Page Nyame


YEAR OF CALL 2021

Page is a highly regarded prosecution and defence junior specialising in corporate crime and public inquiries. She has a track record of resolving matters favourably for clients.

She is regularly engaged in pre-charge investigations, trial litigation, appellate matters (Court of Appeal and High Court) and asset recovery (including cryptocurrency).

Her recent instructions include:

High Court King's Bench Division [2023] - A v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and others led junior for the appellant; successful in application for permission to appeal.

Central Criminal Court [2023] - Confiscation - junior alone; confiscation ordered in terms sought.

Pre-charge investigations for a multinational technology company [2023] advising on criminal and civil enforcement action - including intellectual property (IP) protection - for multijurisdictional fraud in UK, US, EMEA and Japan.

Cambridge Magistrates' Court [2023] - Private prosecution for the Insolvency Service on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy junior alone instructed for trial, 3 handed.

Harrow Crown Court [2023] - Affray (5 handed) and Assault Emergency Worker junior alone; successful representations and case discontinued for young Defendant. In 2021 Page marshalled District Judge Brennan at Willesden Youth Court. She has recent experience of cases involving youth Defendants in the Youth and Crown Court.

Woolwich Crown Court [2023] - Burglary junior alone; successful representations and case discontinued.

Client under s.3 MHA 1983 detention; instructions in parallel Magistrates' Court proceedings (as assigned advocate with certificate for counsel). Page is recently trained in Advocacy and the Vulnerable witness training.

In her public inquiries practice, Page is currently instructed in

Undercover Policing Inquiry for the Inquiry Legal Team, co-authoring with David Barr KC and Rebekah Hummerstone submissions on section 2 Inquiries Act 2005 and

UK Covid-19 Inquiry for the Cabinet Office.

Before coming to the Bar, she interned at the US Public Defender’s Office in Las Vegas, Nevada assisting with post-conviction death row appeals.

Outside of her professional work, Page has a keen interest in charity governance. She currently sits on the board of the National Prison Arts Charity Koestler Arts and previously served as Co-Director of Vocalise (Prison Debating Mentorship Programme) and as Trustee for the National Children's Bureau (winning the 2020 Dame Helen Alexander 'Non-Executive Director' to Watch Award as featured in the Sunday Times).

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pnyame@2hb.co.uk

Page Nyame

MEMBERSHIPS

CPS General Crime Advocate Panel Member, Level 3
CPS Proceeds of Crime Specialist Panel Member, Level 2
Proceeds of Crime Lawyers’ Association
Government Legal Department ‘Junior Junior’
Bridging the Bar Mentor 2022
Gray’s Inn
Young Fraud Lawyers Association

PRIZES / AWARDS

Ann Felicity Goddard Prize 2022 - Gray’s Inn
Norman Tapp Memorial Prize 2021 - Gray’s Inn
Price of Wales Scholarship 2019-2020 - Gray’s Inn

EDUCATION

BA - University of Cambridge
BPTC - City Law School