Jenny Tallentire

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‘She is charismatic and meticulous, and captivates juries with robust and compelling advocacy. She is exceptionally good with vulnerable clients.’

For enquiries please contact

Lucy Northeast
Practice Director - Crime & Sports
0117 930 9000
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Grant Bidwell
Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
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Shannon Cregg
Assistant Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
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‘She is charismatic and meticulous, and captivates juries with robust and compelling advocacy. She is exceptionally good with vulnerable clients.’


Legal 500 UK 2023

"She has a wonderful manner with clients from any background, as well as an insight and approach to cases which can achieve the unachievable."


Chambers & Partners 2022

"She is subtle yet piercing in cross-examination. A silk in all but title."


Legal 500 2022

"She is particularly skilled at dealing with vulnerable clients and witnesses and connecting with juries, even when dealing with difficult material."


Chambers & Partners 2021

"Jenny has an exceptional ability to deliver incredible results under extreme pressures, while managing to keep clients and their entourage calm and focused. She is incredibly adept at dealing with adult, young and vulnerable witnesses alike in a way that engages the jury, ready for her incisive and compelling closing speeches."


Legal 500 2021

"She has a style which is so engaging and a knack of simplifying things for juries. She is very intelligent and gets to the point quickly."


Chambers & Partners 2020

  • CPS Grade 4 prosecutor
  • Member of CPS Rape Panel

  • Inns of Court school of Law
  • University of Bristol

Jenny Tallentire is a highly experienced Crime practitioner, with expertise in the most challenging and complex crime including murder, manslaughter and serious sexual offences.

She is known for her particular skill in dealing with cases involving vulnerable or child witnesses or defendants. In addition, she is often counsel of choice to represent those appearing in the Crown Court for the first time, particularly in motor fatality cases.

Expertise

Jenny has substantial trial experience in all areas of Crime work, both prosecuting and defending. She regularly prosecutes and defends those who have been charged with the most serious of offences, including rape, child sex offences and murder.

She combines a sensitive approach to witnesses and clients with a robust approach in court.

Jenny has extensive experience defending motor fatality cases in the Crown Court. Such defendants often have no experience of the Criminal Justice system and they, together with their representatives, appreciate Jenny’s professional and effective advice coupled with a sensitive manner.

Featured Crime cases


R v G (2019)

Instructed as junior counsel to represent a vulnerable defendant with particular needs charged with rape and attempted murder.


R v P, A & C (2018)

Briefed as junior counsel to prosecute this murder case. Two of the defendants were convicted of murder and one for assisting an offender. The leading silk was quoted as saying Jenny was ‘exceptional in that case, mastering difficult disclosure issues as well as cross-examining (very well) a defendant in the trial’.


R v H (2018)

Instructed to defend in a multi handed child sexual exploitation case. The outcome was a comprehensive acquittal of all the charges faced.


R v S, B & B (2019)

Instructed as junior prosecution counsel in this two-handed murder.


R v V (2018)

Instructed as defence counsel for this attempted rape of a fellow student. The psychiatric reports obtained on advice forced the crown to drop the case.

For enquiries please contact

Lucy Northeast
Practice Director - Crime & Sports
0117 930 9000
Click here to email

Grant Bidwell
Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
Click here to email

Shannon Cregg
Assistant Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
Click here to email

‘She is charismatic and meticulous, and captivates juries with robust and compelling advocacy. She is exceptionally good with vulnerable clients.’


Legal 500 UK 2023

"She has a wonderful manner with clients from any background, as well as an insight and approach to cases which can achieve the unachievable."


Chambers & Partners 2022

"She is subtle yet piercing in cross-examination. A silk in all but title."


Legal 500 2022

"She is particularly skilled at dealing with vulnerable clients and witnesses and connecting with juries, even when dealing with difficult material."


Chambers & Partners 2021

"Jenny has an exceptional ability to deliver incredible results under extreme pressures, while managing to keep clients and their entourage calm and focused. She is incredibly adept at dealing with adult, young and vulnerable witnesses alike in a way that engages the jury, ready for her incisive and compelling closing speeches."


Legal 500 2021

"She has a style which is so engaging and a knack of simplifying things for juries. She is very intelligent and gets to the point quickly."


Chambers & Partners 2020

  • CPS Grade 4 prosecutor
  • Member of CPS Rape Panel

  • Inns of Court school of Law
  • University of Bristol

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