Jane Brady

Date of Call 2001

RANGE OF EXPERIENCE

Jane practises exclusively in crime, acting for both the defence and prosecution. Her experience includes murders, frauds, drugs conspiracies, rape and serious sexual offences.

QUALIFICATIONS

2001 Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law: Very Competent

2000 Post-graduate Diploma in Law, Leeds Metropolitan University: Distinction

1997 MA (Cantab) Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University, French and Spanish 2:1

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Benefactors Scholar

Astbury Scholar

Harmsworth Entrance Exhibitioner, of the Middle Temple

CAREER PATH

From 1995 to 1996 Jane was an Auditor and Translator for Price Waterhouse, Madrid, during her 3^rd year at University. Between 1997 and 1999 she was a Management Consultant with KPMG in the Financial Sector Department, Leeds. She then pursued a career in law and was called to the Bar in 2001.

In October 2005 she joined 13 KBW, practising in Oxford, following pupillage with Howard Crowson and 3 years’ practice at St Paul’s Chambers in Leeds.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

Jane enjoys a very busy criminal practice. Her experience includes being briefed to represent a 13 year old charged with murder after 2 years in practice and being briefed as sole Counsel in bank frauds, a 3 week drugs conspiracy, multi-handed prosecutions and defence trials, section 18 assaults, armed robberies, kidnaps, rapes and serious sexual assaults.

Jane has represented high profile clients and is exceptionally good with young and more vulnerable clients, and those whose first language is not English. She has particular expertise in Sexual Offences Prevention Orders.

She is regularly led in cases and is noted for her ability to manage large amounts of information and documents, to assimilate facts and figures quickly, her attention to detail and thorough preparation, and the clear and concise drafting of skeleton arguments and submissions.

Jane has worked for Customs and Excise, the Health and Safety Executive and the Post Office. She has conducted complex confiscation hearings with success for both the Prosecution and Defence due to her accounts experience. She has appeared successfully at the Court of Appeal.

NOTABLE CASES

• Defence:

R v Samwell and others in 2003. Originally briefed alone to represent a 13 year old charged with murder, after 2 years in practice.

Led in:

R v Holmes and others in 2007/8. Animal rights protestor charged with conspiracy to blackmail – 3 month trial in 2008. Case of high public interest. Only Defendant to be acquitted by the jury.

R v Khan and others in 2004/5. 3 month conspiracy to defraud RBS involving 8 defendants where a successful half time submission was made and the Defendant acquitted of all counts;

R v Lambert and others in 2003. Car ringing conspiracy where, following negotiations with the Prosecution on the evidence, the Defendant who was first on the Indictment, pleaded guilty to substantive offences;

R v Megson and others in 2003. Conspiracy to burgle involving 14 defendants; represented 2^nd defendant on the Indictment and an acceptable basis of plea was negotiated.

• Crown: Briefed alone in 2 bank frauds which both resulted in guilty pleas:

R v Johnson in 2003; 6 counts of theft and 37 TICs totaling over £150,000 by a Bank’s student advisor;

R v Sabir and Others in 2003. Conspiracy to defraud 2 banks; liaised with Officer in the Case prior to charge;

Led in:

R v Bannister and Others in 2007. Armed robbery involving 4 defendants with complex legal arguments on Identification, voice recognition, bad character, PII and surveillance evidence. 1 defendant pleaded guilty after the legal arguments and 2 were convicted after trial;

R v Matharu in 2006. Honour killing involving complex and conflicting psychiatric evidence relating to ‘Othello syndrome’ or pathological jealousy; a case which attracted a lot of media interest. Jury convicted of murder in just over an hour;

Operation Casino in 2004. Conspiracy to steal from trailer parks with 8 defendants; pleas taken from all on day of trial, including some to conspiracy.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member of the Criminal Bar Association.

Secretary to the Thames Valley Bar Mess.

Chambers’ Marketing Committee.

Entertainment Secretary for Chambers.

TRAINING / LECTURES

Training given to:

Police Surveillance and Drugs Officers in expert evidence;
Senior Police Officers regarding disciplinary hearings;
Investigation Officers from the Department of Work and Pensions.
Regular lecturer at Chambers’ Seminar evenings.

PERSONAL SKILLS

Fluent in French and Spanish.

Computer literate.

Qualified touch typist.