Jane Bewsey KC

Call 1986
Silk 2010
Door Tenant

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  • Recommendations

    “Jane is a brilliant jury advocate in complex fraud cases. She is able to simplify the most complex issues in a manner the jury understands. Her cross-examination is outstanding.” ― Legal 500 (2025)

    “Jane is thorough, clear and very experienced.” ― Chambers UK (2025)

    “She is brilliant in simplifying the most complex of fraud cases for juries and her cross-examination skills are second-to-none in this area.” ― Legal 500 (2024)

    “Even when dealing with the fine details she does not lose sight of the bigger picture.” ― Chambers UK (2023)

    “Jane has a very strong practice.” ― Chambers UK (2023)

    “She shows a very firm grip on her cases.”― Chambers UK (2023)

    “Jane can break difficult concepts down into simple principles for a jury.”― Chambers UK (2023)

    “No one in financial crime cross-examines better than Jane.” ― Legal 500 (2023)

    “She is totally unflappable, a fair prosecutor and a formidable opponent.” ― Chambers UK (2022)

    “She never takes a bad point and is a very effective and efficient advocate.” ― Chambers UK (2022)

    “An eminently sensible silk, who is very good at handling the fine details of a case without losing sight of the bigger picture.” ― Legal 500 (2022)

    “Excellent and very hard-working, with the detail of the case at her fingertips.” ― Chambers UK (2021)

    “A formidable opponent who gets the best results.” ― Chambers UK (2021)

    “Very thorough, fair and effective.” ― Chambers UK (2021)

    “A consummate prosecutor, fair, thorough and in cross-examination often the undoing of even the cleverest witness.”― Legal 500 (2021)

    “Very fair in her approach. She’s utterly persistent in cross-examination but able to step back and gain the confidence of the judge as well as the jury.” ― Chambers UK (2020)

    “She sets things out with absolute calm and clarity.” ― Chambers UK (2020)

    “Formidable yet personable, and a thorough cross-examiner.” ― Legal 500 (2020)

  • Education

    MA, Cambridge University

  • Memberships

    CBA

    South Eastern Circuit

    Inner Temple

  • Publications

    Arlidge and Parry on Fraud, sixth edition, Sweet and Maxwell, contributing author

  • News

Drugs Offences

Long standing knowledge of and experience in prosecuting drug smuggling and distribution cases and ancillary offences.

Cases

  • Kingston Crown Court (2008) – Instructed to prosecute this allegation of conspiracy to import cocaine from Africa to the UK over an 18-month period, involving a large number of individual importations by between 15 and 20 different couriers. The prosecution was complex, relying on previous prosecutions of couriers and evidence from abroad including Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland and Ireland.
  • Inner London Crown Court (2008) – A SOCA investigation in which it was alleged that the principal defendant ran a “drugs warehouse” from his business premises from which drugs of every class were recovered including the largest ever quantity of amphetamine seized in the UK.