The 36 Group

36 Crime

Wayne is an accomplished and committed advocate with over 30 years experience in the criminal courts, both prosecuting and defending in serious cases across the spectrum of offences. His principal emphasis is upon Serious Sexual Offences, Fraud, and Organised Crime. He regularly undertakes cases of the utmost seriousness and complexity, often involving vulnerable or young witnesses, challenging and demanding clients, or multiple defendants. He is experienced at assimilated vast quantities of evidence, reducing it to the core issues, and presenting the material to a jury in the most easily digestible form.

Often instructed as a Leading Junior he has a well-deserved reputation for meticulous preparation, an attention to detail, and a complete mastery of his brief. He provides clear, concise and robust advice to both lay and professional clients on intricate issues of law and fact. He has an engaging court style, is an attractive and natural jury advocate, who combines a delicacy of touch with fearless tenacity in fighting his corner. He always seeks to advance his clients’ cause to best advantage and leads ‘from the front’. An advocate of great integrity he maintains the highest professional standards thereby earning the respect of the judiciary, his colleagues, and clients alike.

Wayne has embraced the challenges of the modern legal profession by fully adapting to digital working and “Better Case Management’ thus ensuring that he remains much in demand as a trial advocate.

Call: 1986.

Areas of experience: Serious & Complex Crime Serious Sexual Offences Financial Crime Homicide

CPS Panel of Approved Advocates - Grade 4 - South East & Midland Circuits Specialist Rape & Child Sexual Offences Prosecution Panel Trained in the presentation of cases involving vulnerable witnesses Court appointed counsel to cross-examine vulnerable/young witnesses CBA Assistant Secretary (2018-19) and CBA Secretary (2019-20) Honourable Society of Inner Temple Criminal Bar Association Fraud Lawyers Association Liberty Neurodiversity in Law (Member and Mentor)

Cardiff University - LLB (Hons) Cambridge University (King’s College) - BCL; MA