Letitia Egan

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“Red Lion Chambers is noted for its "incredible depth of counsel" with members appearing for both the prosecution and defence across the full spectrum of serious crime.”
Legal 500 (2026)

Personal profile

Letitia defends and prosecutes as both a junior alone and a led junior across the spectrum of criminal offences. She has recently acted in cases of Serious Violence, Drug Offences, Human Trafficking and other Serious & Organised Crime.

Letitia prosecutes at CPS Grade 3 and has been instructed by the SFO as disclosure review counsel. She is therefore well versed in material-heavy cases and complex disclosure exercises.

Letitia also accepts instructions in Regulatory & Professional Disciplinary proceedings, including defending for the Association of Optometrists.

Crime

Letitia has experience in all areas of criminal law.

R v MA (2024) – Led junior defending in a case of attempted murder, possession of firearms and PWITS Class A
R v HB (2024) – Successful defence in a case of Dangerous Driving reliant on witness testimony from serving police officers
R v U & Ors (2024) –Prosecution junior in multi-handed Class A drugs conspiracy
R v AE (2024) – AE was unanimously acquitted of robbery
R v S & Ors (2023) – Prosecution junior in a multi-handed firearms conspiracy in which all defendants were convicted
R v C & Ors (2023) – Letitia represented D1 in a Flying Squad case concerning conspiracy to burgle ATMs
R v AA & Ors (2023) – Led junior defending a large-scale drugs conspiracy and successfully contested POCA proceedings
R v DS (2022) – DS was acquitted of domestic ABH despite being tried in absence.
R v VI (2022) – Letitia’s client was unanimously acquitted of Violent Disorder.

Regulatory & Professional Disciplinary

Featured Cases

GOC v TH (2024) – Letitia successfully appealed the Regulator’s refusal to admit her client to the register of student optometrists due to a criminal caution.
GOP v BS (2023) – No factual findings made against client accused of failing to detect glaucoma. No finding of impairment on admitted charges of poor record-keeping.