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Jane Bickerstaff KC KC
Position
Jane is a first-class advocate who prosecutes and defends in all areas of serious crime. She has been instructed in complex fraud and financial crime, and has particular expertise in sexual offences.
As a criminal barrister, Jane owes her reputation to her abilities in cross-examination, particularly of children and vulnerable witnesses; to the way she builds trust with clients, the judiciary and juries; her methodical preparation; and her feel for the tactics of a case.
Prosecuting, she is regularly instructed by the Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Major Crime Unit, to prosecute murders and complex crime on the borders of the Metropolitan area.
Defending, she is regularly instructed privately by both professional and high-profile defendants. Her expertise in sexual offences has seen her appear for the defence in a number of high-profile and complex historical allegations.
She regularly appears at the Central Criminal Court in cases of homicide.
Beyond her criminal practice, Jane has for many years appeared before police disciplinary boards, acting for regulated individuals – and continues this work as a QC. She sits for the FA and Sport resolutions as well as RFU and England Boxing.
In 2021 Jane was appointed to the Safeguarding Appeal Tribunal of the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation.
Career
Called 1989
Silk 2012
FA Judicial Panel – Appointed 2018
Legal Chair of specialist panels for Sport Resolutions – Appointed 2019
Appellate panel International Gymnastics – Appointed 2021
Memberships
Inner Temple
Criminal Bar Association
Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Crime
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Jane Bickerstaff KC – 9BR ‘Jane is a phenomenally experienced advocate working on the most serious cases. She fights passionately and tirelessly for her clients to achieve excellent results and she is somebody who sensitively deals with vulnerable clients and also acts on some cases that require the utmost sensitivity.’
9BR Chambers is ‘one of the top sets in London’ for criminal law work, with a number of silks and juniors regularly acting in major cases. Peter Glenser KC has a long-running track record of cases involving firearms, while defence specialist Graeme Logan has over 25 years’ experience practising exclusively in criminal law, with particular expertise when it comes to organised crime conspiracies. Jane Bickerstaff KC defends and prosecutes in a broad range of cases, particularly murder and sexual offences cases. She stands out for her experience dealing with children and vulnerable adults – she recently defended the mother, suffering from severe depression, anxiety, and PTSD, of a one-year-old child murdered by her abusive husband. Martin Secrett retired as chambers director in April 2024; Adrian Chapman is now the chambers manager.