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]
Public and Administrative Law
Emma McIlveen has a strong and established public law practice and is instructed for both applicants and respondents in judicial review proceedings. She has particular expertise in education, special educational needs and healthcare decision-making, and in cases involving disabled or otherwise vulnerable individuals.
She is frequently instructed in challenges concerning unlawful delay, procedural impropriety and failures by public authorities to comply with statutory duties, and has extensive experience in urgent and limitation-sensitive judicial review proceedings, including applications for interim and emergency relief.
Recent instructions include acting in emergency proceedings concerning the operation of statutory call-in procedures across local councils, with wider implications for local government decision-making, as well as high-profile challenges arising from policing and security operations, including the judicial review of Operation Denton. She has also been instructed in a challenge to the Executive’s failure to deliver Northern Ireland’s Racial Equality Strategy. These cases engage fundamental constitutional issues including freedom of expression, proportionality, policing powers, executive accountability and access to justice.
Emma has a particular interest and expertise in constitutional and administrative law and is valued for her ability to advance principled and robust arguments in politically or socially sensitive cases. She serves on the committee of the Public Law Bar Association.
She also has a particular interest in mental capacity issues and is committed to supporting neurodivergent and vulnerable clients. Emma has completed the IPLS Vulnerable Witnesses course and has experience working alongside Registered Intermediaries. Her experience includes acting as junior counsel to the Independent Neurology Inquiry.
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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
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to announce that leading employment and public law barrister Emma McIlveen has joined chambers as an associate member. Qualified in four jurisdictions, Emma is frequently instructed in cases in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Emma is a popular choice for high-stakes and landmark litigation, often involving vulnerable individuals, public bodies and cases with significant reputational/regulatory risk. She provides practical advice on resolving complex...
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