Nicholas Lumley KC is a specialist criminal and regulatory law advocate, who has been involved in some of the most complex and high-profile cases in the country.
His expertise in criminal law covers both the prosecution and defence of cases involving a broad range of serious offences, including murder, manslaughter, torture, drug trafficking, human trafficking and exploitation, serious fraud, tax evasion and money laundering, professional misconduct and rape. Nicholas is often instructed for defence work on a private basis.
With a background in medico-legal cases and expertise in cases where there is complex medical evidence, Nicholas has specialist experience in child death, including ‘Baby-shaking’ cases.
Nicholas’s regulatory practice involves a mixture of defence and prosecution and court and advisory work. He has a particular interest in Health & Safety cases of the utmost complexity and seriousness, often involving fatalities in the workplace. Nicholas has worked on cases involving the Care Quality Commission and the Health and Safety Executive, where individuals and companies have been charged on both a criminal and regulatory basis.
Nicholas represents police officers in front of disciplinary tribunals. He has experience of representing Doctors. He has conducted inquests into complex deaths, including the sudden deaths of babies. Nicholas is commended for his meticulous preparation, his ‘eye for detail’ and ‘reading of the case, client and witness, not just the case papers.’ He is regarded as a ‘hands-on silk that goes the extra mile researching the foreign, unusual and bizarre to get to the understanding of his client’s case’. His calm demeanour reassures clients and puts witnesses at ease. He ‘instils immediate confidence’ and is a ‘remarkable leader’. He is described as an ‘elegant and charming performer’ who unfalteringly remains ‘calm, composed and reassuring’ in what often present as the most trying of circumstances.
Recent cases have included the successful private defences of a business man charged with the rape of his wife, a student charged with the rape of a fellow student after a one-night stand and a barrister charged with raping his mother.
