
No5 Barristers' Chambers
England
Barristers

Philip Rule KC
- Phone0345 210 5555
- Email[email protected]
- Social
Position
Barrister - King's Counsel. Appearances before the Privy Council, Supreme Court of the UK, and Caribbean Court of Justice, as well as appellate courts across many jurisdictions. Undertaking a variety of areas of work, but a particular public and constitutional law, inquests, regulatory and criminal law specialist. Specialist in judicial review, human rights and civil liberties, detention, discrimination, criminal appeals and criminal trials concerning fatalities. Also conducts extradition matters and civil cases involving fundamental rights, employment, civil fraud or misconduct, contentious probate, defamation, and regulatory issues.
Career
Appointed King’s Counsel 2023
Admitted to the Bar of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2024 (general admission).
Appointed amicus curiae to the Caribbean Court of Justice in a matter in 2026.
Admitted to appear in Turks & Caicos Islands 2021
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.