Mr Oliver Renton > Crucible Chambers > LONDON, England > Barrister Profile

Mr Oliver Renton

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Work Department

Oliver is regularly instructed to defend grave and complex matters, often involving homicide and serious violence.

Position

Oliver is regularly instructed to defend grave and complex matters, often involving homicide and serious violence. He is frequently instructed in connection with allegations of organised and gang related activity around the use and supply of drugs and weaponry, or flowing from organised acquisitive crime. He is known for combining a cool head and approachable manner with robust examination and passionate submissions. He is relied on by professional clients to provide a friendly, compassionate voice for difficult or vulnerable defendants.

Oliver has recently been instructed in a number of cases involving use of encrypted phones (ENCRO) and has built up a specialised knowledge of issues surrounding this.

He has a solid track record of successful outcomes when appearing before regulatory tribunals considering fitness to practice, particularly in respect of clinical professionals, as well as when acting before inquests flowing from deaths within the care of the state. He has amassed considerable experience in these jurisdictions and has provided lectures and training for different regulators in a number of diverse areas, from strategic approaches to advocacy, to tackling specific areas of law.

Career

Oliver is regularly instructed to defend grave and complex matters, often involving homicide and serious violence. He is frequently instructed in connection with allegations of organised and gang related activity around the use and supply of drugs and weaponry, or flowing from organised acquisitive crime. He is known for combining a cool head and approachable manner with robust examination and passionate submissions. He is relied on by professional clients to provide a friendly, compassionate voice for difficult or vulnerable defendants.

Oliver has recently been instructed in a number of cases involving use of encrypted phones (ENCRO) and has built up a specialised knowledge of issues surrounding this.

He has a solid track record of successful outcomes when appearing before regulatory tribunals considering fitness to practice, particularly in respect of clinical professionals, as well as when acting before inquests flowing from deaths within the care of the state. He has amassed considerable experience in these jurisdictions and has provided lectures and training for different regulators in a number of diverse areas, from strategic approaches to advocacy, to tackling specific areas of law.