R v IS (Inner London Crown Court 2024)
London Homicide Division of the CPS - Instructed by the CPS homicide division (as a junior alone) to prosecute an individual accused of the murder of a 19 year old male on a London street.
Nicholas is a criminal barrister who enjoys complementary practices in extradition and crime (with an emphasis on homicide, fraud and cases with an international dimension). Nicholas also advises individuals who are (or fear they may be) the subject of INTERPOL Red Notices. He is co-author of “David & Hearn – A Practical Guide to INTERPOL and Red Notices” (originally published by Bloomsbury 2018, 2nd Edition published by Bloomsbury in 2024). Nicholas can provide comprehensive advice regarding the procedure for obtaining information held by Interpol and applications for the deletion of such material and the lifting of Red Notices.
Nicholas’ practice has an emphasis on homicide, fraud and cases with an international dimension. He was monitored for Treasury Counsel from August 2021 and appointed Junior Treasury Counsel in April 2024. He is also a member of the Serious Fraud Office’s A panel of prosecuting counsel.
London Homicide Division of the CPS - Instructed by the CPS homicide division (as a junior alone) to prosecute an individual accused of the murder of a 19 year old male on a London street.
Instructed by the CPS homicide division (with Bill Emlyn Jones KC) to prosecute an individual accused of the historic murder of a sex worker in a flat in Marylebone in 1994.
Instructed by the CPS homicide division (with Julian Evans KC) to prosecute two juvenile defendants accused of the murder of a 14-year-old boy with a ceremonial sword on an East London street.
CPS Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID) - Instructed by SEOICD (as a leading junior) to prosecute three individuals accused of using a charity to defraud HMRC of over £3 million in Gift Aid payments.
Instructed by SEOCID (as a leading junior) to prosecute two individuals accused of conspiring to facilitate illegal immigration by making arrangements for migrants to be clandestinely transported into the UK in lorries and in light aircraft.
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) – Instructed by the SFO (with Rachel Barnes KC) to advise in relation to contemplated criminal proceedings following a self-report by a corporate entity in relation to offences of bribery.
Instructed by the SFO (with Sean Larkin KC) to prosecute three individuals accused of bribery and corruption offences. The case concerned one of the first prosecutions of human defendants following a Deferred Prosecution Agreement entered into between a corporate defendant and the SFO.
Instructed by CPS Sussex (with Caroline Carberry KC) to prosecute a man accused of the murder of his ex-wife in their former family home.
Instructed by the CPS Special Crime Division (with Caroline Haughey KC) to prosecute seven individuals in what was estimated to be the largest modern slavery investigation in Europe (over 250 victims of human trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation were identified). The investigation was featured by the BBC’s Panorama programme in September 2019.
Instructed by the CPS special Crime Division (with Caroline Carberry KC) to prosecute an individual accused of deliberately infecting 10 men with the HIV virus. The case resulted in the first conviction for a s18 offence in the context of transmission of the HIV virus.
Nicholas has practised in the field of extradition law for over fifteen years. He appears on behalf of both requesting states and requested persons. He has been ranked as a “Tier One Junior” for International Crime and Extradition by the Legal 500 for several years. He is regularly instructed as a leading junior in cases before the Divisional Court.
Nicholas is frequently instructed as a leading junior in the Divisional Court. In 2016, Nicholas appeared in the Supreme Court led by Mark Summers KC (Goluchowski & Sas [2016] UKSC 36).
Instructed on behalf of the Government of India (with Helen Malcom KC) in relation to an extradition request for a high-profile Indian businessman alleged to have defrauded an Indian bank of in excess of $1bn.
Instructed as leading junior on behalf of the GOS in relation to this extradition request for the former owner of the Racing Santander football club accused of a £25m fraud relating to the fraudulent offering of commercial loans.
Instructed on behalf of the United States Government (with Joel Smith KC) in relation to this high profile request for the extradition of a woman accused of the murder of two of her children and seriously injuring a third child.
Emma Makepeace
Deputy Senior Clerk
“Nicholas Hearn is committed to his cases and really delves into the details.” Chambers UK 2024: Extradition
“Nicholas is diligent in understanding the material of a case so that he can deploy it effectively before the court.” Legal 500 2024: International Crime and Extradition
He is an assured performer with a good knowledge of extradition law.” Legal 500 2023: International Crime and Extradition
“He has an incredible eye for detail and is always completely dedicated to complicated Part 2 Extradition Act work.” Chambers UK 2023: Extradition
Criminal Bar Association
Extradition Lawyers Association
Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum
Called to the Bar (Middle Temple) 2007
Bar Vocational Course – Inns of Court School of Law
LLB (Hons) King’s College London
“A Practical Guide to INTERPOL and Red Notices”
1st edition published 2018, co-authored with Christopher David.
2nd edition published 2024, co-authored with Christopher David (Clifford Chance) and Ben Brandon (Mishcon De Reya).
Junior Treasury Counsel (2024)
Treasury Counsel Monitoree (2021)
Member of the Serious Fraud Office’s A panel of Prosecuting Counsel (2020)
Before his call to the Bar, Nicholas worked for white collar law firm, Kingsley Napley, where he assisted in the management and review of disclosure for the second defendant in a four month trial at Southwark Crown Court, arising out of the collapse of the “Independent Insurance Company” with a loss in the region of 1 billion (R v Bright & Others).
In 2005 Nicholas completed an internship at the Gulf Region Advocacy Centre (GRACE) in Houston, Texas. GRACE provides free legal representation to indigent individuals on death row in Texas. During his internship Nicholas liaised between office based lawyers and inmates on death row and assisted with research and investigation in support of appeals against the imposition of the death penalty.
I, Nicholas Hearn, am a data controller and can be contacted at 3 Raymond Buildings, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5BH or by telephone on 020 7400 6400 or by email at nicholas.hearn@3rblaw.com. My Data Protection Policy can be found here.
All personal data that I process is for the purposes of providing legal services, conducting conflict-checks, marketing, defending potential complaints, legal proceedings or fee disputes, keeping anti-money laundering records, training other barristers and pupils and when providing work-shadowing opportunities, and/or exercising a right to a lien. The types of data I process vary upon the nature of the legal matter in relation to which I am engaged to advise, but can include names, contact details, biographic details and ‘special category personal data’ (such as details of racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, health, sex life and criminal convictions and proceedings).
Depending upon the circumstances of the case, the legal bases upon which I process personal data are (i) the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract, (ii) the processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations to which I am subject, or (iii) the processing is necessary for the legitimate interests set out above, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subjects which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. When I rely on (iii) legitimate interests, my ‘Legitimate Interests Assessment’ can be found here. When I process data which has not been obtained directly from the data subject (eg personal data contained in evidential materials), it will have been supplied to me as part of my instructions in circumstances covered by legal professional privilege.
Depending upon the circumstances of the case, I may share the personal data with:
I retain personal data for no longer than 7 years after the case has come to an end or as otherwise required by law.
I do not intend to transfer data to any country which is not either within the European Union, or otherwise permitted by UK data protection legislation.
Under the UK GDPR, data subjects whose personal data I process have the right to request from me access to, and rectification or erasure of, their personal data, the right to the restriction of processing concerning them, the right to object to processing as well as the right to data portability. Data subjects also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).
In cases where there is a contract between me and the data subject, the provision of personal data is a contractual requirement and the data subject is obliged to provide the personal data in order that I can supply legal services. A failure to provide such data may mean that I will not be able to provide those legal services.
Rev 2.1 05.09.2024
Nicholas Hearn is qualified to accept instructions direct from clients under the Bar Council’s Public Access Scheme. This means that members of the public who seek specialist advice can come direct to him. In addition, he welcomes instructions from solicitors, in-house law departments, qualified foreign lawyers, and clients licensed by the Bar Council to give instructions direct to barristers under the Bar Council’s Licensed Access Scheme.
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