Jason Beer KC

Practice Areas

Jason is recognised as a leading silk, and specialises in public inquiries, inquests, public law and police law – representing a range of clients, including central government, public authorities, police forces, coroners, and corporations.

Jason was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge (QBD and ChD) in 2020, and a Recorder in 2009. He took silk in 2011, and before that was appointed to the A-G’s A Panel of Counsel.

Jason is currently instructed in many of the high-profile cases of the day, including the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry (as Counsel to the Inquiry), the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (for NHS England), the Grenfell Tower Inquiry (for the Government), the Salisbury Poisonings Inquiry (for Counter-Terrorism Policing), and the Keyham Shootings Inquests (for Devon & Cornwall Police).

Jason has been instructed most of the significant inquests and inquiries of the last two decades, including: the Undercover Policing Inquiry, the Fishmongers’ Hall Inquests, the Anthony Grainger Inquiry, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, the Hillsborough Inquests, the Al-Sweady Inquiry, the Leveson Inquiry, the Baha Mousa Inquiry, the Hutton Inquiry, the Shipman Inquiry and the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry.

Jason is the author of Public Inquiries, published by Oxford University Press.

Please visit the 5 Essex Chambers website for Jason’s profile, which sets out full details of his practice including relevant work of note.