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Provided by Tracy Ayling KC
Tracy Ayling KC is a highly regarded specialist criminal silk whose practice focuses on prosecuting and defending some of the most serious, and high profile, multi handed murder and sexual offence cases. She is also frequently instructed in Health and Safety and Criminal Negligence Manslaughter cases.
Some examples include :
Defending in gang murders; representing a triple murderer; defending in a high-profile terrorism case; defending in two multi handed ENCROCHAT cases.
Prosecuting both single and multi-handed murders; for example, prosecuting an attempted murder of a consultant surgeon by his consultant surgeon colleague and prosecuting a man for killing a couple using Fentanyl. She also prosecuted two defendants for gross negligence manslaughter, the “bouncy castle” case. Recently she prosecuted a nursery nurse for cruelty to a number of children in her care.
Tracy is a frequent writer and speaker on criminal law. In February 2020 she took part in a panel discussion with Baroness Hallett entitled “Is the Presumption of Innocence Alive and Well?” as part of the prestigious Social Context of the Law series at Inner Temple. She lectured at the Criminal Bar Association RASSO conference in 2024 on the subject of vulnerable witnesses.
She is the author of the chapter on disclosure in Vulnerable People and the Criminal Justice System (Cooper and Norton, ed., OUP), the leading book on the participation of vulnerable witnesses and defendants in the criminal justice system.
Provided by Chambers
Tracy Ayling KC is a focused criminal practitioner who both prosecutes and defends. In silk she has handled some of the highest profile serious sex and murder cases in the UK. She is well known for her specialist skill in the cross-examination of very young and vulnerable witnesses.
Provided by Chambers
Tracy Ayling is incredibly skilled in the courtroom.
She is an absolute powerhouse. Her advocacy is persuasive, charming and witty.
She is a very competent advocate with excellent written and oral advocacy skills.
Tracy Ayling is incredibly skilled in the courtroom.
She is an absolute powerhouse. Her advocacy is persuasive, charming and witty.
She is a very competent advocate with excellent written and oral advocacy skills.