Jenny Tallentire

Call 2000

"A silk in all but name, her advocacy and legal arguments are pure class."

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
Click here to email

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

"A silk in all but name, her advocacy and legal arguments are pure class."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"Jennifer is a stunning advocate who can dilate the most complex issues in a manner which can be understood by professional and lay clients, whilst being enthralling to a jury."


Chambers & Partners 2025

‘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 S - March 24

Trial of a police officer, represented by Jenny, who was charged with multiple rapes of a vulnerable woman whilst on duty.


R v B, C and K. - Feb 24

Instructed as junior prosecution counsel (led by Christopher Quinlan KC) in a murder trial arising from the stabbing of a 16 year old boy at a party in Bath. The case involved complicated issues of joint enterprise as between the 3 defendants.


R v H - Jan 24

Jenny was instructed to represent a 19 year old defendant charged with rape of 3 separate partners. The defendant had no previous experience of the criminal justice system and had significant vulnerabilities.


R v B – Nov 23

Jenny was instructed to defend in an attempted murder case, the defendant having been accused of driving deliberately at the complainant causing significant injuries.


R v L – Nov 23

Jenny defended a solicitor charged with historic allegations of rape and sexual offences against a child.


R v F – June 23

Jenny was instructed as junior defence counsel (led by Andrew Langdon KC) to represent a 16 year old defendant charged with murder. The defendant was one of 8 defendants charged with murder of another 16 year old who was stabbed in a gang-related confrontation. This case was first tried in 2022, but the jury were discharged after 8 weeks and the retrial took place in April 2023.


R v P, P, L, K and L – January 23

Jenny was led by Anna Vigars KC in the prosecution of a group of Albanians charged with murder, when a rival gang member was stabbed during a confrontation over a cannabis factory in Bristol.

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
Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
Click here to email

"A silk in all but name, her advocacy and legal arguments are pure class."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"Jennifer is a stunning advocate who can dilate the most complex issues in a manner which can be understood by professional and lay clients, whilst being enthralling to a jury."


Chambers & Partners 2025

‘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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