Phoebe Bragg

Practice Profile

Phoebe is a specialist advocate with experience of serious and complex cases, both defending and prosecuting. Phoebe has been ranked in Chambers UK 2023 as a "Rising Star".

What people say about her: 

"Phoebe Bragg of 5 King's Bench Walk has thoroughly impressed this year with her forensic analysis of complex telephone evidence uncovering evidential gold." 

"Prompt to respond to email queries and ever willing to help, she has every detail of the case at her fingertips."

Her practice is concentrated upon all forms of serious offending with experience of cases involving multi-national fraud and money laundering as well as sexual allegations, drugs and other serious violence. Phoebe has experience dealing with all aspects of confiscation proceedings and costs applications following acquittal. She has a strong private practice and is also public access qualified.

Phoebe recently co-authored a chapter with Sarah Forshaw KC in "Current Practice in Forensic Medicine" [Vol 3] on the disclosure of evidence in sexual assault cases.

Phoebe also undertakes work for regulatory bodies and has worked on the Grenfell Inquiry, the Post Office “Horizon” case and multiple multi-jurisdictional financial fraud matters of a sensitive nature including the “Wirecard” fraud.

She is regularly instructed as led junior both prosecuting and defending in large complex investigations often involving expert telephone, cell site and banking evidence. Phoebe is known for her early and thorough case preparation, attention to detail and excellent rapport with both her lay and professional clients.

Phoebe's Privacy Policy can be downloaded here.

Memberships & Awards:

• CPS Advocate Panel for General Crime at Grade 3
• CPS Specialist Panel - Fraud Level 3
• CPS Specialist Panel - Serious Crime Level 3
• South Eastern Circuit
• Criminal Bar Association and European Criminal Bar Association
• Fraud Lawyers Association
• Ann Goddard Scholarship- Gray’s Inn

 

Education & Prior Experience

• Trinity College, University of Oxford (BA Law)
• City Law School (BPTC)
• Criminal Law and Terrorism Division, Council of Europe
• Capital defence cases in the United States: Phillips Black Law Project 

News

• R v AK [Southwark Crown Court] 2023

  Client acquitted of all charges in £5m money laundering offences

  Led by Jeffrey Israel, Phoebe defended an Italian national charged with multiple money laundering offences alongside multiple co-defendants, many of whom had fled the jurisdiction. The defendant was acquitted of all offences following a six week trial at Southwark Crown Court.

   

• R v LM Kingston Crown Court 2023

  Client acquitted of rape and controlling coercive charges

  Phoebe defended a man charged with multiple rape offences and controlling and coercive behaviour. These allegations were made following the breakdown of a relationship. 

• R v Youth Isleworth Crown Court 2023

  Prosecution of attempted murder following the stabbing of a 13 year schoolboy

  Led by Frederick Hookway, Phoebe prosecuted a youth for stabbing another schoolboy 17 times on his way to school. The defendant was ultimately convicted of attempted murder, having pleaded guilty to a s.18 offence and then attempted to vacate this plea.

• R v MM [Isleworth Crown Court] 2023

  Rape & Controlling & Coercive Behaviour

  Led by Sarah Forshaw KC, Phoebe defended this trainee solicitor accused of rape and controlling and coercive behaviour over the course of an intimate relationship. The prosecution ultimately offered no evidence following a litany of disclosure failures and representations made by the defence. Instructed by Hickman and Rose.

• Operation Arabica [Isleworth Crown Court] 2023

  Conspiracy to Burgle

  Phoebe was led junior in the prosecution of 8 defendants accused of conspiracies to burgle Tiffany & Co, Hermes and other luxury goods stores across Knightsbridge.

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