Lucy Northeast
Practice Director - Crime & Sports
0117 930 9000
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We have adopted a specialist team approach to our practices for many years. We feel that this is the way our clients want us to work, and that specialisation leads to the provision of a better service.
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
Practice Manager - Crime
0117 930 9000
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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.
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.
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.
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
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