JUNIOR PROFILE

Louisa Collins

UK Bar 2026

5 St Andrew's Hill

Ranked in 1 practice area

Extradition

London (Bar)

10 years ranked

About

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UK Bar

Practice Areas

Louisa is a well-regarded and established specialist extradition barrister, acting both on behalf of requested persons and foreign governments. She has a wealth of knowledge, having practiced in this area since 2008, dealing with complex cases from numerous jurisdictions, including the USA, Nigeria, Canada, Moldova, Armenia, India, UAE, Turkey as well as the full spectrum of European countries.

She works tirelessly to obtain the best possible outcomes for her clients and is noted for her approachability and hard work ethic.

Louisa has extensive experience of appellate proceedings, regularly appearing before the Divisional and Administrative Courts, has made applications to the ECHR and dealt with ancillary proceedings, including judicial review.

She regularly advises on challenging INTERPOL Red Notices, has assisted in negotiating prisoner-transfer arrangements and has coordinated successful s21B interview requests.

Recent instructions include cases raising issues of torture, human trafficking, politically motivated criminal proceedings, corporate crime, and large-scale multi-jurisdictional frauds.

Career

Recent Reported Cases:

GHINEA v Romania [2024] EWHC 1895 (Admin)

Deb v Greece [2024] EWHC 1131 (Admin)

Kobierowksi v Poland [2024] EWHC 366 (Admin)

Fiserova v Czech Republic [2024] EWHC 204 (Admin)

Urbonas v Lithuania [2024] EWHC 33 (Admin)

Kalman Nemeth v Hungary [2023] EWHC 692 (Admin)

Bazys & Besan v Lithuania [2022] EWHC 1094 (Admin)

Nemeth, Lakatos & Horvath v Hungary [2022] EWHC 273 (Admin)

Greece v Hysa, Neli & Jalil [2022] EWHC 2050 (Admin)

Sula v Greece [2022] EWHC 230 (Admin)

Tabuncic & Coev v Moldova [2021] EWHC 1269 (Admin)

Professional Memberships

Attorney General's B List Counsel

DELF, ELA

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Extradition - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Louisa Collins is highly experienced in a wide range of complex extradition cases, and represents both foreign governments and requested persons. Collins also specialises in human rights and serious criminal matters.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Without a doubt, Louisa is one of the best in this field of work. She is always one of my first choices when thinking of who to instruct. Probably the best in handling difficult and complex cases.
ExtraditionUK Bar
Louisa can be relied upon to be supportive, accessible and thorough in preparing the strongest case possible.
ExtraditionUK Bar
Louisa’s ability to grapple with complex legal arguments and tailor them to her oral and written submissions in admired.
ExtraditionUK Bar
Louisa Collins is very seasoned and experienced. She is a very safe pair of hands and is greatly respected.
ExtraditionUK Bar