Early Career Group

Anisha Kiri
Early Career Group Member

Nutan Fatania
Early Career Group Member

Nutan is a member of 9 Bedford Row Chambers and predominately specialises in criminal law. She has prosecuted and defended in a range of matters and has the ability to build a rapport with a variety of people including vulnerable adult and youth defendants. Prior to undertaking pupillage, she spent some time as a Legal Assistant in the Regulatory Department at Kingsley Napley Solicitors and as a Civil Litigation Paralegal at Hickman and Rose Solicitors where she assisted in civil claims, judicial reviews and inquests.

Through Nutan’s own experience of her journey to the Bar, she acknowledges the significance of a diverse and inclusive environment. She is passionate about the values of the Kalisher Trust which focuses on uplifting and encouraging people from all backgrounds to achieve their potential and increase access into the legal profession.

Elspeth Windsor
Early Career Group Member

Elspeth Windsor is a doctoral candidate and ESRC/McDougal Law Scholar at Balliol College, University of Oxford. Elspeth was awarded a Kalisher Trust Scholarship to study for a MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Oxford in 2019. Elspeth subsequently went on to study for the Bar as a Queen Mother Scholar (Middle Temple). Elspeth continues to work with the Kalisher Trust on various projects, and is particularly involved with legal educational outreach initiatives for disadvantaged students interested in a career at the Criminal Bar, and/or studying law at Oxford.

André Nwadikwa-Jonathan
Early Career Group Member

André Nwadikwa-Jonathan is a barrister employed by the Crown Prosecution Service as a Senior Crown Prosecutor, having joined as a pupil in November 2018. In this capacity, he builds prosecution cases against those alleged to have committed serious crime, including drug and weapon traffickers, money launderers, violent criminals and, most recently, sexual offenders. Prior to joining the CPS, he led on United Nations, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights focused projects for, inter alia, the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law, Colombian Caravana, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and Médecins sans Frontières, and continues to publish in these fields. Extracurricularly, he sits on the committees of the Employed Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council, the Leiden Public International Law Society and the Black Men in Law Network.

André is a staunch advocate for a diverse Bar that represents the public that it serves. He continues to champion the cause through his committee-level engagements and through schools, university and community outreach on behalf of the Kalisher Trust, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Black Men in Law Network

Katie Doherty
Early Career Group Member

Sapna Devi

Sapna practises as a barrister at 5 St. Andrew’s Hill. She prosecutes and defends in the criminal courts and has a growing extradition and regulatory practice.

Prior to pupillage, she was a law reporter at the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. Sapna has also worked as a paralegal at Hogan Lovells LLP in the litigation department and she has experience of working in criminal defence having worked as a paralegal at criminal defence firm Hickman & Rose.

Sapna benefited from the Kalisher Trust’s support herself, taking part in the Advocacy Training programme when studying for the Bar. She is passionate about encouraging and inspiring young people from all backgrounds achieve their potential to develop a career at the Bar.

Tommy Seagull

Tommy Seagull is a pupil barrister at Garden Court Chambers. He intends to develop a broad practice in criminal defence, including related areas of public law and human rights.

As a Kalisher Scholar, he spent time in Florida assisting on death penalty cases at an Amicus-affiliated public defender office. He previously worked at a public inquiry and co-founded ‘I Too Am Human’, a campaign to tackle negative perceptions of refugees, by telling the stories of those he met at refugee camps in Calais and Dunkirk. He has also represented parents appealing against their child’s permanent school exclusion and interned at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Geneva. He is passionate about helping young people develop the skills and confidence they need to succeed at the Bar.

Ann-Marie Pinkney

Ann-Marie has embarked on a transformational career pivot from the Jamaican Foreign Service to a career at the Bar. She is a Kalisher Trust alumna and a Bar Course candidate with the Inns College of Advocacy. During her Bar Course tenure, she was awarded the 2021 Exhibition and Duke of Edinburgh scholarships from the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.

Ann-Marie is a social changemaker on the rights of persons with disabilities and advocates for their inclusion within their communities. She serves as a Trustee for the Sir John Golding Fund, a registered UK charity that supports the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre in Jamaica. Through this initiative, persons with disabilities and severe rehabilitation needs receive the care and community to enhance their capabilities to lead productive lives.

She shares her career journey and experiences by volunteering with the Kalisher Legal Education Outreach Programme in secondary schools. Through interactive focus group sessions, Ann-Marie aims to inspire the next generation of young people to find and hone their voices on social issues where they can make an impact and change their lives.