Nardeen Némat is a criminal barrister, based in the Northwest of England on the Northern Circuit. She is a Category 3 prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service and has experience of prosecuting a wide range of high-profile and sensitive cases, including fraud, aggravated arson, firearms, violent disorder, and murder (junior). Prior to pupillage, Nardeen worked as an in-house civil advocate, before becoming the head of a litigation department for a national civil law firm.
Nardeen and her co-lawyers in the CPS Mersey Cheshire Disorder Response Team were recently awarded Attorney General’s Prosecution Team of the Year 2024, presented on 26 March 2025 by Attorney General Lord Hermer KC and Solicitor General Lucy Rigby KC MP.
One year on, Nardeen Némat reflects on the violent disorder in Merseyside following the Southport knife attacks and the collaboration between police, courts and Crown Prosecution Service in bringing a swift end to the riots
The age of criminal responsibility, extreme weather and conflict resolution – plus, new protocol for reporting bullying at the Bar
By David Green
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, examines the forensic science underpinning hair drug testing, its evidential scope and limitations, and why it remains the gold standard for evidencing patterns of drug use in family proceedings
Unlocking your aged debt to fund your tax in one easy step. By Philip N Bristow
Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group, discusses the upcoming changes to pensions and Inheritance Tax and the potential impact on your financial future
Save the Children UK is the latest charity to benefit from a £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
Barrister apprenticeships – shortly to provide the fourth pathway to the Bar – are an ideal opportunity to support local talent and ‘grow your own’, say Tim Coulson and Dr Jane Dennehy
Solicitor General Ellie Reeves KC MP discusses her decade as a trade union and employment law barrister, the demands of life as a Law Officer and the number one priority shaping her work. Interview by Anthony Inglese CB
A decade of reviews and research has disrupted accepted thinking in the search for causality. Suicides following abuse have overtaken domestic homicides. Is the law keeping up? Professor Susan Edwards KC (Hon) examines recent cases and the obstacles to successful prosecution
Why every major sporting event needs an anti-corruption policy. By Louis Weston
At least not that way, says Richard Paige
