Rex Howling KC - 7 Harrington Street Chambers

Education & Qualifications

Charterhouse school (1974-1979)

University of Sussex (Biochemistry) (1979 -1982)

Britannia Royal Navy College, Dartmouth (1982)

Polytechnic of Central London: Diploma in Law (1989)

Bar Finals (1991)

Area of Expertise

Practice Areas

Court of Protection
Financial Remedies
International Children Law
Private Children Law
Public Children Law

Dispute Resolution

Collaborative Law
Early Neutral Evaluation
Mediation

Memberships

Family Law Bar Association

Bar Yacht Club

Middle Temple

Association of Lawyers for Children

Resolution

Directories

Recommended as a Children Law Leading New Silk in The Legal 500 2011

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Practice Overview

Rex enjoys a broad family practice. He has most recently gained a strong following and reputation as a care practitioner but this has not detracted from his core skills as both an ancillary relief and private law specialist. He particularly enjoys cases with either an international element, such as relocation cases, or legally or factually complicated ones which require an eye for detail and careful analysis.

Notable/Recent Cases

Acted for the applicant in judicially reviewing the decision of a coroner where, at an inquest, the employer was found to have exposed the deceased to chemicals which caused his death. Led by leading counsel.

Advised an interested person in relation to its response and position to an application for judicial review arising from a death in a care home.

Acted for a hospital in relation to the death of a newborn baby in its maternity ward.

Acted for the insurers of a driver in relation to a road traffic collision. The case was a rare instance where the coroner had to consider a conclusion of unlawful killing, because of the standard of driving of one of the vehicles.

Acted for the healthcare provider in relation to the death of an inmate in prison. The prisoner had committed suicide, and issues included addressing the mental health risk assessments and treatment provided to the prisoner.

Acted for the employee of a specialist children’s cot supply company in an inquest arising from the death of a disabled toddler. Issues around gross negligence manslaughter and tampering with evidence were addressed at the inquest.
Acted for the owner of a farm at an inquest arising from a death on the farmyard.
Acted for the owners of a care home in relation to the death of a resident following a fall at the care home. Issues in relation to neglect, risk assessments and adequate care aids being in place were addressed.
In module one, acted as part of the team advising one of the Core Participants at the Covid Inquiry.
Was part of the team assisting on a discovery and disclosure exercise in a billion pound High Court action concerning a foreign tax law claim.