Philip Astbury

Year called: 1999

Email Philip Astbury

 

Area of Expertise

Crime

Directories

Ranked: Tier 2 (Legal 500 2025) (Crime Leading Junior) 

 

“Highly experienced in fraud and complex criminal casework”. – Legal 500 2009

Professional Memberships

  • Criminal Bar Association

Clerked by

Rachel Kehoe at Rachel.Kehoe@7HS.co.uk

Or alternatively email Clerks@7HS.co.uk

Practice Overview

Phil prosecutes and defends serious and organised crime. He is a level 4 prosecutor and a member of the RASSO panel. He has been involved in a number of high profile cases in recent years and has considerable experience as leading junior counsel in serious and complex cases.

 

Notable/Recent Cases

Operation Anthropic

Defending allegations of terrorist offences

 

Operation Aloft

Defending allegations of bribery involving Liverpool City Council executives and local contractors

 

Operation View

Prosecuting driver of motor vehicle accused of deliberating driving vehicle into crowds at public event

 

Operation Textile

Defending multi-handed conspiracy to evade duty on imported cigarettes worth approximately £8 million

 

Operation Studio

Defending multi-handed conspiracy to defraud within construction industry

 

Operation Chess

Defended multi-handed conspiracies to possess automatic firearms with intent to endanger life, supply Class A drugs and convert criminal property

 

Operation Thirtieth

Prosecuted multi handed conspiracy to import heroin from Pakistan and distribute within England and Wales.

 

Operation Greenbank

Prosecuted youth for murder of young children at a dance event and associated terrorist offences

Operation Hummingbird

Prosecuted neonatal nurse for murder and attempted murder of babies in her care