Profile
Rebecca is the current Head of our Criminal Team. She is an experienced criminal practitioner, both as a prosecutor and as defence counsel and has a busy Crown Court practice across the North Eastern Circuit dealing with a wide range of serious criminal offences.
Rebecca was appointed as a Recorder in 2024, to sit on criminal cases on the North-Eastern Circuit.
Recent instructions include offences of murder; attempted murder; robbery and serious violence; complex fraud; large-scale drugs offences; offences involving firearms; rape and serious sexual assaults, indecent images; and child sex offences.
Rebecca is experienced in dealing with complicated aspects of law and evidence and her confident and calm court manner has been praised, particularly in cases involving the cross-examination of vulnerable and child witnesses.
Rebecca’s criminal practice is split between defence and prosecution work. Rebecca receives instructions from a variety of prosecution authorities including the Crown Prosecution Service, Trading Standards, and local authorities. Rebecca regularly advises the prosecution at a pre-charge stage, and has seen her charging advices result in guilty pleas from defendants or convictions following trial.
Rebecca is particularly experienced in dealing with multi-defendant trials, and large quantities of unused material. She provides training to prosecution authorities on the proper handling of unused material.
Rebecca has conducted cases as a leading junior and a led junior and is equally comfortable with both.
Rebecca understands the importance to those instructing her of reliable and well-prepared counsel, and high levels of client care. She believes that thorough case preparation- including written advices and intelligently drafted legal applications- is just as important as the presentation of the case once it gets to court.
Rebecca is a Grade 4 prosecutor and is a member of the RASSO panel.
Notable Cases
R v. G & C (prosecution): Led junior counsel in the ‘Sycamore Gap’ case
R v. L (prosecution): Junior counsel to a KC, murder
R v. A Young Person (prosecution): Junior counsel to a KC, murder
R v. D (prosecution): Rape
R v. P (prosecution): Successful prosecution of serious domestic violence despite the withdrawal of the victim
R v. B and Others (prosecution): Led junior. Multi-defendant trial, offences of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs
R v. D (defence): Murder
R v. F (defence): Attempted murder
R v. W (defence): Representing a vulnerable adult accused of rape
R v. S (defence): Representing a man of good character accused of child sex offences
R v. L and Others (defence): 9-week trial, offences of ill-treatment by a care worker following an undercover investigation for ‘Panorama’
Call
2007
Judicial Appointments
Recorder
Associations
Criminal Law Bar Association
North Eastern Circuit