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Alistair Fell

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Position

Alistair has substantial experience as a criminal practitioner, specialising in defence advocacy and covering Sexual Offences, Drugs Offences, Business Crime & Fraud, Serious Violence and other areas of Serious & Organised Crime.

Alistair has represented a wide variety of clients and has a calm reassuring disposition that puts clients at ease.

With substantial experience in conducting jury trials, Alistair is confident, persuasive, and focused when appearing in court. He has appeared frequently before the Court of Appeal where he has successfully appealed against both conviction and sentence.

Alistair also has experience working on Inquiries including the Undercover Policing Inquiry (examining the conduct of undercover policing within England and Wales from 1968) and the Dame Linda Dobbs Review (examining whether Lloyds Banking Group investigated and appropriately reported the HBOS Reading fraud).

Alistair also works, pro bono, for the Communities Empowerment Network which provides advocacy support for children who have been excluded from school. He is also part of the Red Lion Chambers mentoring scheme which provides support and guidance to students pursuing a legal career. Alistair also supports the Aim High project spearheaded by Lambeth Borough Council which involves giving presentations about his career journey to school children from under-represented groups.

Career

Call: 1994

Bar Council’s Professional Conduct and Complaints Committee (2003 – 2006)

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association

Middle Temple

South Eastern Circuit

Education

Bar Vocational Course (Inns of Court School of Law) (1994)

LLM (London School of Economics) (1993)

LLB (London School of Economics) (1992)