Alex is a Legal 500-ranked Leading Junior. His skills were also recognised through his appointment by the Attorney General to the B Panel of Counsel. He has over a decade of experience in public/administrative law cases, including many high profile cases.
My work
Alex is an approachable and empathetic barrister, who is frequently instructed in high-profile and sensitive public law matters. These matters often involve an intersect between human rights law, public law and data protection/privacy/freedom of speech. Current and recent cases include:
- R (FDJ) v. Secretary of State for Justice [2021] EWHC 1746 (Admin), led by Sarah Hannett KC, where the policy for the management of transgender prisoners was challenged on public law and Equality Act 2010 grounds;
- Public and private claims and challenges related to transgender rights/issues, such as Hayden v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2022] EWHC 2693 (KB)
- Advising (as lead counsel) on constitutional and legal reforms in a British Overseas Territory;
- Representing HMRC (led by Alan Payne KC) in a multi-million-pound misfeasance claim brought by companies in the craft beer industry;
- Representing the Charity Commission in linked judicial review claims to its statutory inquiry into the leading Jehovah’s Witness charity in the UK (led by Jason Beer KC);
- Miller v. College of Policing and Humberside Police [2020] EWHC 225 (Admin), a significant judicial review concerning the interaction between policing and freedom of expression on social media.
What my clients say
Clients in substantive Judicial Review case (2024): “Mr Ustych is not solely a Barrister with a wide spectrum of legal knowledge, procedural insight and strategic case management approach to handling claims. He is fundamentally a unique, down to earth people person, who takes into consideration a Client’s personal circumstances, disabilities, emotional stresses and requirements to ensure, not only that he and his services provide the important details required at all stages of a claim and/or hearing, but also ensures his Client is not placed in any distress prior, during or after the claim ends.
Throughout our time communicating with Mr Ustych, we felt he genuinely cared about us as people as much as succeeding in the hearing and he did not want to place us in any jeopardy more than anything else. We genuinely thank Mr Ustych for all his assistance, effort and support plus highly recommend him to anyone seeking a Barrister with high legal intelligence, professional approach and primarily, an understanding towards his client’s needs.”
Professional & academic
- 2010 – Called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn – Awarded the Inn’s Bedingfield Scholarship as well as an LLM scholarship 2010 – Bar Vocational Course at BPP (London)
- 2010 – (BPP) LLM (distinction) – dual focus on disability discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 – and Coroners’ Inquests involving police/public authorities
- 2008 – Durham University, LLB (First)