Bar Call / Inn
1996
Gray's Inn

Profile

Sharon Leene is a criminal practitioner. She defends and prosecutes in all areas of crime. She has defended in cases of serious crime including murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment, robbery, GBH, blackmail, fraud and the importation and supply of drugs. She has been involved in a number of multi-handed cases both as a junior alone, and being led. She acted as a facilitator for the Bar Council’s Human Rights Courses and worked on their Law Reform Committee. She was a member of the CBA’s working parties who prepared responses to the Government’s proposals for changes in the law on involuntary manslaughter and double jeopardy.

Areas of Practice

Crime including: serious violence, human rights, drugs and fraud work and the associated areas including confiscation proceedings and abuse of process arguments.

Advised pro bono in an appeal against a double murder conviction for which leave to appeal was granted 6 years out of time.

Significant Cases

R v E and others: Croydon Crown Court [1998] cocaine importation
R v K: Wood Green Crown Court [1999] heroin importation
R v J and others: Wood Green Crown Court [1999] large scale cannabis importation
R v C and others: Peterborough Crown Court [1999] large scale duty evasion
R v B and others: Central Criminal Court [2000] "the Michael Michael supergrass case" massive drugs importation of class A and B
R v R.T. and another: Central Criminal Court [2000] conspiracy to murder
R v A and another: Bury St Edmunds Crown Court [2000] conspiracy to defraud
R v G and others: Harrow Crown Court [2001] “Chinese Snakehead case” kidnapping, false imprisonment, blackmail
R v V and others: Truro Crown Court [2002] VAT fraud

Languages

Fluent in French

Professional Membership

Member of the Criminal Bar Association and Gray’s Inn
Facilitator for the Bar Human Rights Courses which
were run by the Bar Council
Member of the Northern Circuit
Member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association