Tim Starkey > 15NBS > London, England > Barrister Profile

Tim Starkey

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Position

Tim is particularly interested in prosecuting cases involving contested expert evidence and has experience of questioning, amongst others, psychiatrists, forensic scientists, neuro surgeons, paediatricians and an expert in Nigerian customary adoption. Tim has also successfully prosecuted a number of high profile cases involving children being trafficked from West Africa into the United Kingdom as well as several multi-handed fraud cases.

Career

Tim also has extensive experience of immigration offences and abuse of process arguments in relation to the prosecution of defendant’s who are themselves the victims of human trafficking (a subject on which he has given a CPD accredited seminar). In his defence work, previous experience of working as a police station representative has given Tim a keen understanding of the need for good client care from the start to finish of proceedings. Tim’s calm, persuasive manner has secured numerous acquittals, often very much against the odds!

Tim has a wide ranging criminal practice, both prosecuting and defending. Tim is a level 3 prosecutor and on the RASSO list, regularly prosecuting rape trials. His experience of prosecuting sexual offences encompasses numerous historic allegations, cases involving young children and intermediaries and multiple defendants.

Tim has successfully defended in a wide range of criminal proceedings, notably in cases involving allegations of rape, fraud and serious violence