Lucy Curran

Lucy completed her pupillage at Great James Street Chambers in 2026 and, following its successful completion, accepted an offer of full membership. She is now developing her practice at the Bar, with a particular focus on crime, extradition and regulatory work.

Lucy has gained experience across Chambers’ core practice areas, including a broad range of criminal, extradition and regulatory matters. She has experience appearing in Crown Court trials and is regularly instructed in criminal proceedings at various stages. She is also a Grade 1 prosecutor and has experience prosecuting cases in the Crown Court.

In her regulatory practice, Lucy has been instructed as a Case Presenter in substantive regulatory tribunal proceedings. This has provided her with experience of presenting complex cases involving detailed evidential and procedural issues, examining witnesses and making submissions before professional disciplinary panels.

She continues to build on this experience as a junior tenant, accepting instructions in her own right and developing a busy practice both in court and through advisory work. Lucy is keen to continue expanding her Crown Court trial practice alongside her regulatory and extradition work.

Prior to commencing pupillage, Lucy volunteered for three years with the Refugee Law Initiative, where she worked closely with clients and solicitors in preparing fresh claims on behalf of asylum seekers who had exhausted their appeal rights. This work required careful analysis of complex factual backgrounds, country evidence and developing areas of immigration and asylum law.

Lucy also worked with the Director of the Refugee Law Initiative in drafting submissions concerning the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025. Her dedication and commitment to the Initiative were recognised with an award presented at the Refugee Law Initiative Summer Event.

Lucy has also gained experience in regulatory and commercial legal issues through her work with Merck, where she was responsible for analysing and summarising complex developments in pharmaceutical regulation and patent law. This experience strengthened her ability to assimilate technical material quickly and present complicated legal issues clearly and concisely.

During her undergraduate studies, Lucy was a Senior Editor of the Birkbeck Law Review. In that role, she worked with an international author and co-editor on the Borders, Boundaries and the Law edition, further developing her legal research, drafting and editorial skills.
While completing the Bar Vocational Studies course, Lucy represented Gray’s Inn at the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition in Vienna, gaining valuable international advocacy experience.

Lucy completed the Bar Vocational Studies course at The City Law School with Distinction, having also been awarded a part-payment scholarship in recognition of her academic achievement and potential.

Since becoming a full member of Great James Street Chambers, Lucy has continued to progress her career at the Bar and is particularly interested in developing a practice encompassing criminal defence and prosecution, Crown Court trial advocacy, extradition, regulatory proceedings and related public law work.