2 Hare Court

Jack Gilliland is a highly regarded junior barrister with a broad, multi-disciplinary practice spanning criminal law, inquests, public inquiries, professional discipline, and international advisory work.

Jack is frequently instructed in complex and serious cases before the Crown Court, involving offences such as violence, firearms, drugs, fraud, and money laundering. He acts for both the prosecution and defence, whether led or as sole counsel. Notably, he was instructed by the Attorney General of Jersey to provide pre-charge advice on high-profile investigations, including a multi-handed attempted murder case.

Jack also has extensive experience representing individuals and organisations in inquests and inquiries. He regularly acts for medical professionals in fitness-to-practise proceedings before healthcare regulators, including cases involving allegations of dishonesty or sexual misconduct. In a recent matter, he successfully persuaded a panel to recuse itself following the inadvertent disclosure of highly prejudicial material by the regulator.

In public inquiries, Jack was recently instructed as junior counsel to the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan, where he drew upon his prior military experience. His civil practice includes representing local authorities, seeking various orders, injunctions, and remedies.

Before coming to the Bar, Jack served as a commissioned officer in the British Army, where he worked extensively with sensitive material in both domestic and international contexts. He also gained valuable experience in financial services and public affairs, having worked for Citi Private Bank in New York and a leading public affairs firm in Washington, D.C.

Year of call: 2019.

CPS Advocate Panel – Level 2; Government Legal Department Junior Junior; Honourable Society of the Middle Temple; Criminal Bar Association; Young Fraud Lawyers Association.

B.A. (Hons) Political Science (First Class), University of Birmingham; Mountbatten Programme, New York; Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow, Washington, D.C.; Commissioning Course, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School; Bar Professional Training Course, City Law School; Diplock Scholarship, Middle Temple; Law School Dean’s Scholarship, BPP Law School; BPTC Scholarship, City Law School.