Rurik Jutting In 2016, Tim Owen defended Rurik Jutting, a British banker who confessed to
torturing and killing two Indonesian women in HK, arguing
diminished responsibility. The trial evidence included videos of torture Jutting recorded on his phone. They were deemed so traumatising that journalists and the public were prevented from seeing them. Jutting was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Jimmy Lai In late 2022,
Jimmy Lai's request to instruct Owen as part of his defense team in the case
HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying & Others was appealed by Hong Kong Secretary for Justice
Paul Lam and the
Department of Justice multiple times. On 30 December, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress of China interpreted Articles 14 and 47 of the
2020 Hong Kong national security law, specifying that when there is a dispute regarding whether overseas lawyers or barristers without full local practice qualifications can participate in national security cases, the Hong Kong courts should obtain a certificate from the
Chief Executive, or that the
Committee for Safeguarding National Security of Hong Kong should make a judgment. ==Personal life==