Rupert Bowers

Rupert Bowers QC is a well-known English barrister.

Biography

He was called to the bar in 1995 and now practises from Doughty Street chambers in London. Over the years he has represented a number of high-profile figures, including Lord Hanningfield, George Galloway, and Harry Redknapp, successfully challenging the dawn raid on his home by the City of London Police,[1] Jermain Defoe, Bradley Wright-Phillips[2] and Ben Thatcher[3] at the Football Association enquiry into his tackle on Pedro Mendes.

In 2006 Bowers co-authored the Oxford University Press guide to the Terrorism Act 2006 together with other members of his chambers. Specialising in criminal law, extradition, judicial review and sport related matters he commonly represents the rights of the individual against government organisations and the police. Bowers acted for the Claimants in a High Court review of the legality of the arrest and detention of suspected terrorists in Operation Pathway. These arrests followed the photographing of confidential documents carried by the then counter terrorism chief Bob Quick outside 10 Downing Street on 8 April 2009. The case has now been considered by European Court of Human Rights. Bowers was also involved in the ultimately unsuccessful application to commit Colin Port, Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset, to prison for contempt of a High Court order.[4]

gollark: > You could argue that it's an action of a protest, but a) protest is taken after negotiations fail, and there were no negotiations, b) there's a thing called self-preservation.I have no idea what this is actually supposed to mean, so I can't respond to it much.
gollark: If you do a thing, and it turns out to not fix a problem, it does not follow that you should just immediately increase the thing further.
gollark: Metadiscussion being tightly restricted and controlled sounds more like a way to consolidate palaiologistic power than something to actually generally benefit the community.
gollark: Fascinating.
gollark: Well, in that case, I unsupport this.

References
  1. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/reports/article4143667.ece (subscription required)
  2. "Wright-Phillips cleared of nightclub theft". The Independent. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  3. Taylor, Daniel (13 September 2006). "Eight matches out plus 15 suspended for Thatcher". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  4. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6512468.ece (subscription required)
  • Blackstone's Guide to the Terrorism Act 2006
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