Claire Cooper

Year of Call: 2002

Claire undertakes the full spectrum of criminal cases, defending and prosecuting those charged with serious violence, drugs, fraud and serious sexual offences.
She has considerable experience of RASSO prosecutions having prosecuted numerous rapes, and cases concerning the sexual abuse of children. She has dealt with many cases involving historical sexual abuse.

Also Claire has acted as led junior counsel in a serious sexual case concerning the abuse of a mentally handicapped complainant.

She also advises and prosecutes on behalf of local authorities. She has been appointed to the Central Fraud Group list of Approved Counsel and is currently a Grade 2 London Prosecutor.
Prior to joining the Bar as a practicing barrister, Claire worked for a number of years at the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office with a strong emphasis on MTIC frauds .

Professional Memberships

South Eastern Circuit

Specialist Practice Areas

Cases of Note

R v DS (2011): prosecution counsel in case involving grandfather sexually assaulting granddaughter from the age of six.
R v AP (2011): prosecution counsel in case alleging penetrative abuse by Great Uncle on eight year old great niece.
R v D & B (2009): prosecution of three-handed rape and kidnap of a prostitute.
R v JE (2008): defending client accused of raping the 16 year old, lesbian partner of his own daughter.
R v SD (2008): junior counsel in prosecution of defendant who raped a mentally disordered complainant.

5 St. Andrew's Hill represents clients throughout the UK, including South East England, the Thames Valley, the Midlands, and Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Bedfordshire, London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Leicester, Coventry, Southampton, Reading, Northampton, Portsmouth, Luton, Milton Keynes, Swindon, Oxford, Brighton, Slough, Gloucester, Watford, Cambridge, Reading, Bracknell, Basingstoke and Guildford.