Imogen Newton – Pupil

Introduction

Imogen Newton joined Chambers as a pupil barrister, having been called to the Bar by The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn in July 2024. She is currently undertaking her Criminal and Regulatory pupillage under the supervision of Sara Wyeth.

Having lived in Spain for 12 years, Imogen returned to the UK in 2019 to complete her undergraduate degree, obtaining a First Class Honours in Law and Spanish from Swansea University. In 2023, she went on to complete her BPC alongside her Master’s in Law at The University of Law in Birmingham

Imogen then began working for HMCTS as a trainee legal adviser in October 2023 and in October 2025, became a qualified Tier 1 legal adviser at Birmingham Magistrates Court.  During her time at HMCTS, Imogen advised magistrates on a wide range of legal matters such as the applicable law on bail, sentencing guidelines for relevant offences, applications for forfeiture of cash, sexual harm prevention orders, etc. Imogen took all criminal courts during her time at HMCTS such as the traffic, remand, pre-charge bail, guilty and non-guilty, trials, applications and non-police courts, as well as undertaking training in respect of youth courts.

In her spare time, Imogen enjoys hiking and scrambling, as well as rock climbing, travelling, baking and martial arts. Imogen has two black belts and was captain and vice-captain of her university jiu-jitsu team, where she was presented with the Rob Wallis memorial award for her contributions to the club.  Imogen is fluent in both English and Spanish and can speak conversational French, having obtained her B1 shortly after completing her Spanish Baccalaureate.