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Aidan Ellis

Aidan Ellis

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‘One of the chambers at the forefront of this area’, members of Temple Garden Chambers represent clients ranging from states to victims of human rights abuses across a range of international courts. ’A first-rate technical lawyer’, Rodney Dixon KC continues to act for the self-styled East Turkestan Government in Exile concerning allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity, with a number of appearances before the United Nations, and Kathryn Howarth appeared in a judicial review concerning the obligations of the UK Government relating to arms exports and breaches of international human rights law in the conflict in Palestine.  At the junior level, prominent members of the set include the ‘extremely thorough’ Aidan Ellis, who recently defended former acting president of Kosovo Jakup Krasniqi in Kosovo Specialist Chambers proceedings concerning allegations of wartime misconduct.
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Position

Aidan has built a practice representing clients at international courts and tribunals. He has worked on cases before the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. He is currently legal consultant in the Defence team of Mr Bruno Stojic at the ICTY and argued Mr Stojic’s response to the Prosecution’s Appeal before the Appeals Chamber in March 2017. At the ICC, he has worked on the cases of Mr Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (Libya) and Mr Abdallah Banda and Mr Saleh Jerbo (Sudan).

Aidan is an active member of the Association of Defence Counsel practising before the International Courts and Tribunals (“ADC”) and is currently the chairperson of the ADC membership committee and a member of the ADC amicus committee.

Aidan maintains a national civil practice specialising in personal injury. He is particularly interested in personal injury cases with an international / human rights aspect. He is the author of Kevan and Ellis on Credit Hire and the editor of PI Brief Update Law Journal.

Career

Called 2005; Middle Temple.

Memberships

Association of Defence Counsel of the ICTY Administrative and Constitutional Law Bar Association Human Rights Lawyers Association Personal Injury Bar Association

Education

Northamptonshire Grammar School; Downing College, Cambridge (BA, First; LLM, First).

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  • 'It is one of the chambers at the forefront of this area.'
  • 'This is a well known set for outstanding domestic and international criminal and humanitarian law practitioners. Recognised world wide.'
  • 'Temple Garden chambers have a wide variety of barristers, working in different practice areas. A number of the market leaders in the in the field of International Criminal Law are based at Temple Garden.'
  • 'Leading set on international criminal and public law - strength from Silks to juniors.'