Crown Advocates

What is a Crown Advocate?

A Crown Advocate is a lawyer, who has attained a qualification, by their skills and achievements, allowing them to prosecute in all criminal proceedings in the higher courts. Crown Advocates prosecute a whole range of cases heard in the crown court, including being junior counsel in murder cases.

Crown Advocates in the CPS

Crown Advocates are leading the way on in-house Crown Advocacy for the CPS. Our advocates work as a team with the investigating officers, lawyers and caseworkers bringing together all their experience to build the best possible cases for court.

The advocates are dealing with and prosecuting cases of all degrees of seriousness from straightforward thefts and assaults to rapes, serious sexual offences, complicated frauds and Murders.

Our advocates work as a team and are committed to looking to the future and to developing their experience and successes. Training is delivered to the advocates on a regular basis; we are constantly looking how we can effectively deploy our advocates across the CPS West Midlands to bring diversity of practice to all advocates.

We have a lot to be proud of what we have achieved so far. With these firm foundations set we are committed to provide a high standard of advocacy to the West Midlands.

For further information on the role of the Crown Advocates, please contact our Communications Team via Westmids.coms@cps.gsi.gov.uk