Felicia Davy is ranked in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions of the Legal 500 as a leading junior for both Crime and Business Crime & Fraud matters. She is recognised as a skilled and versatile advocate whose practice encompasses Fraud and Restraint, Civil Recovery & Confiscation, as well as heavyweight crime including Murder & Manslaughter and serious Sexual Offences (often historic, multi-complainant).
She has considerable experience of handling all manner of witnesses and is approved as a trainer in the handling of vulnerable witnesses. She is also used to defending in cases in which cut-throat defences or conflicts arise.
Felicia has been appointed to a number of specialist panels and is frequently instructed on behalf of a number of specialist government departments and regulatory bodies. Often instructed pre-charge, Felicia is regularly required to provide advice on charge, disclosure management and general case strategy from an early stage. She is adept at managing and presenting paper heavy cases, often involving complex financial material.
Felicia has appeared before the divisional and appellate courts in a number of key appeals in relation to abuse of process, Restraint, Civil Recovery & Confiscation and Bribery & Corruption. She has also appeared before regulatory tribunals representing individuals facing disciplinary offences and before the company's court on behalf of liquidators in cases where suspected fraudulent conduct and/or breaches of the Insolvency Act are alleged.
Felicia also advises individual and corporate clients concerning discrete issues such as directors’ disqualification and regulatory compliance.
Felicia’s wide range of work has given her experience in a number of areas of law, ranging from the deployment of complex legal argument, abuse of process, the applicability of local and foreign domestic laws, RIPA and autrefois acquit through to bad character, PII, LPP, non-disclosure and human rights. She is also skilled in handling cases involving forensic and expert evidence (including cell site analysis and call data, forensic, footwear tread pattern, DNA, blood distribution and splatter evidence, firearms evidence, CCTV continuity) as well as pathology, neuropathology and psychiatric expert evidence (diminished responsibility).
In her Fraud practice Felicia is skilled in handling matters concerning corporate and financial structures, including international and multiple offshore or jurisdictional bank accounts and entities.
Call: 2000
Professional Appointments:
Police Appeals Tribunal Chair (2016 – current)
SFO Panel Advocate (A list) (upgraded 2020)
SFO Panel Advocate (B list) (2009 – 2020)
CPS Panel Advocate (General Crime) (Grade 4) (2015)
CPS Panel Advocate (Organised and Serious Crime) (2012)
CPS Panel Advocate (Fraud) (2012)
CPS Panel Advocate (Rape and Serious Sexual Offences) (2012)
Specialist Regulatory Advocate in Health and Safety and Environmental Law (A list) (selected to prosecute on health and safety issues for bodies including the Environment Agency, Health and Safety Executive and Care Quality Commission) (upgraded 2019)
German (conversational), Spanish (conversational)
Criminal Bar Association
South Eastern Circuit
Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)
Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association (HSLA)
Middle Temple
Kings College London Postgraduate Medical Law Short Course – Coroners & Inquests given by former Chief Coroner of England & Wales, HHJ Peter Thornton QC (2020)
LLB (Law with German)
BVC