Alex Bailin Explained

Alex Bailin KC (born 23 January 1969) is an English barrister specialising in criminal and international law, together with human rights and media law at Matrix Chambers.^{[1] [2]} Bailin is also a legal writer for The Guardian, The Times and The Lawyer, among others.^{[3] [4]}

Education and career

Bailin read mathematics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and law at Sussex University.^[5] He initially worked as a derivatives trader in the City of London. Bailin was called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) in November 1995 and took silk in 2010.^{[6] [7]} Bailin practices in human rights, public and administrative law, public international law, criminal fraud, criminal law and media law.^[8]

Bailin is a Deputy High Court Judge in the Administrative Court and a Recorder at the Crown Court.

Bailin contributes legal articles to The Guardian, The Times, The Lawyer, the New Statesman and various legal journals.^{[9] [10]}

Cases

Criminal fraud and corporate crime

• R v Railtrack plc and its former Chief Executive (corporate manslaughter, Hatfield rail crash)^[11]
• R(Redknapp) v City of London Police 2009 1 WLR 2091 (corruption investigation in premiership football)
• R(Tchenguiz) v SFO (collapse of Kaupthing Bank)

Crime

• R v Katharine Gun (GCHQ employee – Official Secrets Act disclosures relating to the Iraq War)^[12]
• R v Dunlop (first double jeopardy application to quash a murder acquittal)

Extradition

• USA v Lauri Love (‘forum bar’)^[13]
• USA v Mike Lynch 2021-present (CEO of Autonomy plc)^{[14] [15] [16] [17]}

Human rights

• R (C & GC) v Metropolitan Police [2011] 1 WLR 1230 (Supreme Court – retention of non-convicted persons' DNA)
• A and others v Home Secretary [2005] 2 AC 68 (House of Lords appeal in Belmarsh case – detention without trial of suspected terrorists)
• Da Silva v UK (European Court of Human Rights [GC], shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes)

Public law

• R(Gentle) v Prime Minister [2008] 1 AC 1356 (House of Lords appeal – legality of Iraq war and duty to hold a public inquiry)^[18]

Media law

• Gubarev v BuzzFeed (international defamation claims arising from Trump Dossier)^[19]
• Litvinenko Inquiry (representing UK print and broadcast media)^[20]
• David Miranda (Snowden material, journalistic protections)
• Advising The Guardian concerning the publication of WikiLeaks material^[21]

Publications

• Fraud: Criminal Law & Procedure (Companies Act chapter)
• Human Rights & Criminal Justice (2nd ed., contributing author)
• Blackstone's Criminal Practice (Official Secrets Act chapter)^[22]

External links

• Alex Bailin Matrix Chambers Profile (Matrix Chambers)
• Alex Bailin Guardian Profile (The Guardian)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Matrix Chambers. Matrix Chambers. Alex Bailin Matrix Chambers Profile. Matrix Chambers Barristers Profile. Matrix Chambers. 18 July 2011.
2. Web site: Alex Bailin QC - Global Investigations Review . 2022-09-30 . globalinvestigationsreview.com . en.
3. Web site: The. Lawyer. Article By Alex Bailin on The Lawyer. The Lawyer. 18 July 2011.
4. News: The Guardian. The Guardian. Alex Bailin The Guardian Profile. The Guardian. 18 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713060052/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/alex-bailin. 13 July 2011 . live. London. 23 March 2010.
5. Web site: Cambridge University. Cambridge University Lecture event. Cambridge University. 19 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927153728/http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events/2011/02/culs-lecture-life-at-the-modern-bar-human-rights-and-criminal-law/1436. 27 September 2011. dead. dmy-all.
6. Web site: qcappointments . 2010 qc appointments list . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920233222/http://www.qcappointments.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/List-of-Appointed-Applicants-2009-10.doc . dead . 20 September 2011 . qcappointments website . qcappointments . 19 July 2011 .
7. Web site: Debretts. Alex Bailin, Esq, QC's Biography. Debretts. 18 July 2011.
8. Web site: Alex Bailin > Matrix Chambers > London > England Lawyer Profile . 2022-09-30 . www.legal500.com.
9. Web site: UKSCb. UKSCb Article by Bailin. UKSCb. 19 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707181000/http://ukscblog.com/case-comment-r-smith-v-secretary-of-state-for-defence-2010-uksc-29. 7 July 2011 . live.
10. Web site: Alex Bailin, Author at New Statesman . 2022-09-30 . New Statesman . en-US.
11. Web site: September 2022 . Alex Bailin KC Case List . Matrix Chambers.
12. Web site: 2011-09-22 . Let's free the Official Secrets Act from its cold war freeze Alex Bailin . 2022-09-30 . the Guardian . en.
13. Web site: Alleged computer hacker Lauri Love faces wait after extradition appeal . 2022-09-30 . Sky News . en.
14. Web site: Technology tycoon facing extradition begins latest stage of legal battle . 2022-09-30 . guernseypress.com . en.
15. Web site: 2021-07-22 . British businessman Mike Lynch faces extradition to US . 2022-09-30 . the Guardian . en.
16. Web site: Browning . Jonathan . February 2021 . British Tycoon Mike Lynch Back in Court — This Time Facing U.S. . Bloomberg.
17. News: 2021-07-22 . Mike Lynch can be extradited to US, rules UK court . Financial Times . 2022-09-30.
18. Web site: Parliament HL. Judgments – R (on the application of Gentle (FC) and another (FC)) (Appellants) v The Prime Minister and others (Respondents). HoLJC Judgments. Parliament. 19 July 2011.
19. Web site: May 2018 . Buzzfeed v Gubarev and Steele judgment . Royal Courts of Justice.
20. News: 2014-11-14 . Litvinenko inquiry witnesses want broadcast ban . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-09-30.
21. News: QC . Alex Bailin . The Assange extradition saga won't be over any time soon . . en . 2022-09-30 . 0140-0460.
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