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Kevin Baumber
Position
Kevin is Head of Three Raymond Buildings Professional Discipline Practice Group. He uses his considerable experience providing specialist advice, drafting and advocacy in disciplinary and performance hearings and IOPC cases. He regularly appears in cases of national press, TV, and radio interest.
Kevin has acted and continues increasingly to be instructed in many Judicial Reviews in important cases that shape the law in this area. He is instructed to advise the Police Federation nationally on discrete issues of law of general importance, and gives lectures and training on law and procedure. He delivered training on the 2020 Regs to barristers, solicitors and a number of police force Federations, including the MPS. He regularly appears in professional discipline hearings and appeals across the country.
He has over 20 years unbroken experience in complex fraud, drugs, sex, and other serious criminal cases.
He also acts for interested persons in Coroners’ Inquests, especially those concerning deaths in custody and high profile cases such as the inquest into the attacks at Fishmonger’s Hall. His knowledge of crime and police regulation and High Court advocacy combine well to provide the particular skill required for this specialist work. Kevin has been appointed as an Assistant Coroner.
Career
Called 1998, Lincoln’s Inn
Assistant Coroner for Hertfordshire
Education
Essex University and University of Nijmegen (NL) (1996 LLB First Class Hons); Brasenose College, Oxford (1997 BCL).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Kevin Baumber – Three Raymond Buildings ‘Kevin brings his criminal nous to the coroners court – sensible and practical.’
London Bar > Police law (forces and constables)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Kevin Baumber –Three Raymond Buildings ‘Kevin is increasingly regarded as a leading authority, if not the authority, in matters relating to police misconduct.’
London Bar > Crime
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Kevin Baumber – Three Raymond Buildings ‘Kevin knows more about police practice and the implementation of those things when they morph into criminal proceedings than any other lawyer in England & Wales. His authority in this field is second to none. He brings a cool detachment, a surgical analysis, and a perfect eye for the killer detail to all that he does. He is at the very top of his game at the moment.’