Rose Slowe

Practice Areas

General Crime

Career

Rose has a varied and successful criminal practice before the Crown Courts, with considerable experience appearing for both the Prosecution and Defence in multi-handed and complex Jury trials as junior alone or led junior.

Rose also has a growing appellant practice before the Court of Appeal and was recently instructed as junior counsel for the Appellant in the high-profile case of Oliver Campbell - a CCRC 34-year-old miscarriage of justice murder appeal resulting in the brain-damaged Appellant’s conviction being quashed and no retrial ordered. Following specialist training, Rose has demonstrated an aptitude for dealing with vulnerable defendants and witnesses.

She was appointed to the CPS level 3 General Crime panel in 2021 and the Level 3 Counter Terrorism specialist panel in 2022. She has since demonstrated an impressive ability for handling complex general crime and counter terrorism briefs.

Rose is also an academic and is widely published in the fields of domestic and regional human rights and constitutional law. She has lectured at Ivy League universities and been interviewed regularly on national radio. Rose was a panel member in a Parliamentary debate on whether the Human Rights Act was fit for purpose. Most significantly, Rose co-authored a book on European Human Rights Law with Professors Greer and Gerards: Human Rights in the Council of Europe and European Union: Achievements Trends and Challenges, Cambridge Studies in Law and Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

Professional Memberships

South Eastern Circuit

Criminal Bar Association

The Bar Human Rights Committee