5 Essex Chambers

Georgina specialises in inquests, public inquiries, police law public law, human rights, civil liberties and malfeasance.

Georgina specialises in inquests, public inquiries, police law
public law, human rights, civil liberties and malfeasance.

She is currently instructed in several high profile cases including the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry, the Undercover Policing Inquiry and the Infected Blood Inquiry. She recently appeared in the Fishmongers’ Hall Inquests. She regularly acts as Counsel to the Inquest as well as for clients ranging from police forces, political parties, government agencies, the IOPC and prisons to healthcare providers, social services and families.

Georgina is an editor of 5 Essex Chambers' police law newsletter The Beat. She co-authored a chapter of OUP’s National Security Law and is co-authoring a further chapter in the new edition. She is co-author of The Path to Pupillage and presented Middle Temple’s The Pupillage Podcast alongside Beatrice Collier.

Georgina was called to the Bar in 2006 and has always practised at 5 Essex Chambers. She was appointed to the Attorney General’s B Panel of Counsel in 2016 having been on the C Panel since 2012.

Before joining chambers, Georgina was the Middle Temple Fox Scholar in 2007 and worked at McCarthy Tétrault in Toronto.

Please visit the 5 Essex Chambers website for her profile, which sets out full details of her practice including relevant work of note.

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