Alphege Bell is an Oxford University law graduate who rose rapidly through the profession to become an established, trusted first choice leading defence advocate in impact crime cases. He is a founder member of Chambers and has exclusively been instructed by the defence (on a public and privately funded basis) for his entire career at the Bar.
His work often involved representing celebrity and high profile clients, however he is equally committed to fearless and inclusive process rights advocacy on behalf the marginalised and vulnerable.
Alphege has exceptional and deep experience in all iterations of homicide. He has pioneered innovative defence strategies in joint enterprise murder and serious violence. His expertise and mastery of complex legal issues lead to him being one of only 6 leading barristers in England and Wales that was selected by the Law Commission to advise the government on reforming the criminal law in respect of homicide.
His ability results in defending across the entire arc of the criminal law in all arenas, but especially the higher courts. Although often defending at the Old Bailey his ability means he is sought out to defend in court centres across the national circuit. He has specialist experience in military law and human rights that regularly require him to fly out to British army bases in Germany and defend British Soldiers.
Alphege’s case portfolio and experience also straddles the spectrum of defending in special operations in respect of huge fraud and very grave organised crime group offences; this extends to firearms and large scale drugs operations. He is often sought out in complex and ‘paper’ heavy cases and an early adopter of modern digital data interrogation techniques to assist in sophisticated fact management. He has an almost engineering level of expertise with complex encrypted phone evidence cases. He has specialist experience in terrorism offences prosecuted under the specialist protocols. Alphege lives and breathes his cases and works industriously for positive outcomes for his clients.
Called: 1995