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Crime, Financial Crime and related civil actions

Kate Temple-Mabe practises in all areas of criminal law (including general crime, financial crime, extradition, mutual legal assistance, and investigations) and public law, particularly as it relates to criminal activity and the criminal justice system. She also has a varied offshore practice, and experience in the Privy Council on cases on appeal from the Caribbean.

She is sought after for her client-focused and attentive approach to case preparation, complemented by a persuasive and compelling style of written and oral advocacy. She is a proactive advocate who works with those who instruct her to tackle unusual and difficult legal and evidential problems. Her practice is informed by experience across all of chambers’ areas of expertise, meaning she is well-placed to advise and act in matters which sit at the intersection of different practice areas.

Crime

Kate routinely appears as Defence and Prosecution counsel in the Crown Court. Her defence work encompasses a range of serious criminal matters, often acting against senior prosecutors. She involves herself early in her clients’ case preparation, and is an adept jury advocate. She is also a Level 3 Prosecutor. She has prosecuted and defended a variety of offences including serious assaults, drugs offences, fraud, sexual offences, firearms offences, theft, and high-value criminal damage. She is regularly led in complicated multi-handed cases and those involving the most serious charges.

She has also appeared in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in appeals against sentence, terminatory rulings, and rulings made in preparatory hearings.

Financial Crime

Kate has a busy and varied financial crime practice which includes:

• Defending and prosecuting allegations of fraud and money laundering in the Crown Court;

• Acting in civil forfeiture proceedings brought by HMRC, and on behalf of individuals, financial institutions and the police in civil proceedings surrounding the restraint, freezing and forfeiture of proceeds of crime;

• Post-conviction confiscation proceedings under POCA;

• Prosecution of corporate bodies under the Company Law Act;

• Acting as independent LPP counsel in relation to material obtained pursuant to a POCA production order during investigations into fraud and money laundering;

• Advising in large-scale offshore investigations of fraud, corruption and money laundering, involving the gathering and sifting of evidence obtained from multiple jurisdictions via mutual legal assistance frameworks.

She accepts instructions to investigate, review material, advise, prosecute and defend in relation to allegations of financial crime including fraud, bribery/corruption, and money laundering.

Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance

Kate is on the CPS Extradition Panel at Level 2 and regularly appears on behalf of judicial authorities at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. She also appears on behalf of requested persons, and has conducted bail appeals in the High Court.

She also acts in investigations and prosecutions involving mutual legal assistance and collaboration between different investigating/prosecuting authorities. She is currently instructed in an ongoing offshore investigation where MLA requests have been made to a number of jurisdictions.

Offshore

Kate advises on actions in commonwealth jurisdictions, particularly the Caribbean, and has appeared in several matters on appeal to the Privy Council from Trinidad & Tobago. She was admitted to practise at the Bar of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2026. With the benefit of her interdisciplinary background and ability to grasp and master legal issues quickly, she has advised and acted in matters across the breadth of the common law, including commercial disputes, chancery matters, and public law, in cases in Trinidad & Tobago, Dominica, Belize, and St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.

She is also instructed in offshore investigations and prosecutions in the Channel Islands.

Public Law

Kate has a domestic and commonwealth public law practice, and is especially instructed in matters touching on criminal activity, criminal investigations and the criminal justice system. She appears in the First-Tier Tribunal on behalf of victims of human trafficking in appeals against the refusal of compensation by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, and has advised on judicial review claims relating to the exercise of police powers. She has also appeared in the First-Tier Tribunal in appeals under the Freedom of Information Act.

She is regularly instructed by attorneys in Trinidad and Tobago in judicial review and constitutional claims relating to a wide range of matters in Caribbean jurisdictions including the interception of communications, bail, detention, and malicious prosecution.