Edward Franklin
YEAR OF CALL 2006
‘Edward's organisation and legal knowledge is impressive. He has a close attention to detail and excellent judgement. In relation to advocacy, he makes detailed submissions which has the court spellbound.' The Legal 500 2025
Edward Franklin specialises in complex or sensitive criminal cases. He is an experienced jury advocate. He is frequently commended for his written advocacy and advices. Edward has an appetite for hard work and marries intellectual rigour with creativity of thought. He enjoyed a career in commerce before qualifying as a barrister.
Particular areas of practice
- Fraud
- Money Laundering
- Bribery and corruption and misconduct in public office
- Confiscation
- Complex disclosure exercises and LPP issues
- Organised crime
- Sexual crime/human trafficking
- Private Prosecutions
- Corporate Defence
Edward is Direct Access qualified.
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MEMBERSHIPS
CPS Advocate Panel Member, Level 4
Rape and Child Sexual Abuse Specialist Panel Member
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Panel Advocate (Panel B)
Serious Crime Group Specialist Panel Member, Level 4
Fraud Specialist Panel Member, Level 4
Proceeds of Crime Specialist Panel Member, Level 4
APPOINTMENTS
Recorder of the Crown Court 2023
Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Mental Health Tribunal) 2022
PRIZES / AWARDS
Beddingfield Scholarship, The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
The Woolf Scholarship
CPE award, The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
EDUCATION
Classics (MA), The Queen’s College, Oxford University
‘Edward is an intellectual heavyweight. It is apparent from his excellent drafting that he has easy command of complex legal principles. His advocacy is measured and all the more forceful for that. He has mastered the art of emphasis by understatement, and can convey to better effect with a few short words that which many struggle to achieve when addressing courts at great length.’ The Legal 500 2024
