Biography

Benjamin Newton of Doughty Street Chambers is ranked in Chambers and Partners 2014 as a leading junior in Crime (London). He has appeared in many high profile cases, including the incursion into the 2012 University Boat Race (R v Trenton Oldfield). As an author he has previously contributed chapters to Human Rights in the Investigation and Prosecution of Crime, edited by Jonathan Cooper OBE and Madeleine Colvin (OUP 2009), and Taylor on Criminal Appeals (OUP 2012).