R v AS (2025)
Instructed pre charge and throughout in the prosecution of a married couple for multiple counts of money laundering and fraud.
Olivia is an experienced junior advocate who defends and prosecutes in a wide range of criminal cases. Alongside this she has an advanced family law practice specialising in public law children work.
She is recognised for her calm, clear and practical approach to cases. Olivia is also known for her succinct and concise advocacy style and incisive cross examination. She is often instructed in legally complex and challenging cases both alone and as a led junior.
She is a grade 3 prosecutor with membership on the Serious Crime, Fraud and RASSO panels.
Olivia also has a practice encompassing public law children work in which she is instructed in cases involving serious injury or harm to children. This has allowed her to develop a detailed knowledge of expert evidence in relation to complex medical evidence including mechanisms for injury in children. It also gives her an extensive and detailed understanding of the material available within family proceedings and the disclosure regime that applies to obtaining and using this material in criminal proceedings. Her work in public law children is enhanced by her understanding of criminal procedure and evidence.
Olivia is an experienced junior advocate who defends and prosecutes in a wide range of criminal cases. She is recognised for her calm, clear and practical approach to cases.
Olivia is also known for her succinct and concise advocacy style and incisive cross examination. She is often instructed in legally complex and challenging cases both alone and as a led junior. She is a grade 3 prosecutor with membership on the Serious Crime, Fraud and RASSO panels.
Olivia also has a practice encompassing public law children work in which she is instructed in cases involving serious injury or harm to children. This has allowed her to develop a detailed knowledge of expert evidence in relation to complex medical evidence including mechanisms for injury in children.
She is able to bring this knowledge to criminal cases making her an extremely effective advocate when dealing with experts in cases. It also gives her an extensive and detailed understanding of the material available within family proceedings and the disclosure regime that applies to obtaining and using this material in criminal proceedings.
Instructed pre charge and throughout in the prosecution of a married couple for multiple counts of money laundering and fraud.
Defended a woman accused of defrauding her mother. Successfully acquitted.
Led by Daniel Oscroft in the prosecution of a large multi handed county lines drugs conspiracy.
Led by Siobhan Collins in the prosecution of a multi handed car theft and robbery conspiracy.
Led by Matthew Brook KC in a multi-handed robbery where the defendants primarily targeted men on Grindr before holding them at knifepoint while draining their bank accounts.
Led by Mark Heywood KC in the prosecution of two youth defendants for murder which took place in daylight in Victoria Square, Birmingham.
Led by Tim Harrington in the prosecution of multiple counts of rape, kidnapping and harassment.
Led by Matthew Brook KC defending a man for the murder of his long term partner.
Led by Matthew Brook KC prosecuting a multi handed money laundering case.
Olivia represented a youth defendant in a trial on a number of aggravated burglary charges which required a number of legal submissions including bad character and s.78 alongside extensive cross examination of a number of police officers.
Olivia was instructed on behalf of the defendant in his Crown Court trial for robbery and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. She undertook extensive cross examination of the complainant as well as calling the defendant to give evidence. The defendant was facing serious charges and a lengthy sentence if convicted. She successfully secured his acquittal on all counts.
Olivia was instructed on behalf of the prosecution for a trial of issue following a plea by the defendant to a count of s.18 wounding. The case involved particular sensitivities due to the defendant being transgender. Following substantial prosecution and defence evidence she was successful in ensuring the basis of plea put forward by the defendant was rejected.
Olivia was instructed on behalf of the defendant in his multi day burglary trial. There were a number of complex legal issues which required consideration and applications including; opposing hearsay applications, opposing a non-defendant bad character application, making an application to have evidence declared inadmissible and an application to discharge the jury.
Olivia was instructed on behalf of a defendant who had previously been found to be dangerous and had now pleaded to a knifepoint robbery. Olivia was successful in making submissions that a previous finding of dangerousness did not mean the court needed to find him dangerous on this occasion and therefore he was made subject to a sentence of 4 years, the minimum on the guidelines, and not made subject to dangerousness provisions on this occasion.
Olivia was instructed to represent a defendant who was found in possession of 11kg of cocaine and heroin. She assisted in advancing his basis that he was a courier only and under a degree of coercion. He received a sentence of 3 years and 4 months.
Olivia is instructed for a lead defendant who faces serious charges of modern slavery and blackmail. The trial is expected to take place in 2022.
Olivia is an experienced junior advocate who regularly represents all parties in public law children cases.
She is recognised for her calm, clear and practical approach to cases. Olivia is also known for her succinct and concise advocacy style and incisive cross examination. She is often instructed in legally complex and challenging cases both alone and as a led junior with a heavy focus on non accidental injury.
Olivia’s practice encompasses criminal proceedings which gives her an extremely effective working knowledge of the material and evidence available within criminal proceedings. She is able to bring this to public law children cases to have an advanced understanding of material which may be disclosed from police investigations.
Olivia represented a mother in complex private law proceedings in the High Court after the father was convicted of a serious violence offence against her. She secured the appointment of a guardian for the children and ultimately orders limiting the father’s parental responsibility and preventing him from knowing the location of the children. The case involved complex police disclosure and advanced legal argument.
Olivia represented a father in lengthy proceedings involving serious allegations of FII and that included a fifteen day finding of fact hearing. The fifteen day finding of fact hearing required consideration of over 6000 pages of medical records, social services records, police disclosure and preparation of a lengthy chronology.
Olivia appeared in the High Court representing a mother in care proceedings for her sixteen year old daughter who had travelled from Malawi to give birth. There were jurisdictional complexities, issues with threshold and FGM protection orders. Cultural experts were instructed. In addition deprivation of liberty orders were put in place. The proceedings concluded with no orders being made and the local authority withdrawing proceedings.
Olivia was instructed on behalf of the child in an application by the local authority for discharge of a placement order. The final care plan had been placement for siblings together and had changed after the conclusion of court proceedings. Olivia was required to prepare a detailed advice on whether the child’s human rights had been breached and argue accordingly at final hearing.
Olivia was instructed to represent the children in private law proceedings involving serious allegations of non-accidental injury between 2017 and 2020. The three-day fact-finding hearing was complicated further by extensive police disclosure and medical evidence. Complex submissions were required after findings were made on the appropriate way forward.
Olivia represented a father who had significant cognitive difficulties in care proceedings from the ICO throughout. She secured a PAMS assessment and ultimately the transition of the child back into the care of him and the mother.
Olivia represented the children in care proceedings where their sibling was deceased as a result of disputed parental neglect.
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Siobhan Collins leading Olivia Whitworth were instructed by the Complex Case Unit to act for the prosecution in the prosecution of a major county lines…
