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Christine Agnew KC KC
Position
Christine prosecutes and defends the most serious and complex criminal cases. Her practice covers the full range of criminal work and she has considerable experience in relation to all types of criminal allegations. Christine is also regularly instructed in all types of fraud cases. She has represented a number of defendants concerned in cases concerning bribery and corruption. She has a reputation as being an extremely hard working and able advocate who is exceptionally good with clients and achieves acquittals in the most difficult of circumstances. She is often first choice defence counsel for firms with private clients who demand an incisive and empathic advocate who can instil real confidence in the client. Christine also prosecutes for the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency. She has prosecuted many fatality cases requiring detailed and specialist knowledge in addition to cases involving allegations of corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter. She also has considerable experience of coroners’ inquests and Regulatory Tribunals. Christine is authorised to accept instructions from members of the public in certain circumstances.
Career
Silk 2015
Memberships
CBA, SE Circuit, HSLA
Education
University of the West of England. Methodist College Belfast.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Health and safety
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Christine Agnew KC –2 Bedford Row ‘Christine is very measured in her advocacy yet also knows exactly when it is appropriate to be tenacious in order to achieve her objective. She has a great tactical approach.’
2 Bedford Row offers established expertise in individual gross negligence and corporate manslaughter cases, with members sought after for both prosecution and defence work. Christine Agnew KC prosecuted a waste disposal company and the company’s yard manager following the death of a worker who had fallen into an industrial shredder; the company was convicted of corporate manslaughter and the manager of gross negligence manslaughter. Elsewhere in chambers, Alex Stein prosecuted on behalf of the HSE in HSE v FF9 Limited, a high-profile case following a serious injury to a stunt actor during production of the film Fast & Furious 9 in 2019.
London Bar > Crime
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Christine Agnew KC – 2 Bedford Row ‘Christine has an unmatched eye for detail and is razor sharp and incisive in her presentation of arguments and cross-examination.’
2 Bedford Row has an established reputation as a leading criminal set with a deep bench ranging from experienced silks to up-and-coming juniors. Christine Agnew KC specialises in homicide and sexual offences matters and is widely praised for her ‘unmatched eye for detail’. She led the prosecution of actor Kevin Spacey, who was charged with historic sexual offences against four men during a period spanning from 2001 to 2013. Christopher Martin has considerable experience defending in courts-martial across the UK and Germany, recently representing a corporal acquitted on rape charges. Alex Stein’s varied practice includes murder, kidnapping, drugs, and death by dangerous driving cases, on both the defence and prosecution side. Kieran Vaughan KC represented Arsenal winger Reiss Nelson, who entered a guilty plea to being in control of a dangerous dog after his Italian mastiff bit the former England youth international’s masseur.