2 Hare Court

Alison Levitt KC has been appointed a Labour Peer. Alison was called to the Bar in 1988 and took Silk in 2008. She joined the CPS as Principal Legal Advisor to the DPP, Keir Starmer QC (as he then was) in 2009. She became a partner at Mishcon de Reya LPP in 2014, before returning to the Bar (and 2 Hare Court where it had all started for her) in 2018. In 2021 she became a Circuit Judge from which she resigned upon her elevation to the House of Lords. Following her formal introduction to the House of Lords in early 2025, she will be known as Baroness Levitt KC.

Year of Call 1988; Appointed Queen's Counsel 2008; Principal Legal Advisor to the DPP 2009–14; Partner and Head of White Collar Crime and Investigations at Mishcon de Reya 2014–18.

Course tutor, Judicial College (2021–2024); Visiting Professor, Goldsmiths, University of London (2019–2024); Master of Mentors, Inner Temple (2019); Vice-Chair, Employed Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council (2018); Senior Counsel (formerly Trustee) Kalisher Trust (2018–present); Vulnerable Witness Advocacy trainer (2018–present); Trustee, Royal United Services Institute (2017–2021); Chair of the Education and Training Committee, Inner Temple (2017–2021); Chair Inner Temple ‘2022’ Committee (future of legal education and training) (2017); Vice-Chair International Bar Association Structured Settlements Sub-Committee (2016–2018); Women in Law London Advisory Panel (2016–2017); Inns of Court College of Advocacy Research and Development Committee (2015–2018); Council of the Inns of Court Training Reform Working Group (2015–2017); Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies Advisory Board (2015–2018); Executive Committee, Inner Temple (2012–2015 and 2017–2021); Blackstone’s Criminal Practice Advisory Board (2011–present); Secretary to the Criminal Bar Association (2006–2007); Assistant Secretary to the Criminal Bar Association (2005–2006); Inner Temple Bar Liaison Committee (2002–2005); Advocacy Trainer (Inner Temple) (2002–present); Chair of the Young Barristers’ Committee (1995); Criminal Bar Association Committee (1994–1999); Counsel Magazine Editorial Board (1994–1998); Member, Victims’ Commissioner’s Advisory Group (2020–2021); Member, St Andrews University Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research (2019–present); Committee Member, Private Prosecutors’ Association (2018–2021); Elected Member of the Bar Council (1991–1999).