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Paul Bowen KC KC
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Paul Bowen KC practises across the spectrum of public and administrative law, often with significant human rights, EU or other international law elements. He acts domestically and internationally, including offshore. He has appeared on over twenty occasions in the Supreme Court/ House of Lords and Privy Council and many times in the European Court of Human Rights. Paul is on the ‘A’ Panel of Counsel to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Paul’s clients range from corporations to ordinary individuals, NGOs, public authorities and governments. His current and recent case-load includes: a £multi-billion commercial claim involving parallel criminal proceedings in relation to disclosure issues and the privilege against self-incrimination; a judicial review of pensions regulations; two judicial reviews of Coroners’ refusals to certify an inquest under Article 2 (Supreme Court, Court of Appeal); a judicial review of the Home Office ‘10 year route to settlement’ as it applies to young migrants; a judicial review of the financial regulator in relation to alleged breaches of anti-money laundering regulations (Cayman Islands, Grand Court), a judicial review of a cross-border prisoner transfer (Cayman Islands, Privy Council); appeals against conviction and sentence, including the death penalty (Bermuda and Trinidad, Privy Council); a judicial review of tax information exchange notices in Jersey issued at the request of Norway (Jersey, Privy Council); a judicial review of the regulator of the telecoms industry (Cayman Islands, Grand Court); and a human rights case involving privacy and data protection in relation to the harvesting of online profiles (European Court of Human Rights).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Paul Bowen KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Paul is excellent in providing well thought out, persuasive and authoritative advice. He is strong on human rights matters.’
At Brick Court Chambers acts on a range of public law matters, straddling work for both humanitarian and business claimants, as well as some public bodies. James McClelland KC represented a Yemeni human rights group in R (CAAT) v Secretary of State for Trade, part of the ongoing litigation seeking to challenge the British government’s sale of arms to Saudi Arabia, which operated a military intervention in Yemen from 2015 until a ceasefire in 2022. Paul Bowen KC and Tim Johnston successfully represented Maples and Calder in a judicial review in the Cayman Islands over the interpretation of the jurisdiction’s 2020 Anti-Money Laundering Rules.
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Paul Bowen KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Paul is a go-to leading counsel with respect to public law and, in particular, judicial review proceedings with a regulatory element. He is an excellent advocate – persuasive, and tough when he needs to be, whilst staying on the right side of the judge.’