News: Ben Watson KC

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

Russian airline extradition case

The extradition hearing has commenced in relation to the airline manager accused of fraud in connection with the collapse of...

18th November 2020

Landmark Unexplained Wealth Order case

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application by the National Crime Agency for permission to appeal a judgment of the High...

22nd June 2020

Zamira Hajiyeva

In extradition proceedings brought by the Government of Azerbaijan, Hugo Keith QC and Ben Watson successfully represented...

27th September 2019

Politically motivated extradition request by Turkey refused

Westminster Magistrates' Court discharged three men alleged to be leaders of the Gulenist movement. The court found that the...

28th November 2018