John Bowers KC (born 2 January 1956) is a British barrister and part-time judge who has been Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford since 1 October 2015.
[1] Born in Grimsby, the son of Alfred Bowers and Irene (née Bolton),[2] he was educated at Clee Grammar School in Cleethorpes, and then studied law at Lincoln College, Oxford.
[3] He was called to the Bar in 1979, took silk (became a Queen's Counsel) in 1998, became a recorder in 2003, and has been a deputy High Court Judge since 2010.
[8] Writing in the Industrial Law Journal David Lewis described the first edition of Whistleblowing as "a comprehensive and insightful analysis".
[9] He has also written Downward Spiral: Collapsing Public Standards and How to Restore Them, which was published in 2024.