Clerks Details
- Clerk Name: Gemma Faulkner
- Clerk Telephone: 020 7583 8055
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
- Clerk Name: Russell Porter
- Clerk Telephone: 01865 793736
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
Inquests
Emma McIlveen has considerable experience in coronial work and regularly appears in inquests, including complex, sensitive and high-profile cases. She has acted as Counsel to the Coroner in a number of inquests, including deaths in custody, and has been appointed to the Coroners Service Counsel Panel for Northern Ireland.
Emma is also instructed by public authorities in inquest proceedings, including acting for the Northern Ireland Prison Service in the Colin Bell inquest. She has extensive experience in cases engaging Article 2 ECHR obligations, disclosure and evidence management, and the conduct of inquests involving intense public scrutiny, institutional accountability and the interests of bereaved families.
She is valued for her careful, measured approach in emotionally challenging cases and for her ability to assist coroners and parties in navigating complex legal, procedural and human issues arising in deaths in custody and other state-involved deaths.
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Recommendations "Excellent discrimination barrister. Hard working, skilful and a great person to instruct." Instructing solicitor
"Very driven and successful in everything she does, yet she has a very personable nature and gets on well with clients in every walk of life." Instructing solicitor