Oscar Robins

Prior to joining the Bar, Oscar completed his undergraduate law degree at Trinity College, University of Oxford. He then went on to undertake the Bar Course, supported by the prestigious Quartercentenary Scholarship from the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.

In first six, Oscar undertook work for several senior members of Chambers, including assisting Edward Henry KC in drafting grounds of appeal against conviction and conducting research on DNA evidence in firearms cases.

Alongside pupillage Oscar has continued to sit as the Chair of the Independent Review Panel on School Exclusions for Essex County Council. Oscar has also been invited during pupillage to deliver court room skills training to new officers in Northamptonshire Police.

During second six, Oscar has enjoyed a busy practice in the Magistrates’, Youth, and Crown Courts.

Expertise

Notable Crime cases

R v PH, Hastings Magistrates’ Court [2025]

Acquittal on charges of stalking with fear of violence and assault by beating. The trial consisted of CCTV, mobile phone exhibits, and four live witnesses. Involved the careful cross-examination of a vulnerable complainant on text messages she had sent in the few days before the stalking was alleged to have begun.

R v OU, Bromley Magistrates’ Court [2025]

Privately instructed to represent a man with no previous convictions in a trial alleging the battery of a child in a hospital car park. The defendant was acquitted and retained his exemplary character as a Christian Youth Pastor.

R v HB, Willesden Magistrates’ Court [2025]

Secured an 18 month conditional discharge for a female senior nurse charged with sharing an intimate photograph of another intending to cause alarm, humiliation, or distress.

R v AA, Wimbledon Youth Court [2025]

Persuaded a District Judge to impose a referral order where AA had turned 18 during proceedings, applying s.29 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963. AA had arrived in the country at age 12 and did not have any contact with family. This followed guilty pleas to two robberies.

R v MS, Bexleyheath Magistrates’ Court [2025]

Privately instructed to represent MS at a sentence hearing for an HGV driver who crashed into a railway bridge causing delays valued at several thousand pounds. After submissions the sentence passed was an absolute discharge, ensuring his career is not in jeopardy.

R v VD, Ipswich Magistrates’ Court [2025]

Currently privately instructed in a dangerous dog case turning on the evidence of an expert on the causation of a dog bite.

R v KM, Wimbledon Youth Court [2025]

Currently instructed in a four day Youth Court trial involving allegations of two knife point robberies, possession of a machete, and dangerous driving.

BA Jurisprudence, Trinity College, University of Oxford (2018-2022)
Sally Ball Prize for European Union Law
Bar Course, Inns of Court College of Advocacy, Quartercentenary Scholar from Middle Temple (2024)

Interview with Barrister Alexandra Wilson

Awards:

Sally Ball Prize for European Union Law

Scholarships:

Bar Course, Inns of Court College of Advocacy, Quatercentenary Scholar from Middle Temple (2024)