Georgia Beatty

Practice Areas

Georgia is a specialist extradition practitioner who also has a substantial practice in Criminal Law.

Career

Georgia specialises in Extradition Law. Her extradition practice includes both Part 1 and Part 2 matters and involves a wide range of legal issues arising under the Extradition Act 2003 and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Georgia prosecutes and defends in a wide variety of extradition matters, including both Part 1 and Part 2 cases. She is regularly instructed in extradition hearings at all stages, from first appearances in the Magistrates’ Court to substantive appeal hearings before the High Court. Georgia has significant experience of extradition matters involving expert evidence on a variety of topics, country-wide thematic issues and complex points of law.

Georgia has completed a 10-month secondment with the CPS Extradition Unit.

Georgia also has a busy practice in all areas of Criminal Law. She both defends and prosecutes in criminal proceedings at the Magistrates’, Youth and Crown Courts.

Her diverse criminal defence practice has included cases of violence, possession/supply of drugs, offensive weapons, and dishonesty. She has acted in cases involving multiple co-defendants and contested expert evidence.

Professional Memberships

Inner Temple.

DELF.

CBA.

WICL.

YFLA.

Professional appointments:

CPS Crime Advocate Panel: Level 3.

CPS Extradition Advocate Panel: Level 3.

Government Legal Department: Junior Junior scheme.

Publications

'War crimes in cyberspace: prosecuting disruptive cyber operations under Article 8 of the Rome Statute' The Military Law and the Law of War Review, Volume 58, Issue 2.

'EXTRADITION: An Introduction for Chambers & Partners' 2023 & 2024.