Tim Owen KC, is an English

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Matrix Chambers Matrix Chambers is a barristers' chambers in Gray's Inn London, Brussels, and Geneva. Founded in April 2000 by 22 barristers from 7 different chambers, it now has over 90 independent and specialist lawyers who work throughout the UK and interna ...

. His practice spans the fields of fraud/regulatory, criminal, public, human rights, media and information, extradition/MLA, sports, asset recovery, police and civil law. In addition to his practice at the Bar, he sits as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Administrative Court, is an Acting Judge to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and a Member of the Sports Resolutions Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators. He is a founder member of Matrix Chambers and a Master of the Bench of

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Education and career

Educated at

United World College United World Colleges (UWC) is an international network of schools and educational programmes with the shared aim of "making education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future." The organization was founde ...

of the Atlantic and

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

, Tim Owen was called to the Bar in 1983. He was appointed QC in 2000. He is currently a member of

Cases

Rurik Jutting

In 2016, Tim Owen defended Rurik Jutting, a British banker who confessed to torturing and killing two Indonesian women in HK, arguing

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. The trial evidence included videos of torture Jutting recorded on his phone. They were deemed so traumatising that journalists and the public were prevented from seeing them. Jutting was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Jimmy Lai

In late 2022, Jimmy Lai's request to use Owen on his defense team was appealed by

Paul Lam Paul Lam Ting-kwok (; born 1968) is a Hong Kong Senior Counsel who is the current Secretary for Justice. Education Lam was educated at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws (with Second Class Honour Division One) in 1 ...

and the

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multiple times. On 30 December 2022, the NPCSC gave the

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the power to bar foreign lawyers from cases related to national security.

Personal life

Tim Owen was married to actress

Jemma Redgrave Jemima Rebecca Redgrave (born 14 January 1965), known as Jemma Redgrave, is a fourth-generation British actress of the Redgrave family. She played the title character in four series of '' Bramwell'', and has a recurring role in ''Doctor Who'' as ...

, a member of the

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, between 1992 and 2020. They have two sons, Gabriel, born in 1994, and Alfie, born in 2000. He married Singapore-based Hong Kong journalis
Wei Du
in 2020.

Publications

*Prison Law, 5th edition (OUP, 2015) *Asset Recovery: Criminal Confiscation and Civil Recovery (OUP, 2021) co-editor * Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2021 (Advisory editor) * Halsbury's Laws, vol 36(2), Prisons and Prisoners (Butterworths, 1999) *Criminal Proceedings, Police Powers and the Human Rights Act 1998 (OUP, 2000) contributing author

References

External links

Tim Owen QC Matrix Chambers Profile
(Matrix Chambers) {{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Tim English King's Counsel People educated at Atlantic College People educated at a United World College Alumni of the London School of Economics Living people Year of birth missing (living people)