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Criminal

Adam Watkins is an experienced specialist criminal advocate with a heavyweight caseload. His practice is split evenly between prosecution and defence work.

Adam is a Grade 3 prosecutor frequently instructed by the Manchester Complex Case Unit and the Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Unit. Recent instructions for the defence include murder (both led and alone), large-scale drug importations, firearms offences, rape and child-grooming cases, and multi-defendant fraud.

Adam qualified as a solicitor in 1994 and spent ten years practising exclusively in criminal law. In 2004 he transferred to the Bar, completing pupillage at Peel Court. Adam’s experience as a solicitor gave him a thorough grounding in the practical problems faced by solicitors and legal representatives at all stages of case preparation.

Adam is qualified to accept instructions from clients on a direct access basis.