Tracy Ayling KC

Practice Areas

Tracy is one the foremost silks at the criminal bar. She both prosecutes and defends in multi-handed murder, terrorism cases and serious sex cases. She has acted in some of the highest profile murder cases of recent years in the UK. Tracy is also one of the few silks to successfully secure a Gross Negligence Manslaughter conviction.

Tracy is a leading specialist in matters of public-interest immunity (PII) and disclosure, and she has extensive experience of dealing with cases involving terrorism and national security. She has served as a Special Advocate for the Attorney General since 2010.

Tracy is regularly identified by the directories as a leader in her field.

Tracy is a frequent writer and speaker on criminal law. In February 2020 she took part in a panel discussion with Baroness Hallett entitled “Is the Presumption of Innocence Alive and Well?” as part of the prestigious Social Context of the Law series at Inner Temple. She is also the author of the chapter on disclosure in Vulnerable People and the Criminal Justice System (Cooper and Norton, ed., OUP), the leading book on the participation of vulnerable witnesses and defendants in the criminal justice system.