Áine Kervick

Áine is an associate in the criminal litigation team with experience in a wide range of general and white-collar cases. She provides advice and representation to individuals, including children and young people, from the initial stages of criminal investigations up to trial.
 
Áine acts for individuals under investigation by the police and CPS who are facing a variety of allegations including assault, sexual offences, serious violence and animal welfare. She is also currently acting for individuals in respect of investigations brought by the SFO, CMA and DoJ in relation to cartel and anti-bribery and corruption investigations. She was part of the team working on the LIBOR II trial which involved allegations of a conspiracy to manipulate the LIBOR rate in which the client was acquitted after a trial lasting nearly 4 months.

Áine has a particular interest in the international dimension of criminal cases and advises individuals in respect of extradition requests.  She is also experienced in acting for individuals in internal investigations with a focus on legal professional privilege in criminal investigations and has written a number of articles on the subject.  
 
Áine joined Kingsley Napley in 2014 and completed her training contract with the firm. Prior to joining, Áine was a research assistant in the Law Commission’s criminal law team, where she worked primarily on reform of the law on contempt of court with a focus on jury misconduct.

Publications, Press Highlights, Speaking engagements & Blogs

• Extradition (Provisional) Arrest Bill: a sticking plaster? - January 2020
• CMA Cartel Campaigns and the 'Leniency Line' - November 2018
• C5 notices: a dangerous new tool - Writes for The Law Society Gazette, November 2018 
• C5 Notices : extrajudicial punishment or innovative policing? - October 2018
• Áine  commented in relation to legal challenges & concerns about new leaflets being issued by the police to people at risk of committing child sexual exploitation:
  • BBC 2, Victoria Derbyshire programme, October 2018
  • BBC News, October 2018
  • Metro, October 2018
  • Daily Mail, October 2018
  • The Telegraph, October 2018
  • BBC Radio Surrey, October 2018
• Mutual trust remains until we leave: notification of intention to leave the EU not an exceptional circumstance - September 2018
• Brexit and the EAW: at least now we know what we don't know - August 2018
• Youth Justice Part Two: Mini sex offenders or just kids? - April 2018
• Ghosh – A change in direction Criminal Law Review 2016, 8, 553-557 with Nicholas Dent.
• Contempt of court in the age of the internet,  Archbold Review 2013, 1, 5. 
• Áine has also written a number of articles for Lexis PSL Corporate Crime in respect of Legal Professional Privilege in criminal proceedings.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Defence Extradition Lawyers' Forum
• Young Fraud Lawyers Association
• Amicus-ALJ