Alex Bailin

Alex Bailin QC, born 23 January 1969, is an English barrister specialising in human rights at Matrix Chambers.
Bailin is also a legal writer for The Guardian, The Times and The Lawyer, among others.

Bailin read mathematics at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge and law at Sussex University. He initially worked as a derivatives trader in the City of London. Bailin was called to the Bar (Lincolns Inn) in November 1995 and took silk in 2010. Bailin practised in human rights, public and administrative law, public international law, criminal fraud, criminal law and media law.

Legal Journalism

Bailin contributes legal articles to The Guardian, The Times, The Lawyer, The New Statesman and to a UK Supreme Court Blog (UKSCblog).

Criminal Fraud

• R v Railtrack plc and its former Chief Executive (corporate manslaughter, Hatfield rail crash)
• R(Redknapp) v City of London Police [2009] 1 WLR 2091 (corruption investigation in Premiership football)

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)

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)

• Parliament HL. "Judgments – R (on the application of Gentle (FC) and another (FC)) (Appellants) v The Prime Minister and others (Respondents)". HoLJC Judgments. Parliament. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 

Bailin supports Cystic Fibrosis causes and is a member of the Cystic Fibrosis Fundraising Network.

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

• al.], Tim Owen ... [et (2005). Blackstone's guide to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-928906-6.