Jason Beer
 Jason Beer  (barrister) | |
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| Nationality | UK |
Jason Beer is a UK barrister who is active on a remarkable number of "official inquiries".
Activities
"Beer heads 5 Essex Chambers and is instructed in six other inquiries, commonly acting for the state. He acts for NHS England in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and in the Thirlwall Inquiry, which will look at Lucy Letby’s murder of seven babies in an NHS hospital. He is instructed by the Greater Manchester Police in the Malkinson Inquiry, for Counter Terrorism Policing South East in the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry, and for a group of undercover police officers in the Undercover Policing Inquiry.
Beer will again take on the role of lead counsel to the inquiry in the Jalal Uddin Inquiry, which will examine whether intelligence failures contributed to the death of a murdered imam, with open hearings commencing in September."[1]
"He will also act as leading counsel for Counter Terrorism Policing South East in the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry".[2]
One of the most memorable inquiries for Beer was the Hutton Inquiry, in which he was instructed by the family of Dr David Kelly, a government weapons scientist who committed suicide.[3]
