Emma Fielding - 36 Group

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Complex & Organised Crime

General Crime

Inquests & Public Inquiries

Regulatory

Winner of the Middle Temple Monroe Cup2020

Emma prosecutes and defends in the Crown Court with an interest in RASSO cases, paper heavy drug conspiracies and crossover with public law. She has experience prosecuting and defending a wide range of offences including robbery, GBH, false imprisonment, offensive weapons, drugs and sexual offences.

She has appeared in the High Court for contempt of court proceedings and has been led on complex drug conspiracies and high-profile protest prosecutions. She has an interest in regulatory work including instructions from HMRC and local authorities.

Emma takes a proactive approach and has succeeded in having cases dropped through applications to exclude evidence or robust defences. She has a particular interest in working with vulnerable defendants and witnesses. She also writes for Archbold Review on case reviews including sentencing strangulation offences and abuse arguments in protest cases based on political interference.

Before coming to the Bar, Emma assisted with a number of high profile and complex criminal matters, including the Oval Four appeals, financial crime and serious sexual offences. Her role also included providing clients with advice and assistance at the police station. In addition, Emma gained experience in civil work, as a paralegal in the civil team at Hickman & Rose working on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

She takes a keen interest in promoting the junior criminal bar and is currently the chair for the young CBA and secretary for the Kalisher Trust, an organisation which promotes diversity at the criminal bar.

CPS Panel appointments

General Crime Level 3

RASSO membership

Regulatory
Regulatory Crime List C (Environment Agency, HSE, CQC, ORR, ONR)

Key cases

Operation Bianco – Isleworth Crown Court – 2025 – Junior led by treasury counsel prosecuting 10 defendants accused of a conspiracy to cause a public nuisance through a plan to enter Heathrow airport as part of a Just Stop Oil protest.

Operation Roast – Cambridge Crown Court – 2025 – Led junior prosecuting 6 defendants accused of conspiring to grow and sell cannabis plants across multiple grow sites in a highly sophisticated operation.

R v PB & Others – Norwich CC – 2025 – Junior alone prosecuting 3 defendants who pleaded guilty to county line class A drugs offences. A newton hearing focused on the expert valuation of the drugs line will take place in 2025.

R v CB – Oxford CC – 2024 – Led junior in a rape allegation where the defendant has raised the defence of consent.

H V Butt – High Court – 2023 – Junior alone representing the defendant in committal proceedings for contempt of court.

Operation Farrier – Lincoln Crown Court – 2023 – Led junior in the prosecution of 8 defendants for a conspiracy to import and export class A drugs lasting over two years. 50 plus kilos of Cocaine and Methamphetamine was sent between England, Australia and New Zealand hidden in games, books and musical instruments.

R v MI & Othrs – Southwark Crown Court – 2023 – Led junior in the prosecution of 9 high profile defendants who caused over £500,000 of damage to a major bank as part of a protest.

R v AC – Ipswich Crown Court – 2023 – Represented a defendant accused of harassment with violence and made an application to exclude evidence on the basis of unfairness which was successful leading to the Crown offering no evidence and the defendant being released from custody.

R v MD – Northampton Crown Court – 2023 – Represented a defendant of good character accused of fraud. Successfully opposed hearsay evidence being adduced which resulted in the case being dropped.

R v JQ – Birmingham Crown Court – 2023 – Represented a defendant accused of making a racist comment to a police officer. Following a trial the defendant was found unanimously not guilty.