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Philip Rule KC

Position

Barrister – King’s Counsel. Undertaking a variety of areas of work, but a particular public law, inquests, regulatory and criminal law specialist. Specialist in judicial review, human rights and civil liberties, detention, criminal appeals and criminal trials concerning fatalities. Also conducts civil cases involving fundamental rights and regulatory issues.

Career

Admitted to appear in Turks & Caicos Islands 2021

Called to the Bar of the Cayman Islands 2017.

Legal Aid Barrister of the Year 2017 (awarded by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group).

Head of the Public Law Group

Appointed to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission Panel of preferred counsel 2019

HSE, CQC, Env. Agency, et al, Regulatory Counsel panel appointee

Direct Access qualified 2011

Pupil supervisor 2010

Admitted to International Criminal Court’s list of assistants to counsel at the Hague; CPS specialist fraud panel; CPS specialist serious crime group panel; CPS prosecution advocates list for London, South East and Western Circuits; appointed to Attorney-General’s Unified List of Prosecution Advocates.

Called to the Bar of England & Wales 2001 Lincolns Inn.

Memberships

Human Rights Lawyers’ Association Executive Committee

Administrative Law Bar Association

Criminal Bar Association

Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association

Education

Inns of Court School of Law (Bar Vocational Course); City University (2001 DpL); University of Southampton (2000 LLB Hons); Berkhamsted Collegiate School. Lincoln’s Inn Walter Wigglesworth QC Scholarship 2001; Southampton University Internal Debating Competition Prize 2000; The Swords Prize 2000 (best undergraduate dissertation in law at Southampton) 1999; Lincoln’s Inn Hardwicke Scholar.

Leisure

Supporter of Saracens rugby club. Plays squash and enjoys walking in the countryside.