Alex Bailin
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Alex Bailin KC (born 23 January 1969) is an English barrister specialising in criminal and international law, together with human rights and media law at Matrix Chambers.[1][2] Bailin is also a legal writer for The Guardian, The Times and The Lawyer, among others.[3][4]
Education and career
Bailin read mathematics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and law at Sussex University.[5] He initially worked as a derivatives trader in the City of London.[1] Bailin was called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) in November 1995 and took silk in 2010.[6][7] Bailin practices in human rights, public and administrative law, public international law, criminal fraud, criminal law and media law.[1][8]
Bailin is a Deputy High Court Judge in the Administrative Court and a Recorder at the Crown Court.[1][9]
Bailin contributes legal articles to The Guardian, The Times, The Lawyer, the New Statesman and various legal journals.[4][9][10]
Cases
Criminal fraud and corporate crime
- R v Railtrack plc and its former Chief Executive (corporate manslaughter, Hatfield rail crash)[11]
- R(Redknapp) v City of London Police 2009 1 WLR 2091 (corruption investigation in premiership football)[11]
- R(Tchenguiz) v SFO (collapse of Kaupthing Bank)[11]
Crime
- R v Katharine Gun (GCHQ employee – Official Secrets Act disclosures relating to the Iraq War)[11][12]
- R v Dunlop (first double jeopardy application to quash a murder acquittal)[11]
Extradition
- USA v Lauri Love (‘forum bar’)[11][13]
- USA v Mike Lynch 2021–present (CEO of Autonomy plc)[14][15][16][17]
Human rights
- R (C & GC) v Metropolitan Police [2011] 1 WLR 1230 (Supreme Court – retention of non-convicted persons' DNA)[11]
- A and others v Home Secretary [2005] 2 AC 68 (House of Lords appeal in Belmarsh case – detention without trial of suspected terrorists)[11]
- Da Silva v UK (European Court of Human Rights [GC], shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes)[11]
Public law
- R(Gentle) v Prime Minister [2008] 1 AC 1356 (House of Lords appeal – legality of Iraq war and duty to hold a public inquiry)[18]
Media law
- Gubarev v BuzzFeed (international defamation claims arising from Trump Dossier)[11][19]
- Litvinenko Inquiry (representing UK print and broadcast media)[11][20]
- David Miranda (Snowden material, journalistic protections)[11]
- Advising The Guardian concerning the publication of WikiLeaks material[11][21]
Publications
- Fraud: Criminal Law & Procedure (Companies Act chapter)
- Human Rights & Criminal Justice (2nd ed., contributing author)
- Blackstone's Criminal Practice (Official Secrets Act chapter)[22]
References
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Matrix Chambers, Matrix Chambers. "Alex Bailin Matrix Chambers Profile". Matrix Chambers Barristers Profile. Matrix Chambers. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alex Bailin QC - Global Investigations Review". globalinvestigationsreview.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The, Lawyer. "Article By Alex Bailin on The Lawyer". The Lawyer. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Guardian, The Guardian (23 March 2010). "Alex Bailin The Guardian Profile". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cambridge University. "Cambridge University Lecture event". Cambridge University. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.qcappointments. "2010 qc appointments list". qcappointments website. qcappointments. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Debretts. "Alex Bailin, Esq, QC's Biography". Debretts. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alex Bailin > Matrix Chambers > London > England | Lawyer Profile". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.UKSCb. "UKSCb Article by Bailin". UKSCb. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alex Bailin, Author at New Statesman". New Statesman. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alex Bailin KC Case List" (PDF). Matrix Chambers. September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Let's free the Official Secrets Act from its cold war freeze | Alex Bailin". the Guardian. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alleged computer hacker Lauri Love faces wait after extradition appeal". Sky News. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Technology tycoon facing extradition begins latest stage of legal battle". guernseypress.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."British businessman Mike Lynch faces extradition to US". the Guardian. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Browning, Jonathan (February 2021). "British Tycoon Mike Lynch Back in Court — This Time Facing U.S." Bloomberg.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mike Lynch can be extradited to US, rules UK court". Financial Times. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Parliament HL. "Judgments – R (on the application of Gentle (FC) and another (FC)) (Appellants) v The Prime Minister and others (Respondents)". HoLJC Judgments. Parliament. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Buzzfeed v Gubarev and Steele judgment" (PDF). Royal Courts of Justice. May 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Litvinenko inquiry witnesses want broadcast ban". BBC News. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.QC, Alex Bailin. "The Assange extradition saga won't be over any time soon". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.al.], Tim Owen ... [et (2005). Blackstone's guide to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-928906-6.
External links
- Alex Bailin Matrix Chambers Profile (Matrix Chambers)
- Alex Bailin Guardian Profile (The Guardian)