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Emily MacKenzie

Emily MacKenzie

Position

Emily takes instructions in commercial, administrative and competition/European law. She regularly appears in the High Court and the appeal courts, both led and unled. Cases that Emily has appeared in recently include: R (Forge Care Homes) v Cardiff & Vale University Health Board and Others (a judicial review concerning the respective responsibility of the NHS and Local Authorities for the funding of nursing care in nursing homes, for the Local Authority Interested Parties with Richard Gordon QC); Barco de Vapor v Thanet District Council (a Chancery Division claim for Francovich damages and for breach of statutory duty following a ban on transporting live animals through Ramsgate Port, with Andrew Henshaw QC); Stott v Thomas Cook (instructed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in the Supreme Court on behalf of a disabled claimant seeking damages for injury to feelings during the course of flight, with Martin Chamberlain QC and Robin Allen QC); and Resolution Chemicals v Lundbeck (appealing to the Court of Appeal against Arnold J’s decision not to recuse himself from hearing the underlying patent action on the grounds of actual bias alleged to arise as a result of his association whilst a student with one of the party’s expert witnesses, with Richard Gordon QC). Emily has also advised in a wide range of public, commercial and competition work.

Career

Called 2012; Inner Temple. Part-time lecturer in Law Lincoln College Oxford 2011-2013 (Roman Law,European Human Rights Law, Human Rights and Land Law); pupillage Brick Court Chambers 2012-13, tenant 2012 to date; International Law Fellow at American Society for International Law (Jan-July 2014). Publications of note: an Introduction to Land Law, Simon Gardner with Emily MacKenzie (3rd Ed. Hart, 2012) (co- wrote chapters on Human Rights in Land Law and Ownership).

Languages

French.

Memberships

COMBAR, ALBA, BEG, JUSTICE, ILA.

Education

Lincoln College, Oxford University (2010 BA Law, First Class); New York University School of Law (2011 LLM International Legal Studies); BPP School of Law (2012 BPTC, Outstanding).

Mentions

London Bar

Competition

Leading junior3
Emily MacKenzie –Brick Court Chambers ‘Emily is super bright, writes brilliantly and is a pleasure to work with. She is that rare combination of both an excellent lawyer and also someone with lots of common sense.’
London Bar

European Union relations

Leading junior3
Emily MacKenzie – Brick Court Chambers 'Emily is a brilliant senior junior, with excellent knowledge of EU law, and the pharmaceutical field in particular.'