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Tim Forte
Career
Tim Forte has a well-established practice in large, complex and serious crime specialising in heavyweight violence, fraud, drugs, terrorism and firearms offending.
Notably, he has been instructed in murder trials relating to three on-duty police officers. He has also been instructed in three prosecutions in relation to the “domestic use in the UK” of grenades, of which there have only been a handful.
His computer and technological expertise means he is particularly sought after in cases involving EncroChat, telecoms and computer evidence, including probe and telephone intercept evidence and substantial telecoms data re pattern, attribution and cell site. In an article on the EncroChat system, he correctly predicted the breach and implant by French law enforcement days before the news broke.
He has been instructed in more than 50 Encro proceedings, including two major Operation Venetic Preparatory Hearings: Operation Estevan (Manchester) and Operation Oberon (Cardiff). He can be relied upon to manage and master voluminous and complex material at pace. By the start of 2021, he had successfully secured the acquittal of two defendants in Encro cases (one in Snaresbrook for Deepak Vij at ABV Solicitors and one in Ipswich for Darren Flight at Harris Cuffaro Nicholls).
He has built a strong reputation with a wide spectrum of professional clients, mainly as a leader, but also as a junior (alone or led). He is respected as a fighter with very sound judgment, who can be relied upon to take the initiative in the case and to carry the fight to the prosecution.
He has conducted numerous complex legal submissions, often taking the lead in and succeeding in arguments overlooked by others. As an experienced appellate advocate, he is often singled out to take over complex and substantial proceedings on appeal.
As a fluent German speaker and with contacts in the German legal world, he has always had a keen interest in the international aspect of crime. In May 2018, he was one of a handful of English barrister delegates at the IBA Transnational Crime Conference in Krakow, and has contributed to an article on the IBA website about the current state of legal professional privilege.
Languages
German
conversational French
conversational Italian
Memberships
Gray’s Inn
Amnesty International
Bar Pro Bono panel of advocates
Criminal Bar Association
Justice
Liberty
International Bar Association
Public Access
South Eastern Circuit Committee
Public Access
Education
Call October 1994
BA
Pupil Supervisor
Leisure
Hockey, golf, cricket, music and travel
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Fraud: crime
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Tim Forte – 3TG ‘Tim is great before a jury, with excellent client care skills.’
London Bar > Crime
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Tim Forte – 3TG Barristers ‘Tim has an ability to absorb vast quantities of information, including evidence of a technical nature, and translate that information into simple format to enable clients to fully understand the nature of the evidence in the case. This approach builds trust between client and counsel. His presentation at court is both extremely professional but also personable, sitting well with judges, opposing counsel and juries alike.’
3TG Barristers is a ‘well-respected set‘ with a core group of quality criminal barristers. John Femi-Ola KC recently represented Mark Gordon, accused alongside Constance Marten of the gross negligence manslaughter of their newborn child, found dead in a Brighton shed in 2023, the couple having been on the run for several months, ostensibly in order to keep the baby from being taken into care – both defendants were convicted of other charges but the jury could not reach a verdict on the charge of manslaughter. Tim Forte’s broad practice covers heavyweight murder, drugs, and terrorism cases. He is praised as ‘a great jury man’ as well as for his ‘ability to absorb vast quantities of information, including evidence of a technical nature’.