David Ball

David specialises in extradition and immigration. He has particular expertise in human rights work, and has been successful in landmark litigation before the European Court of Human Rights (Unuane v UK). Before coming to the Bar David worked at Liberty in test cases pending variously before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice. He also worked at the Immigration Advisory Service, working directly with unaccompanied minors and victims of torture.

He has a busy extradition practice acting on behalf of individuals and judicial authorities requesting states at every level. He is a leading junior, regularly instructed against leading counsel in complex Part 1 and Part 2 matters under the Extradition Act 2003. He has a thorough understanding of international mutual legal assistance having for a number of years advised the Serious Fraud Office in a high profile investigation into multi-million dollar international corporate corruption. He regularly acts in Interpol Red Notice matters.

He is Trustee of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association. He regularly appears before the First Tier, Upper Tier, High Court and Court of Appeal.

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association

Defence Extradition Lawyers’ Forum

Human Rights Lawyers’ Association

David is a contributor to the leading text book on Criminal Judicial Review.

David achieved the highest LLM Distinction in the University of London for his Masters in Human Rights Law at University College London. David has a First Class degree from Durham in English Literature.