Masters of the Bench

Full Title: Judge Ian Forrester KC

Category: Ordinary Bencher

Bench Call Date: 27-03-2012

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.