Miranda Moore KC
Miranda has cemented her reputation as a leading silk and is a popular choice for complex and high-profile cases.
The breadth of her experience has brought instructions in complex fraud, homicide, corruption as well as cases with data-heavy evidence or vulnerable witnesses. She continues to undertake publicly funded work despite high demand from private clients.
Miranda prosecutes and defends cases of particular complexity including business crime and fraud. She has detailed knowledge of the investigatory process and continues to work with law enforcement agencies in lengthy and high-profile investigations often involving multi-jurisdictional elements. She has security clearance and brings skill and experience to dealing with sensitive material in investigations and trials. Miranda’s expertise with computer generated documentation has made a decisive difference to cases she defends, with major fraud trials turned by her tactical acumen.
Murder/manslaughter
Miranda has a wealth of experience in murder cases of all types. Her expertise in dealing with vulnerable witnesses has seen her instructed on behalf of young gang members (R v Weatherley CCC 2024) vulnerable defendants (R v JW Bristol CC 2025) and a string of well-publicised “mercy killing” cases for both prosecution and defence. She has undertaken many trials involving loss of control and diminished responsibility alongside those presenting complex joint enterprise and secondary-party issues. Miranda has developed particular expertise with forensic matters, including DNA, toxicology, pathology and firearms, having been instructed for many years by the Metropolitan police in the licensing of firearms. She has experience in “shaken baby” cases involving the much commented upon ‘Triad of symptoms’. Some of her more unusual cases have been the subject of television documentaries.
Medical/Dental fraud
Miranda was instructed by the MHRA in the Seroxat enquiry and has recently worked with the ‘NHS Protect Fraud Division’ in a complex dental fraud matter and is currently instructed in a complex healthcare / medicines fraud case. She has been involved in numerous cases involving doctors and nurses who find themselves before the courts for allegations ranging from neglect to sexual assault.
Hi tech and cyber crime
Miranda worked with the Hi-Tech crime unit from its inception. She has been involved in cases of computer hacking and telecom interception. Instructed on the test case for Operation Ore (R v O’Shea) she successfully argued for the integrity of the digital data before the Court of Appeal. She sat on the Home Office Digital Forensics Group set up to investigate and recommend a regulatory structure for this area of forensic science. She lectures on the subject to practitioners (including F3) and law enforcement. She advises on the subject and her expertise has proved invaluable in the myriad fraud cases she undertakes. She was also called in to prosecute Sabine McNeil who used the internet to falsely promote allegations of Satanic child abuse, known as the Hampstead Hoax.
Notable cases
R v Timothy Schools and others, Fraud arising out of a litigation funding company. SFO
R v Parsons Murder caught on voice activated áudio device (TV documentary)
R v Sabine McNeil “The Hampstead Hoax” trial of computer expert (pod cast and TV documentary)
R v Beadman & Harlow, The Kayleigh Hayward ‘facebook grooming murder’. (you tube “Kayleigh’s love story” film for school children).
R v Constantinou The “Wolf of Wall Street” indecent assault case.
R v Salmon, Involving the prosecution of a paediatrician at Stoke Mandeville hospital.
R v JF and NE, A Court of appeal case concerning young offenders convicted of manslaughter.
Appointments
Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1983.
Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2003.
Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn in 2012.
Joint head of chambers in May 2014.
Call: 1983
Silk: 2003
Specialist Areas
VAT number: 397147023