Adam Feest

Call 1994
Email adam.feest@3pb.co.uk
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Adam Feest is ranked as a leading junior by Chambers and Partners Directory 2012: 'Adam Feest ... is a Grade 4 CPS Prosecutor and a Special Advocate in terrorism matters. He prosecuted in the attempted murder trial of R v Aftab Moied.'

Specialising in criminal law, Adam undertakes the whole spectrum of criminal cases. He was appointed to the Attorney General’s List of Special Advocates for Terrorism cases in 2005, as a Crown Court Recorder in 2009 sitting on the Midlands Circuit and in 2010 he was appointed as a Legal Assessor for disciplinary panels of the General Medical Council. Based in Winchester and practising mainly at the eastern end of the Western Circuit, his expertise and reputation have led to him being instructed to deal with complex and important cases all over the country, including Leicestershire, South Wales and Devon. He also appears in the Court of Appeal.

Adam spends most of his time involved in cases consisting of serious violence and public order, rape and serious sexual allegations (against both adults and children), multiple defendants, drugs, fraud and deception. He has also acted as junior counsel in murder cases. He is regularly instructed as a leading junior in complex, multi-handed cases, and in the last few years been instructed in a case involving the supply of cocaine and money laundering charges against 11 defendants, a 16-handed Vietnamese cannabis growing and money laundering conspiracy, a nationwide heroin supply conspiracy involving undercover officers, and a serial sexual abuser and rapist.

In April 2010, Adam dealt with a three-month case which involved allegations of neglect of mentally incapacitated adults who were resident in a home at the time. In what is believed to be the first prosecution of its kind nationally. Complex medical, psychiatric, social care and other technical evidence had to be presented to a Jury in relation to a total of sixteen residents who it was said had been neglected. As well as dealing with criminal offences under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, this case also dealt with Health and Safety and regulatory issues. As a result of his involvement in this case, Adam was asked to speak at a multi-agency conference organised by Hampshire CPS in February 2011 dealing with the protection and prosecution of this type of offence, a seminar which was attended by representatives from CPS nationally, social services, local authorities, regulatory bodies and the police.

In 2009 and 2010, he was lead counsel in a seven-handed case involving offences of credit card fraud, mortgage fraud and housing benefit fraud. This trial lasted six weeks and involved analysis of bank documents, finance agreements and mortgage transactions.

Being involved in Operation Orr in Hampshire, dealing with cases involving indecent images of children downloaded from the internet, he has acquired particular knowledge and expertise in relation to computer and internet evidence and its presentation to a court.

His role as a Special Advocate involves the assessment of disclosure issues in relation to sensitive security service based information in terrorism and other trials. As a consequence of this, Adam has developed vetting status when it comes to national security material.

Notable Cases

Operation Approve [2010] -
Junior Counsel in murder case involving an assault in a house where the victim remained in a coma for five months.

Operation Cinders [2011] -
Six defendants charged with conspiracy to burgle commercial premises across the South of England, and associated money-laundering offences.

Operation Fawley [2010] -
Leading Junior in a case involving allegations of neglect against the owner and manager of a residential home of sixteen mentally incapacitated residents under their care.

Operation Hollow [2011]
- a seven-handed conspiracy to steal involving the theft of cigarettes from a bonded warehouse worth over one million pounds.

R v B [2011]
a man charged with historic and multiple rape and indecency, and taking indecent images.

R v Bayton and others [2011]
- a drugs conspiracy stretching from Devon to Manchester.

R v Belton [2010] All ER (D) 88 (Nov)

R v C [2008] All ER (D) 370 (Apr)

R v D [2010] -
A teacher alleged to have sexually abused multiple victims over many years.

R v Dobney [2011]
- the Chief Druid of Avebury in relation to benefit fraud.

R v Tee [2011] All ER (D) 231 (Feb)