Emma Priest Email & Phone Number

Blackstone Chambers

I am a specialist criminal barrister admitted to the Bar in 1999. I appear on all criminal matters with a focus on serious crime, jury trials, appeals and parole board hearings. I have over 20 years experience in the criminal law, working as both a Crown prosecutor and a defence lawyer. I act for people facing charges from traffic to serious violence.

New Zealand

Worked in collaboration with Actionstep to develop the Criminal Barrister App as an offering for Actionstep. The app includes:- Workflows through the criminal justice, appeal and parole processes including tasks at each stage;- Specialist case information and charge information;- Custom time-recording for criminal justice;- Over 40 auto populating.

New Zealand

Director on the Board of Variety New Zealand, the Children's Charity. Variety New Zealand provides desperately-needed targeted and individualised assistance to sick, disabled and disadvantaged Kiwi children. Variety is a worldwide organisation with 43 offices across 13 countries. https://www.variety.org.nz/about-us/our-people/board-of-directors/

New Zealand

o Management of properties;o Tenant management; o Planning and project managing renovations; o Body corporate management.

Manukau/ Auckland

o Legal advice and counsel in serious criminal matters (category 3 & 4/ indictable pre- CPA 2011);o Team leader managing and coaching staff;o Facilitator of in-house legal training;o Working at Manukau and Auckland offices.

Auckland

o Conducted hundreds of District and High Court indictable prosecutions including high profile drug, sexual and violent crime; o Working with experts in areas such as voice identification, accounting, physical child abuse, sexual abuse, banking, drugs (cannabis, methamphetamine, cocaine), handwriting, facial recognition, fingerprints, DNA, blood spatter.

Auckland, New Zealand

o Junior Property lawyero Conveyancing, trusts, property transactionso Company resolutions and gifting advice.

• Law Clerk to Queen’s Counsel and Deputy Chair of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority;
• Tasked with preparing training for decision makers on the Authority;
• Analysing decisions to create a legal database;
• Assisting with drafting briefs for judicial review applications

Master Of Laws (Llm) (1St Class Honours), Law, A

Master of Laws including Forensic Science papers taken through the Chemistry Post-Graduate department. Dissertation on a Restorative.

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb), Law, A- Average

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, A Average

Education record

Activities and Societies: Sporting Colours (Rowing; Hockey)