Barrister Profile
GAVYN CAIRNS
Year of Call: 2002
Main Areas of Practice
Administrative Law or Judicial Review
Criminal Law
Extradition
Biography
2002; Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland
2008; Called to Bar of Ireland
Qualifications
LL.B (Hons), Trinity College Dublin
MA University of Dublin, Trinity College
Certificate of Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University, Belfast,
2008; Called to the Bar of Ireland
Experience
Murder / Manslaugther:
R v AK [2016] NICC - murder/infanticide
R v Bustard, Paul & others [2015] NICC 12 and subsequent successful resistance to a Director’s Reference brought before the Court of Appeal in 2016 - DPP v Bustard, April 2016
R v Healy, Per HHJ Grant [2013] - sentencing Remarks
R v Greatbanks, Paul [2013] NICA 70
R v Bamber [2013]
R v Harkness & another [2007] - abuse of process application (Diplock)
Sexual Offences
R v PC - [2017] - Charged with sexual touching (child complainant) - Acquitted
R v MC - [2017] Charged with historic sex offences (1970s) - Acquitted on all counts
R v MD [2018] - Charged with multiple counts of rape (two complainants) - Acquitted on all counts
Stay application (Misconduct in public office):
R v Jamison, Emma Louise; in re ruling on abuse of process [2007] NICC 38
Attempted Murder (Diplock):
R v Black, Robert & others [2007] NICC 13
Stay application (child cruelty):
Publications
Trinity College Law Review [1999] 73