Paul Bowen KC

Practice Areas

Paul Bowen KC practises across the spectrum of public and administrative law, usually with significant human rights and other international law elements. Domestically, he appears principally in the Administrative Court and the appellate courts, with over twenty appearances in the Supreme Court and Privy Council. He also appears in other contexts where discrete public law, discrimination and human rights issues arise including commercial claims, criminal and regulatory investigations, inquests and public inquiries. Paul has a busy international practice, particularly in the Cayman Islands, but also other jurisdictions where the Privy Council is the apex Court. He has acted in many cases in the European Court of Human Rights. Paul is on the ‘A’ Panel of Counsel to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). He acts for corporations, public authorities, governments and ordinary individuals (often represented pro bono), as well as highly regarded NGOs (e.g. EHRC, JCWI, JUSTICE, Liberty, the Public Law Project). His current case-load includes cases in the Supreme Court, Privy Council, Grand Court (Cayman), the Commercial Court and the European Court of Human Rights.