Alice
Aubrey-Fletcher

Barrister | Called 2019

Alice Aubrey-Fletcher

Practice Summary

Alice has a broad criminal practice on the South Eastern circuit, including serious violent and sexual offending, bringing clarity to complex issues of fact and law and establishing a rapport with both lay and professional clients.

With a background in communications, she is known for her persuasive advocacy and tenacity in pursuing the best outcome in each case.

Alice is an accredited mediator and a Grade 1 CPS Panel Advocate.

Education, Memberships and Awards:

• Outstanding, Bar Professional Training Course (2018)
• Distinction, Graduate Diploma in Law (2017)
• Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
• Crown Prosecution Service Panel (Level 1)
• Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (Accredited Mediator)

Alice’s expertise

Crime

As an accredited Mediator, Alice has developed a facilitative approach to help clients reach agreement on issues outside of court.

Prior to pursuing a career at the Bar, Alice was a newsreader and Communications Consultant.

Notable Cases

R v D, D, H and R (2026) – Aylesbury Crown Court. Sentences for lead role, significant role and lesser role members of OCG convicted of supplying over 6.5 kilos of Class A drugs.

R v S (2025) – Oxford Crown Court. Represented a defendant accused of breaches to a non-molestation order. Successfully argued on his behalf that he was not aware of the terms of the order at the time, resulting in the Crown offering no evidence in respect of all three Counts on the indictment.

R v S (2025) – Salisbury Crown Court. Secured a suspended sentence for a vulnerable defendant who entered pleas to Class A supply.

R v H and A (2025) – Convictions secured in prosecution of two defendants for offences of s20 wounding and Dangerous Driving.

R v F (2024) – Oxford Crown Court. Successfully argued for the suspension of a 16-month custodial term following pleas entered to Dangerous Driving and Drug Driving.

R v J (2024) – Court of Appeal. Successful sentence appeal for a defendant when ascertained he had been wrongly sentenced for previous matters as a third-striker. The tribunal agreed the sentence was manifestly excessive and sentence was reduced by 6 months.

R v J (2024) – Privately instructed in a driving matter to ensure shortest possible period of disqualification following plea to ‘totting up’ conviction.

R v W (2024) – Court of Appeal. Following conviction for sexual assault against a female child, case was granted leave by the Single Judge following procedural defect during the trial.

R v B (2023) – Warwick Crown Court. Secured unanimous ‘not guilty’ verdicts for defendant charged with Dangerous Driving, three counts of assault and possession of a bladed article.

R v K (2023) – Southend Magistrates. Privately instructed. Suspended sentence secured for defendant who entered pleas to indecent image offences.

R v S (2023) – Northampton Crown Court. Sentence for Dangerous Driving reconsidered under the slip rule. Judge agreed she had not taken into account the overburden on the prison estate and that the sentence was too high Submissions resulted in a 4-month reduction.

R v T (2023) – Gloucester Crown Court. Community Order secured for a young defendant of previous good character convicted of causing serious injury by Careless Driving.

R v W (2023) – Gloucester Crown Court. Conditional discharge secured for a defendant, addicted to crack cocaine, who entered guilty pleas to Dangerous Driving and Drug Driving.

R v H (2022) – Oxford Magistrates. Acquittal after a trial on a charge of sexual assault following allegations of domestic offending.

R v R (2022) – Oxford Crown Court. Successfully argued for an exceptional course to be taken to suspend the sentence of a defendant convicted of supplying Class A drugs.

R v G (2022) – Oxford Magistrates. Acquittal for burglary charge following defence of disputed identification.

R v M (2022) – Aylesbury Crown Court. Acquittal for defendant accused of assaulting prison staff.

R v A (2022) – Aylesbury Crown Court. Suspended sentence secured for a young defendant convicted of threats with a blade and affray.

R v H (2021) – Wellingborough Magistrates. Successful ‘exceptional hardship’ application allowing client to avoid disqualification following conviction for ‘totting up’ offences.

Awards
  • Inner Temple award for BPTC Outstanding results (2019)
  • BPP Advocacy Scholarship (2018)
  • Inner Temple GDL and BPTC Exhibition Award (2017 and 2018)
  • GDL Academic Scholarship, Oxford Brookes (2017)