Eleanor Fargin

Call: 2004

"Ellie is able to put defendants at ease and to create an environment in conferences which helps to settle defendants while displaying knowledge and an understanding of their case."

Chambers & Partners 2026

"Ellie is an excellent advocate in full command of papers. She is liked by juries and presents cases eloquently and persuasively."

Legal 500 2024

"Ellie is excellent with clients. She is a powerful and effective advocate who shows a personal and human side to every case."

Legal 500 2023

‘Ellie is an excellent and dedicated advocate who is always on top of her brief and well-prepared.’

Legal 500 2025

"She is knowledgeable and has a way of relaying complex information to clients. She has a high level of client care and an ability to put defendants at ease."

Chambers & Partners 2025

Eleanor Fargin (Ellie) has acquired a reputation that she is rightly proud of as being fair, likeable, straight forward, having sound judgment, all whilst exceeding the standards required of her as an advocate.

Ellie started her career on the Western Circuit in 2004, specialising in crime and developing a practice in prosecution and defence work. In 2007 Ellie joined the CPS as an in-house advocate and quickly secured an exclusive Crown Court practice. Ellie was fortunate to have exposure to a high case load, cases of importance and was also able to develop her trial advocacy competence. Ellie’s drive to further herself as well as her skills and experience, opened doors for her to prosecute cases of length, complexity and standing.

In 2012 Ellie was appointed a Grade 3 and covered a vast amount of RASSO work. During internal and external advocacy assessments, Ellie was noted to be capable of working beyond what was expected of her at Grade 3; and in performance reviews noted as being an asset to the CPS.

In 2015 Ellie’s family relocated to the Cayman Islands in the British West Indies. This brought the opportunity to work for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in this important financial jurisdiction. There was more variety in Ellie’s work there as she became responsible for all planning enforcement, environmental, and agricultural prosecutions, as well as working in inquests, and in trade and business cases. Ellie has therefore developed a sound understanding of regulatory crime. In terms of general crime, Ellie continued to specialise in sexual offences, drug trafficking, International legal assistance, and restraint and confiscation.

Having returned to the Western Circuit and having joined Chambers in 2018 Ellie continues to strive for excellence as a general criminal and regulatory practitioner. Ellie is a CPS grade 4 prosecutor and is on the RASSO list, she was also appointed to the list of Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health and Safety and Environmental Law. As a Defence Advocate Ellie has demonstrated that she is respected and liked by clients as she builds rapport quickly and effectively. Ellie has the confidence of the Solicitors she has worked for as she is efficient, competent and goes the extra mile. To enhance her personal development Ellie has undertaken training to become an advocacy assessor for pupils on the Western Circuit and to become a Pupil Supervisor.

Expertise

Criminal

Cases

R v (youth defendant) et al (2019)

Attempted murder committed by a shooting and linked offences of assisting an offender (junior)

R v H (2018)

Defending in a case of rape and violent offences perpetrated upon a prostitute.

R v J et al (2018)

Sophisticated burglary of a jewellers committed by a group and resulting confiscation proceedings.

R v G (2016)

A man was convicted of rape, gross indecency, indecent assaults and possession and distribution of indecent images of children, where the evidence largely came from digital sources, and one victim was unaware she had been raped.

R v E (2016)

A drug dealer was convicted of importing and supplying drugs as well as perverting the course of justice and money laundering where the evidence came from the seizure of his mobile phone. That also led to 8 further co-accused's being charged.