Ms Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Charlton, Barrister-at-Law, was born in Ireland. She was educated in Trinity College and then the Honorable Society of King's Inns in Dublin, where she obtained a postgraduate diploma in Legal Studies, prior to graduating from the Barrister-at-Law degree programme with honours. 

Libby was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2006 and has been a practicing barrister for eleven years. In that time, she gained extensive experience at all levels of the Irish Courts system, appearing regularly before the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. She has a considerable breadth of experience in Judicial Review, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Personal Injuries, Family Law including Child Abduction Law and Child Care Law, Property Rights Law including Lease Dispute Litigation, Litigation involving the Criminal Asset Bureau and Inquests.

As well as her busy practice at the Bar, Libby spent three years as advisory counsel to Mr Justice Nial Fennelly, retired judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland, who was chairing a statutory inquiry into certain activities of An Garda Síochána, the police force of Ireland, which recently reported directly to An Taoiseach, the prime minister of Ireland.

During her time in practice in Ireland, Libby was a co-opted member of the Criminal and State Bar Committee and the External Relations Committee, sub-committees of the Bar of Ireland. Part of her work on these committees involved contributing to submissions to government agencies, including the Irish Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Irish Department of Justice and Equality. She was also a member and a trainer in the Bar of Ireland’s Advanced Advocacy Faculty for over two years. In May 2014, Libby was elected Chairman of The Irish Criminal Bar Association (ICBA), the first Junior Counsel to be elected to this role, serving two full terms. 

From April 2016 to July 2017, Libby was the Coordinator of the Bar of Ireland Voluntary Assistance Scheme, a scheme where charities, NGOs and citizens in need of assistance are the recipients of pro bono assistance from members of the Bar."