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Ben Emmerson QC

Called 1986Silk 2000
Ben Emmerson
Ben is a leading Silk specialising in European human rights law, with emphasis on criminal due process, privacy, freedom of expression and discrimination. He regularly litigates before the European Court of Human Rights, and his domestic practice includes political crime, fraud, public law, media law, extradition, and compensation claims for miscarriages of justice and false imprisonment.

He was founder editor of the European Human Rights Law Review and he edits the Human Rights section of Archbold and is author/editor of numerous books including, with Professor Ashworth QC, Human Rights and Criminal Justice (Sweet & Maxwell).

One of the country's leading human rights lawyers, Ben represented Katherine Gun, the former GHCQ employee charged with Official Secrets Act disclosure in the run-up to the Iraq war.

Most recently, Ben has been recognised for his work involving internment under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 and the legality of the UK's derogation from the Euopean Convention. Ben represented, before the House of Lords, the foreign nationals who were detained without charge in British prisons for nearly three years on the basis of national security (A and Others v the Secretary of State for the Home Department).

Ben regularly appears before the Crown Court represented defendants charged under the Terrorism Act. Ben also has a niche practice in white collar crime.

He has a number of public authority clients including the Data Protection Registrar, the Official Solicitor and various government departments. His commercial clients have included Associated Newspapers and the Guardian/Observer group and leading city law firms.

Ben is listed as Leading Silk in three practice areas by Chambers & Partners: Administrative and Public Law, Crime and Human Rights.
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