Helen Longworth

Practice Areas

Helen Longworth has a broad criminal practice. She practices across the spectrum, from complex fraud, money laundering, drugs and other conspiracies to serious sexual offences and work with vulnerable witnesses and defendants. Helen’s defence practice includes complex and organised crime, rape, serious assaults on children and other serious offending. She is particularly skilled at communicating with vulnerable defendants and at condensing large volumes of evidence. On the prosecution side of her practice, Helen is a Category 3 CPS prosecutor for general crime and a specialist RASSO, fraud, POCA, and serious crime prosecutor. She is also a specialist regulatory advocate. Her practice covers a variety of regulatory cases heard in the Crown Court, particularly related to food, housing, and drugs regulations.

Career

Called 2016 after 12 years in the charity sector.

Delivers teaching in conference skills and advocacy for MMU Bar Course.

Professional Memberships

Middle Temple

Northern Circuit, Member of the Executive Committee

Criminal Bar Association

Personal

Scholarships and Prizes

Dean’s Award – Highest Mark in Drafting, MMU, 2016

BPTC Scholarship, MMU, 2015

Baron Dr Ver Heyden de Lancey Prize, Middle Temple, 2016

Blackstone’s Entrance Exhibition, Middle Temple, 2016

Godfrey Heilpern KC Memorial Prize Scholarship, Middle Temple, 2015

Blackstone’s Entrance Exhibition, Middle Temple, 2015

Third Sector Young Thinker of the Year, runner up, 2009