Faye Rolfe
Call: 2015
“There are an impressive and well respected pool of advocates at this set.”
Legal 500, 2022
Personal profile
Faye Rolfe is a determined advocate with an eye for detail. She has a busy practice across the range of Chambers’ practice areas, both defending and prosecuting. Faye is regularly instructed in trials for offences of dishonesty, Serious Violence, Drugs Offences, Sexual Offences, Road Traffic Offences, Fraud and contested Restraint, Civil Recovery & Confiscation proceedings, and cases brought by the Insolvency Service.
Faye prosecutes on behalf of the CPS as a Grade 3 panel advocate in General Crime, Serious & Organised Crime and at Grade 2 in Fraud. When defending Faye noted for her tenacity and generous client care.
Faye welcomes instructions across the spectrum of work. She would be particularly well suited to cases of a technical nature or requiring quick mastery of technical information given her background in science.
Faye’s current & recent caseload includes the following:
• Prosecution junior in a multi-handed fraud and money laundering trial
• Defending those accused of sexual offending including child sex offences, voyeurism, rape and sexual assault
• Prosecution junior in a historic sexual offences case involving 4 complainants
• Defence in a case of serious facial wounding of a teenage girl
• Prosecution junior in a conspiracy to import wholesale volumes of drugs
• Defending in a conspiracy to facilitate illegal immigration
• Prosecuting an Encrochat drugs conspiracy involving conspiracy to commit GBH against an associate.
Faye is an active member of the Bar, giving her time as a committee member to both the Young Fraud Lawyers Association and the South Eastern Circuit.
Crime
Faye has a busy practice both defending and prosecuting Crime. Faye is regularly instructed in trials for offences of dishonesty, Serious Violence, Drug Offences, Sexual Offences, Road Traffic Offences, Fraud and contested Restraint, Civil Recovery & Confiscation proceedings
Faye prosecutes on behalf of the CPS as a Grade 3 panel advocate in General Crime, Serious & Organised Crime.
Featured cases:
Faye’s current & recent caseload includes the following:
- Prosecution junior in a case child cruelty inflicted on a baby by their foster carer
- Defending those accused of sexual offending including child sex offences, voyeurism, rape and sexual assault
- Prosecution junior in a historic sexual offences case involving 4 complainants
- Defence in a case of serious facial wounding of a teenage girl
- Prosecution junior in a conspiracy to import wholesale volumes of drugs
- Defending in a conspiracy to facilitate illegal immigration
- Prosecuting an Encrochat drugs conspiracy involving conspiracy to commit GBH against an associate.
Regulatory & Professional Disciplinary
In addition to her Crime practice, Faye accepts work in the area of Regulatory & Professional Disciplinary. She has applied the scientific expertise gained during her biomedical degree to a number of serious cases before the Nursing and Midwifery Council, where she has both presented and defended cases. Faye has also assisted senior members of chambers in advisory work for and against the General Medical Council, General Dentistry Council and Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Faye has recently undertaken the Coroners and Inquests Short Course at King’s College London and would welcome instructions in this area.
Featured cases:
- NMC v K – A seven-day hearing involving charges of dishonesty around the death of a vulnerable patient.
- NMC v H – A 13-day case in which the cause of a patient’s life-altering injuries were heavily debated by three clinical experts.
- GMC – Dr B – the first case brought against a doctor involved in climate protest.
Fraud
Faye is instructed as prosecution junior in cases brought by the National Crime Agency and Serious Economic Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID) of the Crown Prosecution Service.
Between 2021-2022 alongside her court practice, Faye was seconded to the Serious Fraud Office as Review Counsel managing the review of material as part of an investigation into international Bribery & Corruption. Faye has also been part of defence teams undertaking large-scale disclosure review exercises in SFO prosecutions, civil disputes and Internal Investigations both for large corporates and individuals.
Faye has been a committee member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association since 2023, a society aimed at bringing together and deepening the knowledge of professionals working in the field of criminal and civil fraud.
Featured cases:
- Prosecution junior in a multi-handed fraud and money laundering trial for the CPS
- Prosecution junior in an NCA-investigated money laundering trial
- Prosecution junior for an HMRC-investigated money laundering trial
Inquests & Inquiries
Faye has been instructed by the Royal College of Nursing to represent their members at inquest arising from the death of patients under their care. Faye also represents and advises families of the bereaved.
Education
- Bar Professional Training Course, University of Law
- Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP
- MA Honours in Natural Sciences (Biological & Biomedical Science), Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
Awards
Accreditations
- ‘Coroners and Inquests’ course at King’s College London taught by former Chief Coroner of England and Wales, Sir Peter Thornton QC (December 2019)
- ‘Advocacy and the Vulnerable’ Training (March 2018)
- ‘Youth Justice Advocacy Training for Pupils and Junior Barristers’ (February 2018).
Awards
- Middle Temple Rosina Hare Scholarship (2014)
Professional appointments
- CPS Panel Advocate (Grade 3) in General Crime, Serious & Organised Crime
- CPS Grade 2 in Fraud
Memberships
- Young Fraud Lawyers Association (Social Secretary)
- South Eastern Circuit (Second Assistant Junior)
- Criminal Bar Association
- Women in Criminal Law
- Female Fraud Forum