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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: health and welfare
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Paul Bowen KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘He is a bold advocate who puts forward his clients’ cases with gusto and passion. He is able to spot unusual and important human rights and public law issues that others may miss.‘
‘Very strong set‘ Brick Court Chambers is home to ‘a full range of highly talented counsel‘ in the public law arena. The ‘tenacious‘ Paul Bowen KC has ‘impressive knowledge of the law of human rights‘, and James McClelland KC‘s ‘tactical advice is spot on‘. Victoria Wakefield KC represented the Church Commissioners for England before the Privy Council in All Saints Spring Park Parochial Church Council v Church Commissioners for England, an appeal concerning the issue of whether the Church could be considered as a public authority for Human Rights Act matters. Malcolm Birdling is ‘a star of the administrative Bar‘; he and Jagoda Klimowicz successfully represented the claimants in R (L J Fairburn & Son and others) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a challenge to the legality of the policy of compensation payable to farmers for the cull of poultry to curb avian influenza, which was alleged to be in violation of Article 1 Protocol 1 rights. Yaaser Vanderman joined the team in July 2024.
The English Bar Offshore > Other expertise
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Paul Bowen KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Paul is a go-to leading counsel for public law disputes with a financial services element. He has a wealth of experience and in-depth knowledge of relevant public law, and, importantly, he is very much hands-on, and is not reluctant to get into the weeds early-on in the proceedings.’