania in respect of an alleged “blood feud” murder and an appeal against extradition to the High Court.
During pupillage, Miranda assisted a member of chambers with a three-week inquest into a fatal shooting. The inquest involved submissions on the applicability of Article 2 and extensive legal argument about reporting restrictions.
Miranda also assisted in the preparation of judicial review cases, including responding to an application for interim relief and drafting submissions on behalf of an interested party in the Court of Appeal. She has a keen interest in developing a practice in this area.
Miranda acts for licensing authorities in the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts. She has appeared for Transport for London in licensing appeals at the Central Criminal Court.
Criminal Bar Association
Young Fraud Lawyers Association
Women in Criminal Law
Amicus
Human Rights Lawyers Association
City University, Bar Vocational Studies (2022)
City University, Graduate Diploma in Law (2021)
University of Oxford, BA in French and Italian (2018)
Scholarships and prizes:
Atkin Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2023)
Ann Goddard Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2023)
Winner, Gray’s Inn GDL Moot (2021)
Finalist, European Court of Human Rights Moot (2021)
Headridge Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2021)
Finalist, Human Rights Lawyers Association Moot (2020)
Dame Juliet Wheldon Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2020)
Christ Church Award for Postgraduate Study (2018)
Crown Prosecution Service (General Crime) Level 1
Prior to joining Chambers, Miranda worked at a rape crisis centre and interned in the women’s justice team at APPEAL. She also completed an internship at the Capital Appeals Project, a Louisiana law firm providing representation to people on death row.
As a law student, Miranda volunteered as a pro bono representative in school exclusion cases and gave free legal advice via the charity IPSEA. She was also a member of the Human Rights Lawyers Association’s Young Lawyers Committee.
Before coming to the Bar, Miranda completed the Teach First Programme and spent two years working as a teacher in a secondary school.
I, Miranda Zeffman, 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 miranda.zeffman@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:
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.
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| Senior clerk | Miranda Zeffman |
