Caroline Stone’s practice focuses on public and regulatory, employment, asset forfeiture and commercial law. She has experience of advocacy in the High Court, County Courts, Employment Tribunals and various specialist Tribunals. Caroline also has a busy advisory practice. Please see her specialist profiles for further information.

Caroline’s meticulous attention to detail, pragmatic advice, personable approach and keen instinct for legal argument are among her key strengths.

Caroline recently completed a secondment at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, advising in relation to a claim brought by former detainees of Guantanamo Bay. Caroline continues to work on this case as a member of a team of junior barristers.

In 2009, Caroline was nominated for a Bar Pro Award, for which she received a special commendation from the judging panel.

Prior to joining 3PB, Caroline was a Judicial Assistant at the War Crimes Chamber of the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, which culminated in assisting to draft a verdict. In 2006, she worked as a researcher on the ‘Permission Stage Project’, a Nuffield Foundation-sponsored study into the mechanics of judicial review, undertaken by the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex. This was preceded by a 7-month stint as a Legal Intern at the Public Law Project.

Published Articles

• “Corner House Revisited: The Law Governing Protective Costs Orders”, Judicial Review March 2009, [2009] JR 43
• “Whose car is it anyway?”, New Law Journal, 159 NLJ 595
• “R v Morgan; R v Bygrave – A Case Commentary”, Proceeds of Crime Review: The Journal of Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering, 2008 Vol. 2, p55-57

Personal

Caroline has an intense passion for singing and photography.