Linda Strudwick
Call 1973LLB (Hons) (Manchester University)
Practice: Crime and Regulatory
‘Recommended in Crime ’ – Chambers UK (2010)
‘Recommended in Crime ’ – Legal 500 (2010)
Summary
Linda Strudwick specialises in serious crime.She is an experienced leading junior barrister, both prosecuting and defending in cases of murder, manslaughter, serious fraud, VAT fraud, drugs importation, human trafficking and confiscation.
She has a particular experience and expertise in sexual offences and is a rape specialist.
Career Details
Linda Strudwick has wide-ranging expertise working with witnesses appearing via video links, working with vulnerable adult and child witnesses and those with learning disabilities.She is a trained intermediary, who is able to help learning disabled adults and children to understand legal questions and communicate their answers.
She is frequently called upon by the CPS to advise in difficult cases involving sexual allegations.
Over the years she has developed a particular area of expertise in cases where women are charged with the murder of their children.
She has also appeared in cases involving investment frauds, mortgage frauds, diversion frauds and large-scale drug importation.
She has for many years undertaken disciplinary work in the General Medical Council, Courts Martial appeals and advisory work for the Ministry of Defence.
Additional Information
Criminal Bar AssociationMember of Justice
Member of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.
Registered with the Bar Council – Public Access Directory
Member of the Public Access Bar Association - PABA
Member of and plays for Radlett Tennis Club.
Notable cases:
R v Gobbato (2011)
Bogus GP
R v KW and DM (2010)
10 year old - Rape Charge
R v Tweed & Davis (2010)
Jack Tweed Rape charge
R v Ogunsanya (2009)
Knife murder
R v Bousson (2008)
Defence of insanity for murder
R v Kiddy (2007)
Murder of daughter during psychotic episode
R v Rudder (2007)
Murder by mother suffering from MS
R v Zejnulai (2007)
Multi-handed money-laundering case
R v Collier (2006)
Death by crushing of two-year-old daughter
R v Patel (2006)
Conspiracy to defraud Post Office
