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Judge Ian Forrester KC LLD

Full Title: Judge Ian Forrester KC LLD
Category: Ordinary Bencher
Bench Call Date: 27.3.2012
Call Date: 10.10.1996
Bio:

Ian has practised European law in Brussels for over thirty years.  He took Silk (Scotland) in 1988, and is a member of the New York Bar following a successful appeal about his alien status.  He has argued numerous celebrated cases before the European Courts, including Magill (about the Radio Times), Bosman (football) and Microsoft (Windows).  He enjoys life as an occasional lecturer on European law; publishes regular law review articles, especially on the European Commission’s procedures in light of the European Court of Human Rights and the Lisbon Treaty; and leads the Pro Bono Practice of White & Case, with which Forrester Norall & Sutton merged in 1998.