The specialist barristers in Westgate Chambers’ crime team have the experience required to tackle every type of criminal case.
Our extensive team of specialist criminal law barristers undertake all areas of criminal defence and prosecution work.
Each has a long history of advising and representing clients in cases involving every type of crime, from corporate and white collar crime and serious fraud to murder, sexual offences, violent crime, weapons offences, kidnapping and robbery.
While the bulk of our work is on the South Eastern circuit, we are frequently involved in cases in London and across the rest of the UK at every stage of the criminal law process, from investigatory interviews and pre-charge advice through to court hearings and appeal.
Areas of Criminal Law
All our criminal barristers have an impressive reputation for their legal advice and advocacy. However, we are also continually complemented on the way we work with our clients, most specifically the empathy and sensitivity we employ alongside our legal expertise and professionalism in even the most grave, harrowing and complex cases.
Although we deal with every aspect of criminal law, the types of criminal cases our barristers are most regularly involved with include:
- Corporate crime
- Driving offences
- Employee fraud
- Financial fraud
- Firearms offences
- Kidnapping
- Knife crime
- Murder
- Manslaughter
- Organised crime
- Robbery
- Serious crime
- Serious fraud
- Sexual offences