Katie Bacon
Call: 2023
“Excellent criminal set with a justifiable reputation as a market leader.”
Legal 500, 2022
Personal profile
Katie appears for the prosecution and defence in all criminal matters in the Magistrates’ Court, Youth Court and Crown Court. She is a CPS Grade 2 panel advocate.
Katie has represented defendants at trial in a wide range of cases, including section 20 grievous bodily harm, making a threat to kill, ABH, breach of restraining order and possession of Class A drugs. Katie also has experience in cases of financial crime, including as a disclosure junior.
In addition to her criminal practice, Katie has experience in quasi-criminal matters including cases involving Criminal Behaviour Orders, Sexual Harm Prevention Orders and Sexual Risk Orders.
Katie accepts instructions as part of the Attorney General’s Junior Junior Scheme.
Alongside her practice, Katie volunteers with Bridging The Bar and is a member of the CBA Education & Training Sub-Committee.
Crime
Katie represents defendants in the Magistrates’ Court, Youth Court and Crown Court in all criminal matters.
Katie also prosecutes on behalf of the CPS as a Grade 2 panel advocate.
Featured Cases:
- R v B (2025) – Appeared for a mother at trial alleged to have assaulted two of her children and ex-partner, defendant acquitted of two of three offences.
- R v A (2025) – Represented a person who received a suspended sentence order, following two dwelling burglaries and two thefts at the home of businesswoman, Baroness Karren Brady. [Press Report]
- R v X (2025) – Represented a person in proceedings involving contested age, the prosecution conceded the defendant was a child on the day of the contested hearing and later discontinued the case.
- R v J (2024) – Appeared for the prosecution at trial in the Crown Court for burglary in which the defendant was convicted.
- R v OW (2024) – Represented a defendant in the Crown Court acquitted of assaulting an emergency worker at trial.
- R v R (2024) – Appeared at trial for a defendant in the Youth Court acquitted of section 20 grievous bodily harm.
Business Crime & Fraud
Katie is building a practice in business crime and fraud and welcomes instructions to prosecute and defend in this area.
Katie has experience as disclosure counsel for the prosecution and has also prosecuted on behalf of the Insolvency Service.
Katie assisted Gillian Jones KC to write the revised chapter on Fraud Investigations by the National Crime Agency for the forthcoming edition of Montgomery and Ormerod on Fraud.
Inquests & Inquiries
Katie has experience in the Coroners’ Court, having represented an interested person in an inquest into the death of a motorcyclist.
Katie has completed the LAG and Doughty Street Chambers Introduction to Inquests training.
Regulatory & Professional Disciplinary
Katie worked with Sailesh Mehta as a devil to advise a company on potential breaches of Russian sanctions.
Education
- 2023 – Inns of Court College of Advocacy, Postgraduate Diploma in Bar Practice – Distinction
- 2022 – University of Oxford, BA Jurisprudence – 2.1
Awards
- Inner Temple Major Scholarship
Publications
RLC Focus – Leveson Part 1: Abolishing Jury Trial in Complex Fraud (16 July 2025), Co-author with Ed Vickers KC, Faras Baloch and Anita Clifford
Corporate liability: a missed opportunity?, The New Law Journal (8 March 2024), Co-author with Tom Forster KC
Memberships
- CBA
- Women in Criminal Law
- Female Fraud Forum
- Young Fraud Lawyers Association
- Financial Services Lawyers Association
- Administrative Law Bar Association
- INQUEST