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Iain Steele
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Position
Barrister specialising in administrative and public law, human rights, commercial law and employment law. Recent interesting cases include: R (Carb) v Upper Tribunal (Supreme Court, Scope for Judicial Review of the Upper Tribunal); R (McClure & Moos) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Administrative Court, police kettling at G20 protests); Ahmed & ors v HM Treasury [2010] UKSC 2 (terrorist asset-freezing).
Career
Called 2005; Inner Temple (Princess Royal Scholar); research assistant in the public law team, Law Commission 2003-04; tutor in public law, King’s College, London 2004-05. Publications include: ‘Sex Discrimination and the Material Factor Defence Under the Equal Pay Act 1970 and the Equality Act 2010’ [2010] ‘ILJ’ 264; ‘Judicial Review of the Crown Court and Section 29 (3) of the Supreme Court Act 1981’ [2008] ‘JR’ 180; ‘Negligence Liability for Failing to Prevent Crime – The Human Rights Dimension’ [2008] ‘CLJ’ 239; ‘Judicial Independence: Privy Council Divided’ (2008) 124 LQR 185; ‘Beyond Equal Pay’ (2008) ‘ILJ’ 19; ‘Substantive Legitimate Expectations: Striking the Right Balance’ (2005) 121 ‘LQR’ 300.
Member
ALBA; HRLA; ELBA; ELA; Lawyers for Liberty.
Education
Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen; Queens’ College, Cambridge (MA Law first class); Magdalen College, Oxford (BCL first class; Eldon Law Scholar).
Practice Areas
Administrative and public law; Commercial; Employment
