Ian Perkins

Ian heads the Browne Jacobson Barristers’ Birmingham team. Called to the Bar in 2010 and having refined his advocacy skills in courts nationwide for more than a decade, Ian has established a busy practice in which his clients trust him to handle complex cases involving society’s biggest issues in the areas of education, professional discipline and coronial law.

Acting for a range of schools and universities, regulators, healthcare trusts and local authorities Ian is a regular fixture in a range of jurisdictions including the civil courts, speciality tribunals and regulatory panels. He appears in trials, inquests, final hearings and appeals before a range of professional judges and coroners. Ian draws on this wide-ranging experience to offer holistic and insightful expertise in public sector matters. He is known and valued for his thoughtful and pragmatic advice and his ability to achieve excellent outcomes through his courtroom skills. 

Ian prizes excellence in advocacy and enthusiastically offers internal and external training. Ian has been a Keynote Speaker at Browne Jacobson’s EdCon and has championed his teams’ series of Advocacy in Action articles in Be Connected. Away from work Ian is actively involved in his local rugby club where he is the Mini & Junior Vice Chairman and sits on the Age Grade Disciplinary Committee. He also regularly returns to his community high school to speak to students about forging a career at the Bar.