We have adopted a specialist team approach to our practices for many years. We feel that this is the way our clients want us to work, and that specialisation leads to the provision of a better service.
Lucy Northeast
Practice Director - Crime & Sports
0117 930 9000
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Grant Bidwell
Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
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Shannon Cregg
Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
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Grace Northeast
Assistant Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
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Caitlin Evans is a member of the Crime team.
Caitlin prosecutes and defends in the Crown Court. She is regularly instructed in cases of violence, supply of drugs, theft offences such as robberies and burglaries, offences against public justice such as perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation, and sexual offences such as rape and sexual assault. Caitlin has a particular interest in financial crime.
Caitlin is a CPS Grade 3 Panel Advocate, Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) panel member and member of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) C panel. She has experience working as a disclosure junior and advising upon issues of sensitive intelligence and PII.
Caitlin has a growing practice in sports law in particular as a tribunal advocate. She is public access qualified and therefore accepts instructions directly from sports professionals, players, clubs and other sporting bodies.
R v TO (2025)
Defended a man accused of assaulting an associate causing them really serious harm with intent to cause them really serious harm by stabbing them in the hand with a machete. The trial issue was both intention and self-defence.
R v JM and JW (2025)
Prosecuted a case with two defendants in which one group were alleged to have attacked another in a busy town centre, attempting to cause them really serious harm with an intention to cause them really serious harm.
R v KG (2025)
Defended a man who at the preliminary hearings was accused of assault causing really bodily harm with an intention to cause really serious harm (contrary to s.18). Following the service of a dismissal application, the Crown conceded and amended the indictment to a single count of assault causing really serious harm (contrary to s.20). A s.78 application was made to exclude the identification due to the Crown’s failure to comply with Code D of PACE 1984. The application was granted and the Crown offered no evidence.
R v M (2023)
Prosecuted an arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered over 8 days with a large number of civilian and police witnesses. Conducted a voire dire to determine admissibility of a significant comment made.
R v G (2023)
Prosecuted a defendant for possession with intent to supply class A drugs who had travelled from London to street deal drugs in Bristol.
R v B, L, M, P, P and L (2023)
Disclosure junior in a six handed murder which had occurred when two groups, one of which was stealing and the other growing cannabis, fought over the cannabis crop.
R v F (2022)
Prosecuted a case of controlling and coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating committed in a domestic context against the defendant’s wife and child.
R v G (2022)
Defended a non-dwelling burglary in which the defendant accepted handling the goods stolen but denied being involved in the original burglary.
R v F (2021)
Supply of Class A drugs ‘county lines’ case. Trial counsel for D1 in a two-day, two-handed Newton hearing, in which the defence contested the roles of the defendants and the quantities involved. The Judge accepted that there was a margin of error in the Crown’s calculations in relation to the amount supplied and sentenced in a lower bracket.
R v B (2021)
Defended a 16 year old alleged to have robbed a 15-year old in a knife point robbery. Both youths were deemed vulnerable and had to be communicated with in an appropriate and sensitive manner.
R v B (2022)
Defended a social worker facing a 17-count indictment of fraud and theft. Alleged to have fraudulently claimed expenses on behalf of her clients and misappropriated their allowances. Large amount of unused material which required extensive analysis to determine work patterns, spending and the failures of the Crown’s conclusions.
R v F (2022)
Prosecuted a man accused of securing funds from his long-term partner under false pretences. Required close analysis of his financial spending. Indictment re-drafted with required specificity to secure resolution without trial.
BG v** (2025)
Caitlin appeared in a 3 day fact finding on behalf of a coach who was accused by the Governing body of partaking in recent and historical, physical and verbal abuse. Evidence was adduced from several parents, participants and coaches.
Lucy Northeast
Practice Director - Crime & Sports
0117 930 9000
Click here to email
Grant Bidwell
Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
Click here to email
Shannon Cregg
Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
Click here to email
Grace Northeast
Assistant Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
Click here to email
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