Caroline Carberry

Year of Call: 1995

Specialist practice areas: Serious Crime, Criminal/Civil Fraud, Serious Sexual Offences, Health & Safety, Police Disciplinary, Courts Martial, Inquests & Public Inquiries

Caroline Carberry has considerable experience in conducting the most serious and complex cases. She acts as both leading and junior counsel. She has a strong track record in cases of murder, manslaughter, serious sexual offences, large scale drug crime and complex financial crime. Cases involving young children and other vulnerable witnesses are a particular speciality.

Caroline is also experienced at representing interested parties at inquests in the Coroner's Court including families, members of the medical profession, insurers and public authorities.

Caroline is a Gray's Inn advocacy trainer and a pupil supervisor.

She has lectured on many aspects of criminal law

She is a member of the Criminal Bar Association and the South Eastern Circuit

Recent Cases

R v C and others
Operation Trident case involving seven defendants (ongoing)

R v H&W
Case involving parental abuse of young baby resulting in very serious injuries (ongoing)

R v Magloire and others
Leading junior for the first defendant in a multi handed, multi complainant cases involving serious sexual offences spanning decades

R v Burns and others
Large scale fraud against the Ministry of Defence

R v Denton and others
OperationTradescant. Case involving nine young defendants charged with the gang rape of a 14 year old girl, the largest prosecution of its type at the time and one of the first where applications were made to grant anonymity to witnesses.

R v Sahodree
Case involving the serious sexual abuse of patients at a London Hospital by a member of staff

R v M and others
Case involving the prosecution of nine young defendants for murder as a result of a fight between school children