Adrian Waterman QC

Called to the Bar: 1988, Inner Temple

QC 2006

Recorder 2004 (Authorised to try Class 2 cases)

Education

A specialist in criminal and quasi-criminal litigation and advocacy, including disciplinary, regulatory and crime-related judicial review.

Frequently instructed pre-charge by either the prosecution or the defence in the most serious, complex and sensitive cases.

Recommended for "criminal expertise" in Legal 500.

Lecturer and contributor to legal journals.

Homicide.
- Gang-related killings and other cases of joint enterprise.
- Causation issues, involving medical/other expert evidence.
- Psychiatric issues.
- Gross negligence manslaughter in the context of deaths in custody/at the hands of state agents, or in other work-related contexts.
- Health and Safety at Work Act prosecutions, including those involving death.
Fraud.
- SFO cases.
- Proceeds of crime.
- Fraud in the context of commercial disputes.
Drugs.
- Large-scale conspiracies.
- Covert surveillance.
- Public interest immunity.
Sexual offences.
- Rapes involving homicide.
- Cold-case rape.
- Historic sexual abuse.
Pre-charge advice as to law, strategy and tactics.
- Advice to CPS in complex, high-profile and/or sensitive cases.
- Advice to defence, particularly in relation to SFO cases.

Offences, such as Health and Safety at Work Act offences.
Preventive advice to organisations.
Disciplinary proceedings, including rugby league, Health Professions Council and police disciplinary proceedings.

Appeals in relation to trials conducted.
Appeals in relation to trials not conducted, where specific advice subsequently sought.
Judicial review, including decisions of inferior courts/tribunals, and decisions whether or not to prosecute by the CPS.