Alejandra Llorente Tascon

Practice Profile

Alejandra is a sought-after jury advocate with a busy criminal practice in the Crown Court and Courts Martial, instructed on behalf of both the Defence and Prosecution.  She also has experience appearing before the Court of Appeal.

Alejandra's practice encompasses a wide range of offences including murder, serious sexual offences, serious violence, firearms, drugs, financial crime, dishonesty offences and POCA.

Regularly instructed as sole counsel in complex and sensitive cases, Alejandra has experience in cross-examining experts and dealing with vulnerable witnesses, child witnesses and efendants.  She is meticulous with her case preparation, which allows her to represent her clients with mastery of the law and the facts.

Notable cases include murder, attempted murder, rape, historic sexual offences, kidnap, county lines drug dealing, and gang related tit-for-tat shootings and stabbings.

Alejandra is a native Spanish speaker, a Grade 3 and RASSO Prosecutor, and is direct access qualified.  Alejandra is listed in The Legal 500 as a 'Rising Star' (Tier 1).

Alejandra's privacy policy can be download here.

Qualifications

• PGDip Bar Professional Training Course, City Law School (2015-2016)
• LLB(Hons) Law with Spanish, The University of Sheffield (2011-2015)
• Spanish Law, La Universitat de Valencia (2013-2014)

Professional associations

• CPS Advocate Panel Level 3
• CPS RASSO List
• CPS Specialist Advocate Panel for Serious Crime Level 2
• Inner Temple
• Chair of the Young Bar Committee of the Criminal Bar Association (YCBA)
• Criminal Bar Association (CBA) Elected Executive Committee Member & Social Mobility Committee Member
• Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)
• South Eastern Circuit
• Western Circuit
• Panel member at the Bar Pro Bono Unit

Professional activities

• Criminal Bar Association Bursary for Excellence in Advocacy (2019)
• Criminal Bar Association Bursary for Excellence in Advocacy (2018)
• The Marshall Hall Pupillage Award, Inner Temple (2018)
• The University of Sheffield Graduate Award (2015)

News

• R v JZ & Others [Inner London Crown Court] 2022

  Employment Fraud - ONGOING

  Alejandra is instructed as sole counsel to represent JZ, who is one of 10 Defendants alleged to have been involved in a large-scale employment fraud and money laundering operation.

• R v AJ [Kingston Crown Court] 2022

  Attempted Rape - ONGOING

  Alejandra is instructed to represent AJ, a local musician, who is charged with attempted rape. It is alleged that after a drunken night out, AJ took the complainant to his home address and attempted to rape her as she slept.

• R v JD & Others [Isleworth Crown Court] 2022

  Import of Class A Drugs - ONGOING

  Alejandra is being led by John Okajov of 2 Harcourt Buildings in prosecuting Operation Genie. The Defendants are charged with offences relating to the importation of cocaine from Colombia though London Heathrow Airport. It is alleged that arrangements for couriers, collection and transportation of the class A drugs were made through EncoChat and various other Telephones.

  News Report

• R v CK [Central Criminal Court] 2022

  Perverting the Course of Justice - ONGOING

  Alejandra is being led by Liam Walker QC of Doughty Street Chambers in representing CK, a well known rapper on the Urban music scene. CK is charged with perverting the course of justice and possession of ammunition without a firearm certificate following a gang related tit-for-tat shooting on the Harrow Road in 2019.  

  News Reports:

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-49682507

  https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/gunman-carefully-planned-murder-dad-23256110

• R v Sqn Ldr J [Court Martial Centre Catterick] 2022

  Sexual Assault - ONGOING

  Alejandra is representing Squadron Leader J who is charged with sexual assault following an alleged incident that is said to have occurred during a commemorative dinner at an RAF Station. 

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