Ian Bourne QC
Year of Call: 1977 Inner Temple
Year of Silk: 2006
Affiliations: South Eastern Circuit
Appointments: Recorder of the Crown Court
Specialist Areas: Serious Crime, Homicide, Serious Violent Offences, Firearms, Large Drugs Related Offences, Sexual Offences, Confiscation, Restraint & Asset Recovery Proceedings, Serious Fraud & White Collar Crime, MTIC Fraud , Commercial Crime, Money Laundering, DTI Offences
Biography
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A Queen’s Counsel since 2006, Ian Bourne is a leading criminal defence advocate with a portfolio of the most grave and complex cases in areas of specialisation including:
Murder (Including the Harry Potter actor murder)
Complex fraud (Including election fraud)
Insider dealing
Drug trafficking cases
VAT
Police corruption
Money Laundering
Rape
Armed Robbery (Including Graff £42m Diamond Robbery)
Dangerous driving
Kidnap, false imprisonment and blackmail
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
General Medical Council
Before taking silk he was a Leading Junior on the South Eastern Circuit. With more than 30 years’ experience Ian is a highly regarded and powerful advocate, popular with both solicitors and lay clients.
Mr Bourne acted for Lisa Taylor, one of two sisters convicted of murder in 1992. The convictions were quashed the following year due to failures in disclosure and prejudicial media coverage (R v Taylor [1994] 98 Cr.App.R. 361). In 2010 Mr Bourne was instructed in a murder case before the Chief Justice of Grand Cayman (R v Henry) where the Defendants were tried without a jury. He was instructed in the £42m Graff Diamonds robbery trial at Woolwich Crown Court in 2010 (R v Kassaye & Others) and at the retrial in 2011, the largest diamond jewellery robbery in Britain. He is currently instructed in the FSA prosecution for insider dealing due to be tried at Southwark CC later in 2011
RECOMMENDATIONS
From Chambers UK 2007: ‘… capable of performing astonishing mental gymnastics at the drop of a hat and is great on his feet’.
Ranked in Chambers Directory 2011 (Crime)
Recommended in Chambers UK 2012 (Crime - Leaders at the Bar)