News: Ben Watson KC

Supreme Court upholds amendments to Detention at His Majesty’s Pleasure

Ben Watson KC acted for the Secretary of State before the Supreme Court, which upheld the ECHR compatibility of amendments to...

22nd September 2026

Chambers UK Bar Awards 2026

Chambers is delighted to announce that we have received nominations in two categories for the 2026 Chambers UK Bar Awards. ...

13th August 2026

Court of Appeal finds proscription of Palestine Action lawful

On 15 June 2026, a five-member Court of Appeal presided over by the Lady Chief Justice and including the Master of the Rolls,...

17th June 2026

Albanian Blood-Feud Murder Extradition Appeal and Judicial Review Allowed

Judgment was handed down in an appeal against a District Judge’s decision to send the Appellant’s case to the Secretary...

30th April 2026

Dawn Sturgess Inquiry report published

The Rt Hon Lord Hughes of Ombersley has now published his Inquiry report into the death of Dawn Sturgess. Lord Hughes...

5th December 2025

Smith and Owen on Asset Recovery: Criminal Confiscation, Civil Recovery, Money Laundering, and Sanctions

We are delighted to announce the republication of Smith and Owen on Asset Recovery by Oxford University Press , a definitive...

8th October 2025

The Inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess began on 14 October 2024.

Dawn Sturgess died on 8 July 2018, having been poisoned by a chemical weapon known as novichok. Her death followed the...

15th October 2024

Bill Emlyn Jones, Clair Dobbin and Ben Watson officially appointed Queen’s Counsel

Our warmest congratulations are offered to Bill Emlyn Jones, Clair Dobbin and Ben Watson on taking silk, effective from...

15th March 2021

William Emlyn Jones, Clair Dobbin & Ben Watson appointed Queen’s Counsel

Our warmest congratulations go to William Emlyn Jones, Clair Dobbin & Ben Watson on their appointment as Queen’s...

17th December 2020

R (Charles & Dunn) v Foreign Secretary

Ben Watson was instructed for the Foreign Secretary (led by Sir James Eadie QC) in a judicial review arising out of the...

17th December 2020