We are very pleased that Rebecca Austin has joined Pump Court as a tenant in our criminal team, effective 1st October 2026.
Rebecca is an experienced senior junior. Called to the bar in 2002, Rebecca specialises in prosecuting and defending the most serious criminal cases including murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, death by dangerous driving, multi-handed organised criminal conspiracies involving the commercial importation and supply of drugs, multi-handed organised criminal conspiracies involving the importation and transfer of firearms and both recent and historic sexual offences including child rape and allegations involving modern slavery and human trafficking.
Rebecca is a Grade 4 prosecutor and has been a member of the CPS Serious Crime Group panel at Grade four since 2018.
She advocates on the Serious Crime Group Panel advise on and prosecute cases on behalf of the Central Casework Divisions relating to:
- Special Crime – serious and sensitive casework as set out in the referral criteria, including deaths in custody, assisted suicides, serious criminal allegations against police officers, gross negligence manslaughter and election offences.
- Organised Crime – members of the most serious organised crime groups and cases typically investigated by the National Crime Agency, as well as other law enforcement bodies such as Home Office Immigration Enforcement and specialist Police units, and often involving organised drugs, international firearms conspiracies, immigration, modern slavery, sexual exploitation and cyber-crime.
Rebecca is also a Grade four prosecutor on the Rape and Sexual Offences panel.
For further information about Rebecca’s practice, or to instruct her, please contact the criminal clerking team: Tony George, John Chapman or James May – 01962 868161 or clerks@pumpcourtchambers.com.
