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Sinead McCaffrey

Paralegal - Crime Department

Sinead joined Caveat Solicitors in 2022 as a Paralegal in our crime department. Sinead’s working style and unique approach has afforded her a high reputation with our client base.

Sinead has assisted on an extensive caseload of criminal defence work, from assisting clients who are involved in police investigations, through to preparing Youth, Magistrates, Crown Court and Appeal proceedings.

Sinead has worked on a diverse workload with a focus in all areas surrounding Criminal defence. The spectrum of her case load varies including road traffic and driving offences, drug offences, burglary, assault, grievous bodily harm, sexual assault, arson, murder, possession of firearms, theft, public order offences, Criminal damage, attempted robbery, possession of offensive weapons, possession of prohibited articles whilst in prison, conveying prohibited articles into prison, child cruelty and breach offences.

Sinead works extremely well with the more vulnerable clients especially our youth and clients that suffer with mental health and disabilities. Sinead has assisted clients in obtaining expert help to ensure they are represented fairly and justly include liaising and instructing on the client’s behalf, intermediary’s and medical experts.

Sinead understands that each client is an individual and works closely with each client to ensure that their service and the care they require is tailored to clients on an individual basis. This has afforded her an exceptional reputation with our clients.

In 2016 – 2019 Sinead volunteered for the pro bono project ‘Lawyers in the Soup Kitchen Brixton’. Her role at the project included being a legal consultant and senior member of management. Sinead managed the housing sector at the project and worked with her team to provide free legal assistance on a wide range of issues, to the community at the weekly sessions.

Notable Cases

R v DC (2022)
Possession of firearm without a certificate, Possession of Ammunition without a certificate
Case dismissed
R v LJ (2022)
GBH with intent (against a police officer)
Acquitted
R v ZP (2021)
Possession with intent to supply Class A drugs
Acquitted
R v Y (2020)
Youth, Robbery and possession of an offence weapon
Acquitted of all charges
R v F (2020)
Conspiracy to Supply class A drugs
Case dismissed
R v X (2020)
Multi handed Youth Murder – with national press coverage
R v J (2020)
Multi-handed Gang Related Murder involving firearms – with national press coverage
R v G (2019)
Assault and Criminal Damage
Acquitted on all charges
R v F (2019)
Possession of a prohibited weapon
Acquitted of charges
R v R (2019)
Multi-handed Murder, GBH, Arson with intent to endanger life – with national press coverage
R v M (2019)
Burglary - dwelling
R v H (2019)
Convey prohibited items into prison
Acquitted of all charges
R v T (2019)
Possession of indecent child images
R v K (2019)
Racially Aggravated GBH
R v S (2019)
Possession of offensive weapons with intent to endanger life
R v C (2018)
Child Cruelty
R v A (2018)
Multi-handed GBH trial involving a stabbing and firearms

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