11KBW has ‘has outstanding breadth and depth of high quality counsel’. At the silk level the set can boast the talents of the ’unflappable’ Jason Coppel KC, as well as the ‘exceptionally knowledgeable’ Julian Milford KC , who represented the claimant and the defendant respectively in R (TransActual) v Secretary of State for Health, a judicial review of secondary legislation prohibiting the prescription of puberty blockers to gender-questioning children (other than existing patients or in a future clinical trial) in the wake of the Cass Review. With strength in depth at the junior level, the ’fantastic intellect’ Christopher Knight acted for the Home Secretary in the High Court against a judicial review by the Duke of Sussex concerning the provision of his police protection, and Heather Emmerson represented the claimant in a judicial review - which settled - over a policy of excluding houseboats from the winter fuel allowance.
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Position
Barrister specialising in all aspects of public law, information rights and data protection law. Significant cases include: the Article 50 Brexit case (Miller); the Scottish independence referendum reference (Lord Advocate’s Reference); the challenge to the prorogation of Parliament (Miller/Cherry); recoverability of damages for breach of data protection law (Google v Lloyd); the challenge to the Rwanda deportation policy (AAA); the Covid Inquiry’s powers to order disclosure (Cabinet Office v Chair of UK Covid-19 Inquiry); and changes to Royal protective security (Duke of Sussex).
Career
Called 2008; Inner Temple; College Lecturer in Law, Christ Church, Oxford 2008; judicial assistant to the Justices of the Supreme Court (2009-10). Author of numerous articles, case notes and book reviews in leading academic journals, including the ‘Law Quarterly Review’, ’Cambridge Law Journal’, and ‘Judicial Review’. Co-author of Bradley, Ewing & Knight, ’Constitutional and Administrative Law’ (2022, 18th ed., Pearson). Contributor to ‘The White Book’. Member of Editorial Committee of ’Public Law’.
Memberships
ALBA; ELBA; ELA; ARDL; HRLA
Education
Queens’ College, Cambridge (MA Hons); St John’s College, Oxford (BCL); Inns of Court School of Law (BVC)
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- 'Fantastic clerking run by senior clerk Mark Dann - all very impressive.'
- 'Michael Smith and Mark Dann are both fantastic. They are conscientious and personable.'
- 'Michael Smith and Ivor Stipanovic provide an efficient service: securing availability and input on short notice.'
- '11 KBW is one of the top public law and employment sets. Mark Dann stands out in the clerking team.'
- 'An excellent chambers, always providing high quality work; they offer a diverse range of counsel who have different skill sets and specialisms who can generally assist with most, if not all, public law issues. Their knowledge and specialism is second to none and they can always be relied upon. Cannot recommend enough.'
- 'Great set of barristers; real depth of experience and expertise'
- 'This is a very good set to work with. Good variety and choice of barristers for areas of work and years called. Great clerking team, who are very responsive and work hard to find counsel for you, even on short notice.'
- '11KBW is just fantastic in terms of it breadth and depth of experience. Whatever the issue, Chambers can put forward an exceptional team of Counsel.'