Nicola May defends and Prosecutes in the South East, East Anglia, and London where she has been instructed on a wide variety of cases.
Legal 500 for 2008/2009 states that “Nicola May, who moved from Trinity Chambers in 2007, has an excellent reputation for conscientious and determined advocacy.”
She has particular expertise in dealing with sexual offences including cases involving young children. She also has extensive experience in offences concerning dishonesty, serious assaults, child cruelty, drugs offences and large scale public disorder.
She is also regularly instructed in cases involving mentally disordered defendants or those with special needs.
She has experience of Health and Safety and Prison law cases.
Examples of Cases Undertaken:
R.v. Maltby (2008) Ipswich Crown Court, Defence Counsel for a 71-year-old lady charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
R.v. Pryor and Hua (2008) Chelmsford Crown Court, Junior Counsel in a case involving the prosecution of a married couple for keeping brothels in Essex and Suffolk.
R.v. Moss (2007) Chelmsford Crown Court, Defence Counsel for a woman living in supported housing charged with sexual assaults on fellow male residents.
R.v. Elwood and Carter (2005/2006) Norwich Crown Court, Defence Counsel in a case involving a large scale violent disorder outside a public house following a football match between Portugal and England.
R v McCullum (2006) Norwich Crown Court, Junior Counsel in a case involving the defence of a man with substantial learning difficulties charged jointly with his girlfriend in the murder of her ex-partner.
R.v. L (2005) Basildon Crown Court, Defence Counsel for a male accused of anal rape of his wife.
R.v. White and others (2003) Blackfriars Crown Court, Junior Defence Counsel in the defence of a vehicle recovery agent in a case centring on allegations of corruption against a police officer of the Metropolitan Police Force. This case was one of the first to involve the instruction of independent counsel by the Attorney-General to deal with P.I.I. issues.
R v Watts and others (2002) Norwich Crown Court, Junior Defence Counsel in a case brought by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT). The Prosecution case was that the Defendant had been involved in the manufacture of hundreds of thousands of counterfeit videos. At the time it was the largest seizure of counterfeit goods in Europe.
