Julian
Lynch

Deputy Head of Criminal Team
Called 2009 
Public Access Accedited 

Julian Lynch

Background

Julian Lynch completed his Pupillage at 13 Kings’ Bench Walk before moving to Cornwall Street Chambers. He studied history at Corpus Christi College, Oxford before retraining for the Bar. His employment background before coming to the law involved stints as a civil servant and working for the University of Oxford’s social sciences department. Alongside his work as a barrister, he does legal academic writing and teaching, including with the University of Durham and Pembroke College, Oxford.


Education

    • BA in History (Ancient and Modern), Oxford University
    • Graduate Diploma in Law, Oxford Brookes University
    • Bar Vocational Course, City University London

Julian‘s expertise

Criminal Law
    • Criminal Law
    • General Crime
    • Courts Martial
    • ASBO and Sex Prevention Orders
    • Proceeds of Crime Act
    • Production Orders
    • PACE

Julian Lynch is a leading junior with a busy criminal practice in the Crown Courts, primarily in the South Eastern and Midlands circuits. He is instructed in cases of serious criminal offending including murder, serious violence, complex multi-handed conspiracies, serious sexual offending and driving fatality cases. He is a grade 4 prosecutor on the CPS advocate panel and RASSO accredited. Julian completed a one-year secondment at the Crown Prosecution Service between October 2020 and October 2021, serving as a Senior Crown Prosecutor, and accordingly has a detailed knowledge of CPS practice and procedures. He has been described as ‘very calm and sensible’ by clients. He has particular experience in:

    • Homicide
    • Historic sexual offending, and sexual offending involving very young complainants
    • Cases involving allegations of domestic violence, both prosecuting and defending
    • Defence of women accused of abortion related offences
    • Road traffic fatality offences
    • Sexual Harm Prevention Orders
    • Drugs offences, including supply of Class A drugs

Julian has some experience of Public Law family work, can has experience of dealing with cases involving an intersection of a criminal and family law.

Julian is available to be instructed on a Public Access basis in suitable cases.

Julian is a member of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) and South-Eastern Circuit.

Family Law

Julian has experience in family law matters including both public and private childcare proceedings. He has been instructed by the police in hearings before the Family Court dealing with: disclosure of papers for linked criminal proceedings; Forced Marriage Protection Orders; and other criminally-linked matters.

Regulatory Law

Julian has experience of regulatory proceedings before the Teachers’ Regulation Agency, and has a special interest in criminal proceedings against teachers acting in their professional capacity.

Notable Cases
  • R v Burke et al [2025] – prosecution junior in a three-handed conspiracy to murder and attempted murder.R v Ashfaq et al [2025] – prosecuting a four-handed case involving youth defendants involving a home-invasion robbery and stabbing.
  • R v Mohammed [2204] – prosecuting a case of death by dangerous driving involving phone evidence and complex collision report evidence.
  • R v F [2024] – defending a woman accused of sexual abusing a girl she met as a scout mistress in the 1990s.
  • R v Chambers [2024] – prosecuting a case of death by careless driving where an elderly woman was knocked down and killed while crossing the road.
  • R v Hartley [2024] – prosecution of man accused of rape and false imprisonment in a domestic context.R v Clarke [2023] – prosecution of a man accused of transporting over 5kg of cocaine around the UK. The case involved substantial covert police evidence.
  • R v Imran [2023] – prosecution of a case involving a campaign of rape and domestic abuse by a husband on his wife.
  • R v S [2023] – defence of a youth accused of repeatedly raping his girlfriend. A case involving the use of s28 procedure and requiring very careful cross-examination of the complainant.
  • R v Costelloe [2023] – prosecuting a case of historic attempted rape of the defendant’s own daughters.
  • R v H [2023] – defence in a case of attempted murder in a domestic context.
    https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/jail-thug-who-slashed-ex-26028062
  • R v Fitzsimons [2023] – prosecution historic allegations of child sexual abuse dating back over 20 years. The case involved highly traumatised prosecution witnesses.
  • R v G [2022] – defence in a case of alleged attempted murder of a nurse by a client detained in Broadmoor hospital.
  • R v O [2022] – defending client accused of procuring the abortion of her own foetus.
  • R v Green and others [2022] – prosecution junior counsel in ten-handed conspiracy to steal vans and van parts. Case consisted of over thirty individual offences taking place over several years in many different parts of the country.
  • R v S [2022] – defence of a 16 year-old accused of participating in the detention, rape and torture of a young woman.
  • TRA v J [2022] – representing a headteacher accused of historic sex offences against pupils before a disciplinary panel.
  • R v R [2021] – defence of a client accused of stabbing an acquaintance during a drug deal gone wrong.
  • R v S [2020] – defence of a headteacher accused of assaulting a pupil and tearing his clothing.
  • R v Naitsoka [2020] – successful prosecution of a man who stabbed his girlfriend in the chest because she refused sex with him (https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18751433.stabbing-victims-true-bravery-praised-knifeman-jailed-sex-row-attack/).
  • R v Ka [2019] – Defending client accused of murder as part of a gang attack on a rival drug dealer. Client acquitted of murder.
  • R v K [2019] – Defending lead defendant in alleged multi-handed conspiracy to bring illegal immigrants into the UK for substantial cash rewards
Professional Memberships
  • The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
  • Criminal Bar Association 
  • CPS Panel, Grade 4 
  • RASSO Panel
  • Public Access Accredited 
Interests

Julian maintains his interest in history and reads widely around the subject. He takes part in historical reenactment in his spare time, as well as enjoying travelling widely.