London Bar
Administrative law and human rights
Leading silk2Jude Bunting KC –Doughty Street Chambers 'Jude is supremely intelligent and strategic. What sets him apart is his advocacy - he is charm personified and holds a court room in his rapture.'
Doughty Street Chambers
Barristers
Jude Bunting KC
Doughty Street Chambers, London
- Phone020 7404 1313
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.doughtystreet.co.uk
Work Department
Actions Against the Police and Public Authorities
Business Crime and Investigations
Inquests and Public Inquiries
Media, Defamation and Freedom of Expression
Data Protection and Information Law
International Media Defence
Administrative & Public Law
Position
Jude specialises in judicial review, human rights and media law. He is an expert in arguing novel and high-profile points of law and has acted in 17 cases before the Supreme Court. His practice includes cases involving the rights of the media, surveillance, national security, prisons, police, international law, and women’s rights.
Career
Year of Call: 2006; Year of Slik: 2022.
In 2020, he was named "Public Law Junior of the Year" at the Legal 500 Bar Awards, “Human Rights and Public Law Junior of the Year” at the Chambers and Partners Bar Awards, and "Lawyer of the Week” in The Times. He was also shortlisted for barrister of the year in The Lawyer awards.
He is called to the bar of Northern Ireland and a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission panel of counsel.
Languages
French
Memberships
Association of Prison Lawyers Police Action Lawyers Group Human Rights Lawyers Association Administrative Law Bar Association
Education
Hertford College, Oxford - B.A., Modern History and French, First Class. Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris - Diplôme international de sciences politiques et sociales Nottingham Law School – GDL and BVC. Gray’s Inn - David Karmel Memorial Scholarship (2004). Bedingfield Scholarship (2005). “Special award for achievement” during pupillage (2006). Ellenbogen prize for advocacy (2007).
Mentions
London Bar
Defamation and privacy
Leading silk3Jude Bunting KC –Doughty Street Chambers ‘Jude is one of the standout performers of his generation at the Bar. There is little wonder he took silk at such a young age. Phenomenal performer in court, utterly fearless and he charms the judge with the breadth of his legal knowledge.’
London Bar
Inquests and inquiries
Leading silk4Jude Bunting KC – Doughty Street Chambers ‘Jude is exceptional because he has the courage to take on the fights that others wouldn't. He is collaborative, extremely clever, a brilliant drafter and warm and kind with clients.'
London Bar
Police law (claimant)
Leading silk2Jude Bunting KC – Doughty Street Chambers 'Jude is ferociously clever and dangerously charming. A behemoth of the police law Bar, he is second to none when it comes to representing claimants. He is very creative, quickly wins the ear of his tribunal and should never be underestimated.'