Claire Bostock is an assistant solicitor at Birds Solicitors.

Claire is a former barrister and was called to the Bar in 1999. She joined Birds Solicitors when the firm started in 2000 in the capacity of an employed barrister. She re-qualified as a solicitor in 2002 and has practised as a solicitor since.

Claire specialises in all aspects of criminal defence and she has experience of judicial review in the context of the criminal law.

She has a particular interest in representing young people who have contact with the criminal justice system, women, including professional women, and individuals who suffer from mental health problems.

Claire is heavily involved with our appellate and Criminal Cases Review Commission work, currently running in the region of 20 such cases. The majority of these cases involve serious offences such as murder and raise interesting issues of law. In virtually all of the appeal cases she is dealing with, this firm was not instructed at trial.

She is a member of the Haldane Society (former EC member), Justice and Liberty.