Community Legal Service Criminal Defence Service

Benjamin Myers

Call:
1994 Inner Temple
Education:
  • BA (Hons) University of Leeds
  • LLM (International and European Human Rights Law) University of Leeds
Practice:
  • Serious and complex criminal law; murder, fraud, drug trafficking, national and international organised crime, anti-terrorism legislation, rape, historic sexual abuse, armed robbery, wide experience of appellate matters.
  • Public law; judicial review relating to criminal law, police powers, mental health, prison law.
  • Human rights; criminal law, prison law and actions under the Human Rights Act 1998.
Experience:
Benjamin Myers lectures other legal professionals on criminal law and human rights and is a tutor in the protection of rights in international law at the University of Leeds. He is a former Junior of the Northern Circuit and features in Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession as a leading junior in crime on the Northern Circuit. He is a member of the Criminal Bar Association and JUSTICE.