London Bar
Administrative law and human rights
HALL OF FAME2Jason Coppel KC –11KBW ‘A fantastic advocate: unassuming, with laser-like intelligence.'
Jason Coppel
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Position
Specialist in public, public procurement, information law, EU law and Human Rights Act issues. Notable recent cases include: T v Home Secretary [2015] 1 AC 49 (disclosure of convictions and cautions on criminal records checks); R (London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association) v Lord Chancellor [2014] EWHC (Admin), [2015] EWHC 295 (Admin) (challenge to the government’s proposed reforms to criminal legal aid); Childrens Rights Alliance for England v Justice Secretary CA, 2012 (duty to inform victims of human rights abuses); Humphreys v HMRC SC, 2012 (splitting of state benefits paid for children); St Prix v SSWP SC, 2012 (EU ‘worker’ status of pregnant woman); Greenwich Community Law Centre v Greenwich LBC CA, 2012 (application of public sector equality duty to tender processes); JBW v Ministry of Justice(CA, 2012 (public service concessions and implied contract terms in tender processes); MPC v ZH CA, 2013 (Mental Capacity Act defence to assault and false imprisonment).
Education
Methodist College Belfast; Brasenose College, Oxford (1990 BA); European University Institute, Florence (1991 LLM).
Mentions
London Bar
Local government (including rating law)
HALL OF FAME4Jason Coppel KC – 11KBW ‘He is careful, thoughtful and rarely outmanoeuvered. A skilled and erudite silk.’
London Bar
Public procurement
HALL OF FAME1Jason Coppel KC – 11KBW ‘A leading KC for public procurement work.'