Nicholas Bowen KC

Nicholas Bowen KC

Actions against the police and public authoritieseducationadministrative & public lawbusiness crime and investigationsinquests and public inquiriescommunity care and health, Doughty Street Chambers

Work Department

Actions Against the Police and Public Authorities Education Administrative & Public Law Business Crime and Investigations Inquests and Public Inquiries Community Care and Health

Position

Nicholas Bowen KC specialises in damages claims in tort and under the Human Rights Act against the police and a range of other public authorities.  He is also very well known for his administrative and public law work, particularly in the fields of education, community care and the legal rights of children, the family and vulnerable adults; He public authority liability practice focuses on preventable homicide, serious wrongdoing by public bodies; negligence and misfeasance by the police, psychiatric and health services and social workers.

His private law work has helped to establish many principles in education and tort law which though controversial at the time are now widely accepted.  He is one of the few barristers with a genuine expertise in the crossover between private and public law duties on statutory bodies and has numerous reported cases in the specialist and official law reports. He acts mainly for Claimants but is frequently instructed by Defendants.

Education

Cardiff High School; Sussex University (1983 BA Law); Council for Legal Education (1984).

Mentions

London Bar

Education

HALL OF FAME1

Nicholas Bowen KC – Doughty Street Chambers

London Bar

Police law (claimant)

HALL OF FAME1

Nicholas Bowen KC – Doughty Street Chambers 'Nicholas has a truly first-class legal brain. He fights his cases with passion, commitment and a winning edge. Nicholas has a deep commitment to his clients and is wholly unafraid to speak truth to power.'