Phoebe Bragg

Practice Profile

Phoebe is a specialist advocate with experience of serious and complex cases, both defending and prosecuting.

Her practice is concentrated upon all forms of serious offending with experience of cases involving Sexual Assault, Robbery, Drugs, Violence and Road Traffic matters involving serious injury. S

Phoebe has experience dealing with confiscation proceedings and costs applications following acquittal. She has also assisted in review work including the Grenfell Inquiry and in multiple multi-jurisdictional financial fraud matters of a sensitive nature.

Phoebe is known for her early and thorough case preparation, attention to detail and excellent rapport with her clients.

Phoebe is a member of the Criminal Bar Association and European Criminal Bar Association. Before commencing at 5 King’s Bench Walk, Phoebe worked in the Criminal Law and Terrorism Division of the Council of Europe as well as on capital defence cases in the United States. She completed her BA in Law at The University of Oxford (Trinity College) and has received the Ann Goddard Scholarship from Gray’s Inn.

Memberships:

• CPS Advocate Panel for General Crime at Grade 2
• CPS Specialist Panel - Fraud Level 2
• CPS Specialist Panel - Serious Crime Level 3
• South Eastern Circuit
• Criminal Bar Association and European Criminal Bar Association
• Fraud Lawyers Association

News

• Operation Tennyson [Southwark] 2020

  International 'Phishing' Fraud

  Jeffery Israel led Phoebe Bragg in this 5 month case involving over 250,000 pages of evidence.  Defendants accused of international ‘phishing’ fraud and subsequent money laundering. Vast quantities of banking and telephone evidence as the monies were layered from the UK, onto Nigeria via China, giving rise to multi-jurisdictional issues and disclosure requests.

• R v IH & Ors [Kingston] 2019

  Multi-handed conspiracy to defraud the immigration authorities

  Phoebe Bragg defended in a 17-handed conspiracy by Bangladeshi nationals to defraud the immigration authorities and obtain visas using fake documents. The multi-layered fraud involved both the UK and US immigration authorities.

• R v [VD] [Isleworth] 2019

  Fraud involving the sale of a Lucien Freud painting of Francis Bacon

  Phoebe Bragg successfully prosecuted in a fraud involving the Defendant purporting to be in possession of a genuine Lucien Freud painting of Francis Bacon, stolen in the 1980’s from a Berlin Gallery, and offering it for sale. 

• R v [Youth] 2019

  Numerous sexual assaults involving children under the age of 15

  Phoebe successfully sought a referral order in a case involving multiple sexual assaults. Instructed by BCL Solicitors.  

• R v. GJ [Youth Court] 2019

  Sexual assault trial on a child under the age of 15

  Phoebe Bragg was instructed in this Sexual assault trial on a child under the age of 15. The trial involved ABE evidence and cross-examination of a child with autism. Instructed by Bark & Co Solicitors.

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