LL.B. (Lond); barrister at law; called 1985; appointed to Queen’s Counsel in 2006.
Member of Lincoln’s Inn – Called to the Bench of the Inn 19/12/2012, she is a qualified advocacy tutor.
Member of South Eastern and Western circuits
Pippa McAtasney is a London criminal barrister who has a wide-ranging practice. She has an excellent record in both defending and prosecuting in cases concerning murder, manslaughter, serious sexual offences, violent crime and fraud. She has a specialist practice in police discipline work and has represented many police officers at all ranks both at tribunals and in the Crown Court. She has acted for several businesses prosecuted under Health and Safety at Work legislation and undertakes all areas of criminal practice
In addition to her practice, Pippa acts as a legal advisor to television companies producing TV drama, the most well known example being all three series of the BBC legal drama “Silk”.
LL.B. (Lond); barrister at law; called 1985; appointed to Queen’s Counsel in 2006.
Member of Lincoln’s Inn – Called to the Bench of the Inn 19/12/2012, she is a qualified advocacy tutor.
Member of South Eastern and Western circuits
Pippa has defended and prosecuted Road Traffic cases in the Magistrates’ Court and in the Crown Court. For her, this used to be a specialisation at the junior bar and is still part of her practice. Examples, albeit now a little dated, are Davies v DPP 1998 RTR defended alone in the Divisional Court and led by Queen’s Counsel in the House of Lords.
More recently she has successfully defended a death by careless driving at Southwark Crown Court (2010.) She also appeared at the Inquest.
Pippa also defended a case of dangerous driving at Canterbury Crown Court where a child had suffered major injury. The jury failed to agree but a successful outcome was negotiated and her legal argument in relation to special reasons for not disqualifying the driver was accepted.
Philippa is a specialist in defending Police Officers in Discipline hearings and criminal cases. These includes representing officers in matters arising from the Climbié inquiry (already mentioned), Operation Ore, rape, misconduct in a public office and several corruption cases.
Pippa is married and has two daughters.