PCB Byrne provides expert legal advice to individuals across all professional and business sectors in criminal matters, ranging from road traffic violations to serious assaults, sexual offences, murder and manslaughter.

Our dedicated team represents clients throughout the entire police investigation process, managing cases from arrest to trial in both Magistrates’ and Crown Courts. We represent prominent figures in business, politics, and the entertainment industry. We regularly represents those within the legal and accountancy professions.

Our team approaches each case with the utmost discretion and sensitivity, often achieving early resolutions to minimise publicity, an essential consideration for the high profile clients that we represent.

We take a proactive approach from the outset of any criminal inquiry, frequently representing individuals who seek advice on how to dissuade authorities from pressing charges after an interview under caution.

Notable Experience

  • Acting for a professional client concerning an allegation of stranger rape. 
  • Representing a professional client defending allegations of perverting the course of justice in relation to a statement he provided to the police, which resulted in the CPS dropping the charges.
  • Representing a well known social media influencer concerning allegations of multiple rapes by his former girlfriend.  
  • Representing a professional client defending allegations of perverting the course of justice in relation to a statement he provided to the police, which resulted in the CPS dropping the charges. 

News & Insights

26.06.26

New Zealand Litigators’ Group Summer Social on Thursday, 23 July

25.06.26

Chambers and Partners 2026 Litigation Support Guide

11.06.26

Nick Ractliff speaking at the TL4 FIRE Channel Islands & Isle of Man Conference in Jersey on 16 June 2026

01.06.26

PCB Byrne Promotes Trevor Mascarenhas to Senior Partner and Appoints Bruce Macmillan as Operating Partner