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Oliver Kirk is an experienced criminal advocate, instructed in complex and serious criminal cases. He is recognised in Chambers & Partners for his expertise in criminal law.

Oliver is an experienced criminal advocate. He represents clients in the most serious and complex criminal cases. Prior to being called to the Bar, Oliver was a solicitor for 22 years and a Higher Courts Advocate for the last 10. As a result, Oliver has gained a wealth of experience that means he is ideally placed to advise solicitors on case preparation in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for his clients.

Oliver has experience of being instructed in the full range of driving offences, particularly those involving serious injury or a fatality. He is currently instructed to defend a driver accused of causing death by dangerous driving while over the drug-drive limit.

In 2025, he successfully defended a bus driver charged with causing death by dangerous driving, when the bus he was driving collided with a bus stop. Oliver was able to show that the collision might have been caused by a mechanical defect (runaway diesel engine) rather than by any action of the driver. See the case details here.
Recent instructions include: a multi-handed money laundering, a large-scale drug importation, and offences of serious violence.

Oliver is recognised in Chambers & Partners for crime

Oliver Kirk qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and became a higher courts advocate in 2009.

He was called to the bar in 2019.

Business Crime & Financial Regulation Oliver accepts instructions in all aspects of Business Crime. He has been instructed in cases involving serious and organised crime, allegations of evasion of duty and money laundering offences, smuggling, cross-border crime and large scale frauds.

Criminal Defence

Oliver is a very experienced criminal advocate with a record of dealing with all manner of serious allegations.

He has been instructed in VHCC cases, murders and very significant drug-smuggling cases.

Oliver is instructed in the full range of driving offences, particularly those involving serious injury or a fatality. He is currently instructed to defend a driver accused of causing death by dangerous driving while over the drug-drive limit.

In 2025, he successfully defended a bus driver charged with causing death by dangerous driving, when the bus he was driving collided with a bus stop. Oliver was able to show that the collision might have been caused by a mechanical defect (runaway diesel engine) rather than by any action of the driver. See the case details here.

Prior to coming to the Bar, he specialised as a Crown Court advocate representing defendants facing allegations in serious and organised crime including fraud, firearms offences, serious violence and cross-border crime; evasion of duty, drug and people smuggling .

Oliver has also advised on appeals from the Crown Court and appeared in the Court of Appeal.

Criminal Prosecutions - Private & Public Oliver is a very experienced criminal advocate with a record of dealing with all manner of serious allegations. Oliver also has experience of Private Prosecutions and accepts instructions in such cases.