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.

Education

Essex University and University of Nijmegen (NL) (1996 LLB First Class Hons); Brasenose College, Oxford (1997 BCL).

Mentions

London Bar

Crime

LEADING JUNIORS3

Kevin Baumber – Three Raymond Buildings ‘Kevin has a piercing intellect and is an exceptional lawyer who always has the latest caselaw at his fingertips.' 

London Bar

Inquests and inquiries

LEADING JUNIORS4

Kevin Baumber – Three Raymond Buildings ‘Kevin has a razor-sharp intellect, and is an unstoppable force on his feet. Most opponents wilt before him.’ 

London Bar

Police law (forces and constables)

LEADING JUNIORS2

Kevin Baumber –Three Raymond Buildings ‘Kevin has a razor-sharp intellect. He is a fearsome courtroom advocate, a ruthless cross-examiner and a stellar black letter lawyer.’