Professional Profile

June Warwick was called to the Bar in 2009 and is a highly experienced criminal defence barrister with over 15 years’ experience practising at the Criminal Bar. She has appeared both as a junior and leading junior in a wide range of serious and complex criminal cases, including murder, attempted murder, serious fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking, firearms offences, kidnapping, and people trafficking.

June has developed particular expertise in serious fraud and financial crime, including large-scale boiler room frauds, money laundering conspiracies, restraint orders, and confiscation proceedings under POCA. She is regularly instructed to advise both individuals and companies facing allegations of fraud and financial misconduct, and is increasingly sought after for pre-charge advice, early case strategy, disclosure analysis, and tactical correspondence designed to avoid prosecution or narrow the issues at an early stage.

Her experience enables her to work closely with solicitors and professional advisers to formulate effective case plans, often through negotiation and strategic engagement with investigators and prosecutors. June is well known for her tactical judgment, attention to detail, and ability to identify weaknesses in complex prosecutions, particularly those involving extensive documentation, financial evidence, and covert investigative techniques.

June has an extremely successful practice across all areas of criminal defence, and is highly regarded by those who instruct her for her calm authority, thorough preparation, and persuasive courtroom advocacy. She has considerable experience in multi-handed and multi-defendant cases, including large-scale drug conspiracies and organised crime prosecutions. She also has particular expertise in assembling and managing small expert teams, enabling complex criminal and regulatory problems to be resolved without recourse to contested court proceedings where appropriate.

Before being called to the Bar, June worked in-house at a firm of solicitors for 10 years as a paralegal and was accredited to attend police stations. This background gives her a deep and practical understanding of criminal investigations from their earliest stages and informs her pragmatic, client-focused approach to defence work. June is especially valued for her ability to cut through legal jargon and complex points of law, explaining matters clearly and accessibly to clients. This skill, combined with her strong service ethic and meticulous preparation, is particularly appreciated by clients with little or no experience of the criminal justice system.