Paul Bowen KC

Paul Bowen KC practises across the spectrum of public and administrative law, often with significant human rights, EU or other international law elements.  He acts domestically and internationally, including offshore.   He has appeared on over twenty occasions in the Supreme Court/ House of Lords and Privy Council and many times in the European Court of Human Rights.  Paul is on the ‘A’ Panel of Counsel to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).   Paul’s clients range from corporations to ordinary individuals, NGOs, public authorities and governments. His current and recent case-load includes: a £multi-billion commercial claim involving parallel criminal proceedings in relation to disclosure issues and the privilege against self-incrimination; a judicial review of pensions regulations; two judicial reviews of Coroners’ refusals to certify an inquest under Article 2 (Supreme Court, Court of Appeal); a judicial review of the Home Office ‘10 year route to settlement’ as it applies to young migrants; a judicial review of the financial regulator in relation to alleged breaches of anti-money laundering regulations (Cayman Islands, Grand Court), a judicial review of a cross-border prisoner transfer (Cayman Islands, Privy Council); appeals against conviction and sentence, including the death penalty (Bermuda and Trinidad, Privy Council); a judicial review of tax information exchange notices in Jersey issued at the request of Norway (Jersey, Privy Council); a judicial review of the regulator of the telecoms industry (Cayman Islands, Grand Court); and a human rights case involving privacy and data protection in relation to the harvesting of online profiles (European Court of Human Rights).