1 Crown Office Row

Gareth Rhys accepts instructions across all of 1 Crown Office Row’s areas of specialism and has a broad practice in courts and tribunals up to, and including, the UK Supreme Court.

He has experience acting for individuals, corporate entities and government departments working on matters principally relating to public, administrative and revenue law, although he has experience of customs, environmental law, medical law, personal injury, and immigration, as well as public inquiries and inquests (including Article 2 inquests).

Gareth is a member of the Attorney General’s London C Panel of counsel and undertakes a wide range of work for government departments across Whitehall. Gareth’s background is in public and revenue law. For two years, he was a government barrister at HMRC. He also spent a period as Senior Crown Counsel in St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, advising the Attorney General and acting for the Governments of the territories in a wide range of civil and constitutional proceedings, including judicial reviews.

Call 2019