Clementine Simon

Barrister

Clementine has a busy Crown Court practice defending people accused of serious violence as well as drugs, weapons, dishonesty, and sexual offences.

Clementine also appears in the Youth Court for unusually grave or difficult cases requiring certificate for counsel. She has a particular interest in representing young people and vulnerable adults in cases involving exploitation and modern slavery. Clementine joined 25 Bedford Row from Release where she ran legal-outreach projects at drug and alcohol clinics in London so she has particular expertise assisting those with substance use disorders.

Clementine has experience opposing quasi-criminal police applications for Football Banning Orders, Stalking Protection Orders, and Slavery & Trafficking Risk Orders. She has appeared on behalf of defendants in Transport for London matters concerning licencing. She also represents people charged with driving offences.

Background

Clementine is a member of Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights. In 2019, the Lincoln’s Inn Overseas Placement Fund sponsored her to undertake an internship at Defence for Children International based in Hebron. She has also worked for a charity in Mumbai, assisting the daughters of sex workers in the red-light district of Kamathipura, and has volunteered with the English Collective of Prostitutes.

Clementine has experience as a caseworker in the public law department of a legal aid firm where she acted on behalf of prisoners in human rights challenges against decisions made by the Secretary of State for Justice. Clementine has also volunteered at the Prisoners’ Advice Service and is a member of the Howard League. She has an LLM in human rights law and her thesis focused on prison abolition.

Qualifications

Bar Training Course, BPP Holborn (2021)
LLM in Human Rights Law, Birkbeck, University of London (2020)
Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law (2018)
BA (Hons) English Literature & American Studies, University of Nottingham (2017)

Awards

Lincoln’s Inn - Lord Denning Scholarship (2020)
BPP University - Excellence Scholarship (2020)
Lincoln’s Inn - Overseas Placement Fund (2019)
University of Nottingham, American Studies - Highest Scoring Essay Prize (2017)

Memberships

The Young Fraud Lawyers Association
Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum
Women in Criminal Law

R v RJ (and another) – Represented the first defendant who stood trial at Wood Green Crown Court on an indictment alleging a knife-point robbery
R v SE (and another) – Represented the second Defendant in complex money laundering case with values in excess of £2.5 million. Co-defended with Dermot Keating KC at Harrow Crown Court
R v SES (and others) – Led by Gary Bell KC at Leicester Crown Court. The defendant was charged on an indictment alleging numerous counts of fraud and money-laundering with values in excess of £1 million
R v LV (and others) - Led by Sheryl Nwsou. The defendant stood trial on an indictment alleging conspiracy to possess firearms with intent to endanger life at Harrow Crown Court
R v MM - Defendant was charged on an indictment alleging multiple counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs. S45 modern slavery defence
R v SW - Defendant charged on a 9-count indictment alleging, amongst other offences, coercive control and threats to kill at Woolwich Crown Court
R v LH – Youth defendant charged with causing serious injury by careless driving. Relied on expert evidence relating to the speed at which the complainant was travelling