Profile

Natalie specialises in criminal law and has a busy practice in the Crown Court and the Courts Martial.

Natalie is regularly instructed to represent clients charged with the most serious offences including matters involving firearms, terrorism, sexual offences and serious violence.

Natalie has an eye for detail and meticulously prepares every case, ensuring she remains at the forefront of evolving legal principles. Natalie has successfully appealed against sentences in the Court of Appeal on a number of occasions, resulting in substantial reductions in sentence for her clients. Her submissions have been praised by the Court of Appeal as “clear and focused”.

Natalie is proactive and enjoys working in partnership with solicitors to achieve the best outcome for their clients. Natalie takes pride in her ability to communicate with clients and she is particularly skilled at representing young clients and those with vulnerabilities.

Before qualifying as a barrister, Natalie worked in a leading actors’ agency, representing high-profile actors and managing their careers. Natalie is therefore particularly well placed to act for clients who are the subject of media attention and scrutiny.

Feedback from instructing solicitors includes the following:

“I found Ms Turner to be diligent, legally astute and brave”.

“Ms Turner provides outstanding advocacy and client care. She communicates exceedingly well with clients and is able to demonstrate sound legal knowledge in accessible form. Her work portrays a consistent commitment to thorough legal research ensuring that she is always well prepared to represent our clients”.

 

Education

  • Bar Professional Training Course (2020) – Outstanding
  • Master of Laws (2020) – Distinction
  • Graduate LLB (2019) – First class, highest result in the year
  • Graduate Diploma in Law (2018) – Distinction, second highest result in the year

 

Awards and Scholarships

  • Lord Diplock Scholarship – Middle Temple

Practice Areas

Crime

Public

Military

Cases

Court of Appeal

Criminal Courts

  • R v R – Client found Not Guilty of knife-point robbery following three day trial.
  • R v S – Client found Not Guilty of two counts of sexual assault after a five day trial. The client was alleged to have sexually assaulted two 15-year-old girls at a music festival. At trial, he argued that he had been mistakenly identified. Natalie Turner represents client acquitted of two counts of sexual assault – Lamb Building
  • R v A – Natalie represented a police officer charged with terrorism offences. Natalie’s client entered prompt Guilty pleas and he was sentenced to an 18-month community order. The case was widely reported in the national press. Natalie Turner represents police officer sentenced to community order for terrorism offences – Lamb Building
  • R v M – Client found Not Guilty of sexual assault and exposure after a four day trial. The client was alleged to have sexually assaulted a 14-year old girl and thereafter exposed himself to the girl and her friend. He accepted that he had been correctly identified but denied that the offences had taken place.
  • R v T  – Client found Not Guilty of assaulting emergency workers after a multi-handed nine day trial that was heard at the Old Bailey. Natalie Turner’s client unanimously acquitted after 9-day multi-handed trial. – Lamb Building
  • R v P – Client found Not Guilty of production of cannabis following a two day trial. The client was arrested leaving a property in which 168 cannabis plants were found and he later admitted the offence in interview. At trial, the client claimed that he had been asked to tend to the cannabis plants, but that he had refused.
  • R v Z – Successful exceptional circumstances argument advanced in respect of a client who pleaded Guilty to possession of a prohibited weapon. Client sentenced to an 8-month suspended sentence order rather than the mandatory minimum 5-year custodial sentence. This case involved the instruction of a firearms expert and detailed analysis of the law relating to antique firearms.
  • R v R – Client found Not Guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm by reason of insanity. The client’s trial took place in the Magistrates’ Court (certificate for counsel) and the verdict therefore amounted to a complete acquittal.
  • R v M – Client found Not Guilty of assaulting his ex-partner’s two children, both of whom were under 10 years’ old.
  • R v P – Client found Not Guilty of affray in respect of an incident where he was alleged to have drunkenly threatened others with a kitchen knife.
  • R v B – Crown offered no evidence in respect of numerous offences including assault occasioning actual bodily harm. This followed a successful legal argument which resulted in the majority of the Crown’s evidence being ruled as inadmissible.

Court Martial

  • R v H – Client found Not Guilty of disgraceful conduct of an indecent kind following a trial where it was alleged that he had touched the bottom of a fellow service member.
  • R v M – Client found Not Guilty of fighting after a trial in which he argued that he had acted in self defence.