Masters of the Bench

Lynne was Called to the Bar in 1996 and has been the recipient of the Harmsworth Scholarship and the Robert Garraway Rice Pupillage Prize.  She was Called to the Northern Irish Bar in 2018 and was Chair of the Association of Women Barristers from 2018- 2021. She was made a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2021.

Lynne has spent a number of years in public service including the Crown Prosecution Service, (as a Crown Advocate), Advocacy Assessor and Advocacy Manager.  She was also a Senior Policy Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions and national policy lead on homicide, honour-based violence and FGM.  She drafted the 2009 edition of the Code for Crown Prosecutors and was a member of the Ministry of Justice’s Murder Review Advisory Group (reviewing the law on murder and partial defences to murder), in addition to the Home Office/Foreign and Commonwealth Office advisory group on forced marriage.

Lynne has been a lecturer in Bar Vocational Studies at City, University of London since 2016.  In 2021, she was appointed as a Fee-paid judge of the Employment Tribunals and of the First Tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) (Mental Health).  She is a published author in the fields of criminal law and legal skills.   She is a co-founder of the Oxford University Press National Mooting Competition, and Chair of the Middle Temple historical society.