Ben Jaffey QC - Blackstone Chambers

1 (0)20 7583 1770 Blackstone Chambers , Blackstone House, Temple, London, EC4Y 9 BWTel: +44(0)20-7583 1770 Fax: +44(0)20-7822 7350 Email: Jaffey QC He is a fantastic advocate with an encyclopaedic knowledge ofdomestic and European privacy law Chambers AND PARTNERS, 2019 Year of call:1999 Appointed to silk:2017 Degree:MA Hons (Cantab)Ben Jaffey is a silk with a wide-ranging Claimant and Defendant public law, financialservices and regulatory law practice and great experience of complex, novel andhigh-profile litigation. He is ranked in both of the leading legal is recognised as a leading silk in thelatest editions of both the leading legal directories, Chambers UK 2019 andLegal 500 2018, for his expertise in admin and public, banking and finance , civilliberties and human rights and financial & RegulatoryBen has a wide-ranging public and regulatory practice.

2 He appears for and advisesclaimants and defendants, including companies, central government, local authorities,public interest groups, individuals and regulators. Before taking silk, he was a memberof the Attorney General s A Panel and the Attorney General s Public International LawA Panel. Exceptional. Chambers AND PARTNERS, 2019 CasesR (Public Law Project) v Lord ChancellorSupreme Court (2016)Successfully acted for PLP in Supreme Court challenge to the residence test for v Charity Commission / Cup Trust(2016)Representing Charity Commission in litigation concerning the use of a charity tofacilitate 176m tax avoidance (0)20 7583 1770 Blackstone Chambers , Blackstone House, Temple, London, EC4Y 9 BWTel: +44(0)20-7583 1770 Fax: +44(0)20-7822 7350 Email.

3 (KPMG) v Holmcroft(2016)Successfully acted for Barclays in judicial review of the decision of KPMG asindependent reviewer of the sale of Interest Rate Hedging Products by Court (2015)Successfully acted for ClientEarth in EU law challenge to the UK s failure to meet airquality standards in London and other major urban (Davis & Watson) v Secretary of State for Home Department(2016)Acting for David Davis MP and Tom Watson MP in Court of Justice of the EuropeanUnion in challenge to the requirements of the Data Retention and InvestigatoryPowers Act (Hottak) v Secretary of State for Defence(2016)Acting for Afghan interpreters who worked for British forces in challenge toresettlement scheme.

4 Court of International and others v GCHQ(2015)Acted in Investigatory Powers Tribunal for Privacy International in case concerning thelegality of arrangements for computer hacking by Lucas MP & Baroness Jones v Security Services(2015)Acted for Parliamentarians in challenge to Security Services arrangements forprotection of MPs communications under the Wilson doctrine .R (Roberts) v Secretary of State for the Home Department(2015)Successfully acted for SSHD in Supreme Court challenge about stop and search unders. 60 CJPOA 1994. Judgment (English Bridge Union) v Sport England and others(2015)Acting for Secretary of State in judicial review claim about whether Sport Englandacted lawfully in declining to recognise bridge as a (0)20 7583 1770 Blackstone Chambers , Blackstone House, Temple, London, EC4Y 9 BWTel: +44(0)20-7583 1770 Fax: +44(0)20-7822 7350 Email.

5 (Serdar Mohammed) v Ministry of Defence(2016)Acting in several Supreme Court appeals arising out of UK detention operations inAfghanistan and Iraq, and extraordinary rendition & others v Security Services(2015)Successfully acted for Libyan families in claim in the Investigatory Powers Tribunalabout the protection of legal professional privilege when individuals may be undersurveillance. First claim where a complaint to the IPT against the Security andIntelligence Services has ever been & Boudchar v Jack Straw MP & others(2015)Successfully acted for Libyan family in Court of Appeal in claims about UK involvementin rendition and torture. Judgment pending in Supreme International v Security Services(2017)Successfully obtained a reference to the CJEU incase about mass collection of bulk personal datasets and bulk communicationsdata.

6 The IPT decided that the Security and Intelligence Services had beenunlawfully collecting and holding data on the UK population for over 10 yearsand the issue of future collection has been referred to Luxembourg. This willbe one of the last UK references before (JK) v Registrar General(2015)Successfully acted for the Registrar General defending claim by male to femaletranssexual who wished to change her name and gender as recorded on her childrens birth (Evans) v Attorney General(2014)Successfully acted for Guardian journalist in freedom of information case about PrinceCharles letters to Ministers (Supreme Court).R (Public Law Project) v Lord Chancellor(2014)Acting for PLP in challenge to the residence test for legal (0)20 7583 1770 Blackstone Chambers , Blackstone House, Temple, London, EC4Y 9 BWTel: +44(0)20-7583 1770 Fax: +44(0)20-7822 7350 Email.

7 V Crawley (Operation Cotton)(2014)Successfully acted for the FCA in Court of Appeal challenge to decision of trial judge tostay criminal proceedings due to Very High Cost Case dispute with (Pressbof) v Culture Secretary(2014)Successfully acted for Secretary of State in Court of Appeal challenge by Pressbof toRoyal Charter press recognition & Grant v Secretary of State for the Home Department(2014)Acting for the Home Secretary in actions brought by large numbers of prisonersconcerning prison v SSFCA[2013] 1 AC 614, Supreme Court (2013)A successful claim for habeas corpus for a detainee in Bagram, v UKEuropean Court of Human Rights (2013)Acting for a marriage registrar who refused to conduct civil partnerships on grounds ofreligious and others v Lord ChancellorSuccessfully acted for 6 High Court Judges in ageand race discrimination challenge to reduction to judicial (News Media Association) v Press Recognition PanelSuccessfully acted for PRP in challenge torecognition of IMPRESS under the Leveson Royal Charter Scheme for (ClientEarth No.)

8 2) v SSEFRAS uccessfully acted for ClientEarth in challenge to the UK s failureto meet air quality standards in London and other major urban areas. At present, it isestimated that over 20,000 early deaths each yearare caused by the UK s failure to meet EU air quality standards. The Courtordered a full reconsideration of the air quality plans for the entirecountry. The Government has accepted the decision and new clean air zoneswill be introduced across the (0)20 7583 1770 Blackstone Chambers , Blackstone House, Temple, London, EC4Y 9 BWTel: +44(0)20-7583 1770 Fax: +44(0)20-7822 7350 Email: Liberties & Human RightsBen has a wide-ranging Civil Liberties and Human Rights practice. He appears for andadvises claimants and defendants, including companies, central government, localauthorities, public interest groups, individuals and regulators.

9 Before taking silk, he wasa member of the Attorney General s A Paneland the Attorney General s Public International Law A Panel. He is a fantastic advocate with anencyclopaedic knowledge ofdomestic and European privacylaw Chambers AND PARTNERS, 2019 CasesSerdar Mohammed v Ministry of DefenceActed for Afghan detainee in Supreme Court caseabout the legality of British armed forces detention operations in Supreme (Public Law Project) v Lord ChancellorSupreme Court (2016)Successfully acted for PLP in Supreme Court challenge to the residence test for v Charity Commission / Cup Trust(2016)Representing Charity Commission in litigation concerning the use of a charity tofacilitate 176m tax avoidance (KPMG) v Holmcroft(2016)

10 Successfully acted for Barclays in judicial review of the decision of KPMG asindependent reviewer of the sale of Interest Rate Hedging Products by Court (2015)Successfully acted for ClientEarth in EU law challenge to the UK s failure to meet airquality standards in London and other major urban (Davis & Watson) v Secretary of State for Home Department(2016)Acting for David Davis MP and Tom Watson MP in Court of Justice of the EuropeanUnion in challenge to the requirements of the Data Retention and InvestigatoryPowers Act (0)20 7583 1770 Blackstone Chambers , Blackstone House, Temple, London, EC4Y 9 BWTel: +44(0)20-7583 1770 Fax: +44(0)20-7822 7350 Email: (Hottak) v Secretary of State for Defence(2016)Acting for Afghan interpreters who worked for British forces in challenge toresettlement scheme.