Owen Davies QC

Owen Davies QC is joint Head of Chambers with Courtenay Griffiths QC

Practice

Public law: public interest challenges in the field of environment (the Greenpeace THORP case), government policy (the Pergau Dam case, the Save Our Railways cases), human rights and mental health.

Criminal defence: including serious fraud, homicide, drugs and computer misuse.

Extradition: at all levels; cases from the Astrid Proll case [1979] and including R v Bow St Magistrate ex p. Pinochet.

Law for the protection of the environment: Standing Counsel for Greenpeace

Immigration: especially asylum, deportation, family reunion and freedom of movement and nationality cases.

Publications

Owen has published numerous articles on human rights, criminal law, law and information technology, public law, extradition, humanitarian laws of war, and German legal affairs. Teaching materials on human rights and advocacy.

Teacher of advocacy at the Inner Temple and seminars on judicial review as part of the Bar Continuing Education programme.

Societies

Associate fellow of Society of Advanced Legal Studies, Amnesty Lawyers' Group, Bar European Group, Criminal Bar Association, Immigration Law Practitioners? Association, Lawyers for Liberty, JUSTICE, Society for Computers and Law and Public and Administrative Law Bar Association.

Other activities

Expert tutor to the Judicial Studies Board in human rights law, Member of Foreign and Commonwealth Pro Bono Panel, Master of the Bench Inner Temple, Chair of Pupils and Student Affairs Committee Inner Temple, Teacher of Advocacy at Inner Temple and at the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia at the Hague, and Chair of Public and Administrative Law Bar Association.

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Queen's Counsel

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