Sean Sutherland, Beth Chalcraft and Julie Davis join Doughty Street as Full Tenants

Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to announce that Sean Sutherland, Beth Chalcraft and Julie Davis have successfully completed their pupillages and join Doughty Street as tenants.  

About Sean 

Sean specialises in all aspects of media and information law.  Sean has acted in several defamation, privacy and data protection matters and he provides regular pre-publication advice to newspapers, websites and NGOs. 

This term, Sean will be appearing (led by Fiona Murphy KC, Sam Jacobs and Frederick Powell) in the Supreme Court in XGY v Chief Constable of Sussex Police [2026], an important media and police law case concerning breaches of privacy and confidentiality during legal proceedings.  

Sean is also well placed to act where media law intersects with employment, equality, commercial, human rights, police and public law, and has gained experience of these areas in practice.  

Before coming to the Bar, Sean was the judicial assistant to Lord Justices Warby and Underhill at the Court of Appeal. He also worked at IPSO, which gives him an added insight into press regulation matters. He has recently written about the growing importance of IPSO's rules to data claims based on 'unfairness'.  

Read more about Sean here. 

About Beth 

Beth specialises in personal injury, clinical negligence, Court of Protection and inquest work.  

Beth represents clients in fast track trials, inquests, and section 21A and section 16 Mental Capacity Act 2005 proceedings.  

Before coming to the Bar, Beth was the Judicial Assistant to Lady Justice Whipple and Lord Justice Green in the Court of Appeal. Prior to this, she worked in the property, family and trust team at the Law Commission and at Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors.  

Read more about Beth here. 

About Julie 

Julie specialises in criminal law, extradition, and international law. 

Julie has a growing criminal practice, regularly appearing before the Magistrates’ Court, Youth Court, and Crown Court. She has experience in a range of criminal offences, ranging from violent offences, drug offences, fraud to protest cases and driving offences. 

Before joining Doughty Street, Julie worked as a paralegal in several highly ranked criminal law firms representing clients accused of a wide range of criminal conduct, including violence, serious crime, sexual offences, coercive and controlling behaviour, and driving offences. 

Julie also has a particular interest in extradition, having worked on extradition requests from Part 1 and 2 countries including the USA, Mexico, Bermuda, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Portugal, Latvia, Ireland, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. 

Read more about Julie here.