Jayne Beckett

Jayne Beckett

  • MA (Hons) (Cantab) Law
  • Year of Call: 1995

  • Middle Temple – Diplock Scholorship

    Practice

    Jayne Beckett practices solely in the field of criminal law and deals with both prosecution and defence cases of the utmost severity. She is a Grade 4 Crown Prosecutor and has experience as a trail advocate in respect of most types of criminal matters.

    Jayne has dealt with a large number of offences involving rape and serious sexual offences and is experienced in the handling of child witnesses and vulnerable complainants. She has a working understanding of problems particular to these cases such as third party disclosure in relation to complainants.

    In addition, Jayne Beckett is regularly instructed in cases involving extreme violence. Her experience goes beyond the handling of serious assaults. She has frequently dealt with matters such as those involving child or infant complainants as well as serious armed robberies. Jayne has been led on several occasions in cases of murder.

    Professional Memberships

    Criminal Bar Association
    North Eastern Circuit

    Notable Cases


    Defence - 12 year old boy who along with other children detained and tortured another child

    R v Michael Firth
    Defence – serious hostage/firearms case led by Robert Smith QC

    R v Alexander Crockett and others
    Defence – complex and lengthy commercial fraud

    R v James Samuels and Kristienne Wood, R v Micheal Quinn, Brendan Quinn and Paul Smith
    Prosecution – two related cases of murder set within the same close knit community led by Peter Kelson QC

    R v Lee Camplin and Stacey Wood
    Defence – murder/child cruelty led by Roger Thomas QC

    R v Jonathan Peel
    Defence – rape of 5 year old boy by juvenile Defendant

    R v Stefan Reed and Mansoor Shah
    Defence – prolonged rape and torture in the presence of young child

    R v Alan Frettingham
    Prosecution – serious fraud in breach of trust with elderly and infirm victim

    R v Paul Mitchell
    Prosecution – targeted armed robbery in which victims bound, gagged and seriously assaulted

    Other Information

    Jayne was brought up locally and attended local schools. As such she has a working understanding of the communities in the West Yorkshire area. Prior to entering Chambers Jayne worked briefly for a large Solicitors firm in London.