Education
- Sheffield Hallam University. LLB Hons Law
- Inns of Court School of Law - BVC
Expert legal advice and advocacy, delivered by an outstanding team of Queen’s Counsel and barristers.
The Barristers at Deans Court are regulated by the Bar Standards Board.
Lisa Judge fearlessly defends her clients. She is nationally recognised as being one of the leading barristers in the field of defence health and safety law and regulatory work in this country appearing on behalf of both corporate and individual defendants. She regularly undertakes inquest work on behalf of companies, individuals and organisations. Inquests potentially leave interested parties and witnesses vulnerable to criminal or regulatory investigations.
Her expertise in the overlapping areas of health and safety, crime and professional discipline enables her to protect client’s interests during the inquest as well as provide continuity of representation in any subsequent criminal or regulatory proceedings. She combines her regulatory practice with a heavyweight criminal practice and has an astonishingly high success rate in defending rape and sexual assault allegations. She has represented a number of high-profile companies and individual clients and is recognised particularly for her client care and ability to prepare cases diligently and present them in a manner which is jury friendly.
Lisa Judge represented a company charged with s2 HSWA involving the fatality of an employee. The Prosecution pursued the case on the basis of the failure to undertake a Risk Assessment, the failure to recognise a danger zone and the failure to implement any effective control measures. The Company was medium sized with an £18 million turnover with a previous conviction for a breach of the HSWA. As a consequence of her participation in the inquest, detailed discussions with the client and the preparation of a compelling plea in mitigation the financial penalty imposed was £120k with two years for the company to pay. Instructing solicitors have commented that the result was remarkable in all the circumstances and particularly where the sentence imposed was less than that imposed for the previous non-fatal breach.
Multiple fatalities. Representing the Trust. Guilty Pleas Tendered. The systemic breaches were directly causative of the deaths;
The breaches were symptomatic of a general malaise as to culture, standards and priorities which existed at Stafford Hospital.
Fatality involving employee being injured when a Stihl saw blade exploded. Issues as regards safe systems of work. Inquest and Criminal Proceedings. Guilty Plea. Represented Company. Turnover; Medium
Fatality. Inquest and Criminal Proceedings. Guilty Plea. Contested 4 day Newton hearing. Defence successful. Representing Company. Turnover: Large
Injuries: Level A/High. Systemic Failings alleged. Represented Company. Guilty Plea. Contested Newton Successful.
s2 HSWA 74
Representing Company. Employee fatally injured by engineering process. Safe systems of work and risk assessment issues.
Fatality. Inquest and Criminal proceedings. Guilty Plea. Tenant fell to death down lift shaft. Systemic failings. Representing Company.Turnover: Medium
Elderly pedestrian fatally injured by delivery van. Pedestrian segregation and traffic management issues.
Health and Safety fatality. Individual Health and Safety Manager prosecuted. Work at Height and Safe systems of work. Acquitted.
Individual Director Prosecuted for Health and Safety Offences resulting in the death of two contractors. Acquitted of the manslaughter offence. Guilty plea to health and safety breaches.
Fall from height, fatality. Individual prosecuted for pervert the course of justice.
Fatality. Representing the director. Employeecrushed when large equestrian jump fell and crushed employee.
Representing company in relation to numerous health and safety offences in regards to the safety of the Nursery environment further to a crush injury having been suffered by one of the children within the Nursery.
Representing the company, fabricator of water vessels. Work at Height and safe systems of work in issue. Serious injuries.
Work at height. Representing Company as regards failings in relation to the planning of a work at height project. Serious injuries sustained by employee.
Represented Care Home.
Death in nursing home. Hypoglycemic episode. Question as to care provided by Home and the systems as regards service user reception and acquisition of relevant material. Safe issuing of medication etc.
Represented Company.
Death at work. Bale fall onto employee crushing him fatally. Risk assessment and safe systems of work in issue.
Representing GeoAmey. System failure as regards the care afforded to prisoners suffering from mental-health issues.
Death in custody. Article 2
Represented Company.
Represented property management company in regards to tenant falling to his death down a lift shaft.
Representing Local Authority in regards to the suicide of a young girl released from a psychiatric unit. Multiple agencies involved. Article 2.
Representing Company.
Death of an employee at work undertaking demolition works. Safe systems of work, Risk Assessments and Method statements in issue. Extremely sensitive due to the nature of the injuries sustained and the very obvious impact upon the family.
Representing Utilities Company.
Death of a motorcyclist. Utilities company responsible for repairing the road. Historical documentation required to analyse the maintenance in place.
Representing Care Home.
Death in a care Home. Full investigation into the systems in place at the Care Home to investigate legionella bacteria and the resident's exposure to it.
Representing Company.
Death at work. Fatalinjury caused when pressurised equipment caused high velocity expulsion ontochest of deceased.
Representing Company. Employee crushed to death subsequent to a balecollapse.
Representing GeoAmey.
Death in custody. Management of psychiatric ill-health within the custodial setting. Article 2.
Representing Individual.
Tractor involved in thecrushing to death of a farm worker. Traffic/pedestrian segregation.
Representing Individual General Practitioner.
In relation to hisinvolvement in the clinical care of the deceased.
Representing the Coroner.
s13 Coroners Act Applicationto reopen inquest.
Representing GeoAmey.
Death in Custody. Psychiatric treatment provided to prisoner and whether appropriate review of medical records undertaken. Article 2
Representing GeoAmey.
Death in Custody. Article 2
Representing Utilities Company.
Death of serving police officer after bridge collapsed during Cumbrian floods.
Greater Manchester Police Instructed Lisa Judge in relation to a High-profile prisoner (now deceased) who had refused to disclose the whereabouts of the body of a child murdered a number of decades ago.
Lisa Judge is instructed by the Home Office to undertake a review of seized material to determine whether privilege attaches to material gathered during the execution of search warrants.
A high-profile solicitor arrested for an offence of perverting the Course of Public Justice. Represented at the police station. No charges pursued.
Largest trading standards prosecution in the UK. Defence Counsel for individual Director. Acquitted
Represented prosecuting authority. Importation of dangerous Hoverboards from China. Guilty pleas tendered.
Representing individual director in regards tonumerous trading standards and fraud offences. Acquitted. Sale of windows to vulnerable membersof the public. Multi million pound fraud alleged.
Represented Company and Director.
Criminal Proceedings. Listed for Trial. Resolved by way of acceptable plea. Turnover: Small.
Representing the company in regards toenforcement proceedings brought as a result of animal excrement and generalfood safety offences within the restaurant unit at Birmingham New Street.
Numerous cases of environmental offending to include fresh and waste water. Evidence requiring tidal modelling and contested expert evidence. Newton Hearing. Turnover: Very Large
Major fire of waste recycling plant. Representing Director. Satisfactory negotiation of limited plea. No sentence of imprisonment imposed.
Individual Director prosecuted for numerouslarge-scale fires at Plastic Recycling facility. Suspended sentence imposed.
Individual Director prosecuted for numerouslarge-scale fires at a waste treatment facility. Ongoing.
Mother and Two brothers indicted for murder. Junior Counsel for sole defendant acquitted of murder and all other charges
Junior Defence counsel. Multi-handed Conspiracy to murder. Acquitted.
Lisa Judge represented Royal Northern College of Music student charged with rape of a fellow student but who was acquitted after trial. The Prosecution case was heavily reliant upon apparent confessions made over social networking between the Defendant and the complainant. The Defendant asserted that all sexual activity between them was consensual.
Defence counsel Rape. Acquitted
Defence counsel First Cold Case Review case acquittal. rape.
Rape. Defence counsel Client request. Aquitted.
Rape - Client request. Acquitted after trial
Acted on appeal.
Sexual activity with a child.
Sexual activity. Successfully negotiated reducedplea such that suspended sentence imposed
Assault. Successful in efforts to ensure thatthe complainant, another high-profile celebrity, was fundamentally underminedwhen giving evidence such that no costs were ordered and sentence imposed wasminimal.
Professional sportsman. Acquitted.
Assault. Acquitted.
Rape. Acquitted.
Police Officer. Assault. Acquitted.
"She is very tactical, excellent in negotiations and a strong advocate."
Chambers and Partners, 2022
"She's very upfront, forthright and has a good reputation in this field. She's also a fierce advocate." "She's very experienced, hard-working, dogged and determined."
Chambers and Partners, 2021
"Very thorough and she knows her cases inside and out. She's extremely good with clients and has excellent attention to detail."
Chambers and Partners, 2021
"She's a powerful advocate and a good negotiator." "Lisa is very experienced and really knows the ropes."
Chambers and Partners, 2020
Regularly defends individuals and companies in major health and safety cases brought by various regulatory bodies. Her health and safety practice benefits from her criminal law work. "An experienced, pragmatic practitioner." "She has a commercially minded approach."
Chambers and Partners, 2019
Capable practitioner with a strong reputation in the health and safety space as part of her thriving criminal and regulatory practice. She is regularly instructed on behalf of both large companies and individuals. She is known for her experience of handling cases involving sexual offences. "Very sound judgement."
Chambers and Partners, 2019
'A very effective communicator who quickly gets to grips with a case.’
Legal 500, 2018
Regularly defends individuals and companies in major health and safety cases brought by various regulatory bodies. Her health and safety practice benefits from her criminal law work. "Very efficient and very good at handling witnesses."
Chambers and Partners, 2018
Capable practitioner with a strong reputation in the health and safety space alongside her thriving criminal and regulatory practice. She is regularly instructed on behalf of both large companies and individuals. She is particularly known for her experience of handling cases involving sexual offences. "She is sharp and focused with a straight-talking, no-nonsense approach."
Chambers and Partners, 2018
‘Recommended for sexual offences cases.’
Legal 500, 2017
Regularly defends individuals and companies in major health and safety cases brought by various regulatory bodies. "She's a practical operator and a good tactician." "Lisa Judge does quite a bit of health and safety work and I highly rate her."
Chambers UK, 2017
Capable practitioner with a strong reputation in the health and safety space alongside her thriving criminal and regulatory practice. She is particularly known for her experience of handling cases involving sexual offences. "She really fights hard for her clients." "She's highly persuasive and a good person to have on your side."
Chambers UK, 2017
She has a strong track record in representing defendants in serious sexual offences cases'
Legal 500, 2015
One of the leading health and safety advocates on the Northern Circuit. She combines her regulatory work with a heavyweight criminal practice, and is noted by instructing solicitors for her highly skilled advocacy. "She is one of the best jury advocates around." "She has a no-nonsense approach and gets down to the heart of the matter."
Chambers UK, 2015
Handles a wide range of criminal law matters. She specialises in rape and sexual offences. "She is an excellent advocate; she is down to earth and very approachable, and has good client care skills."
Chambers UK, 2015
‘Prepares cases meticulously.’
Legal 500, 2014
"is focused, gets to the heart of a case and does a good job for her clients."
Chambers UK, 2013
'good manner with clients.'
Chambers UK 2012
' has an excellent reputation and is recommended'
Legal 500, 2011
'a QC-level jury advocate at half the price of a silk'
Legal 500. 2010
'continues to show herself to be an outstanding performer....admired for her "commanding respect of the court'
Chambers UK 2010
'has a strong junior practice in health, safety and regulation.'
Legal 500, 2009
‘Wins praise.’
Chambers UK, 2009
‘Very competent’
Legal 500, 2008
‘An excellent client manner....Diligent and well respected’
Chambers UK, 2008
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