Ms Jessica Tate > Foundry Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile
Foundry Chambers Offices
QUALITY HOUSE, 5-9 QUALITY COURT
CHANCERY LANE, LONDON
WC2A 1HP
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Ms Jessica Tate
Work Department
Foundry Chambers.
Position
Barrister.
Criminal Defence & Prosecution.
Career
Jessica Tate both prosecutes and defends in a wide variety of criminal and civil cases and her written submissions have been described by members of the judiciary as being of the “highest quality”. Her practice ranges from serious violent offences to conspiracies to supply drugs and firearms, with a focus on sexual offences. She has particular expertise in representing psychologically and mentally vulnerable clients, understanding the sensitivity required when handling their cases and concerns.
Jessica is an advocate who understands the importance of written advocacy and has had considerable success in having charges against clients dismissed or lowered through her submissions on paper.
She also has substantial experience in defending white collar criminal offences at all stages of proceedings, including pre-charge.
Jessica prosecutes for a range of organisations including the CPS, National Crime Agency, HMRC and various local authorities. She is often instructed in civil matters including condemnation, confiscation and forfeiture proceedings. She is often instructed in factually or legally complex high value cases.
Jessica is direct access qualified.
Memberships
Appointments:
CPS Panel Advocate (Level 3)
Memberships:
The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Young Fraud Lawyers Association
The Lord Denning Society
Criminal Bar Association
South Eastern Circuit
Education
BA (Hons) University of Newcastle (First)
MA University College London (UCL)
BPTC Inns of Court Law School (City University (Very Competent)
GDL BPP (Comm.)
Lord Denning Scholar
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Business and regulatory crime (including global investigations)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Jessica Tate – Foundry Chambers ‘She is an extremely eloquent speaker and meticulously prepares every case she handles.’
London Bar > Fraud: crime
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Jessica Tate – Foundry Chambers ‘Jessica is highly competent and able. She lights up the court room and is very engaging; judges are mesmerised by her presence and energy. Clients are so invigorated by her style and kindness. She is highly professional and has the capacity to approach a case in a very analytical and meticulous fashion.
With ‘a number of very good individuals specialising in fraud’, Foundry Chambers is widely praised as ‘an excellent set’. James Waddington KC has an ‘ability to grasp complex financial facts extremely quickly’ and continues to act in relation to the SFO’s investigation into London Capital and Finance plc. In 2022, Jason Sugarman KC, leading Jessica Tate, defended in a case concerning a boiler room mis-selling rights to mine in Ecuador – the defendant received a suspended sentence. Benjamin Waidhofer , ‘a force to be reckoned with’, recently represented a person who falsely claimed to head the trading desk at Bank of America, convincing members of the public to invest in non-existent products; following his first police interview, the defendant confessed to a second set of frauds on life insurers, falsely claiming to be terminally ill to claim payouts on several policies.