2 Hare Court

Grace Forbes is a highly sought-after barrister, specialising in General Crime, Financial Crime, Inquests and Inquiries. Known for her strategic judgment, forensic focus, and absolute dedication to her clients, she is regularly instructed in cases involving complex legal arguments and finely balanced tactical decisions.

She is consistently ranked in the Legal 500 Fraud Crime directory.

In General Crime, Grace is recognised as a fearless advocate with experience representing defendants across the spectrum of serious crime, including those accused of murder, firearms offences, and involvement in the commercial supply of Class A drugs.

She recently applied for a case flowing from an undercover police operation to be stayed as an abuse of process, successfully arguing that it amounted to entrapment.

Grace is adept at handling cases that attract extensive media attention. She successfully defended a high-profile footballer accused of racially aggravated harassment and acted in the widely publicised Boohoo Inquiry.

Grace also has experience representing vulnerable defendants, taking time to understand their needs and advocating fearlessly on their behalf.

In Financial Crime, Grace regularly acts for the defence in long and complex trials, including a recent ‘VHCC’ multi-million-pound fraud. She also has experience prosecuting financial crime, including the four-month trial of nine defendants (including two companies) charged with widespread fraudulent trading that had been the subject of a BBC investigation.

Grace also has extensive experience in Inquests and Inquiries. She has acted as Counsel to the Inquest, leading the questioning of multiple experts in a medically complex case over the course of five weeks. She has spoken at the Royal Society of Medicine. She has represented Interested Persons in numerous Article 2 and jury inquests, including a highly sensitive inquest into the death of a very young boy, which had to be temporarily paused to allow police to investigate Gross Negligence Manslaughter.

Year of Call 2015

Criminal Bar Association; Young Fraud Lawyers Association.

2015: Scholarship, Middle Temple Young Barristers’ Association, International Internship; 2014: Bar Professional Training Course, City Law School; 2013: BA (Hons) Law, Queen’s College, Oxford University.