Garden Court North Chambers

Civil actions against public bodies, Housing, Inquests & Public Inquiries, Public Law

Lily Lewis has a multidisciplinary human rights and civil liberties practice. She specialises in inquests and public inquiries, public law, and social welfare law.

Lily is currently represents Core Participants who were subject to surveillance by undercover officers in the Undercover Policing Inquiry. She is also instructed on behalf of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Lily has a particular interest in government decision-making, social policy and state accountability. She provides training and advice on legal and policy issues affecting bereaved families and is an active member of the INQUEST Lawyers Group. She is also a member of the executive committee of the Human Rights Lawyers Association.

The Inner Temple (awarded the Otto & Sadie Rix Pupillage Prize, Major BPTC Scholarship and Exhibition Award) Human Rights Lawyers Association (Executive Committee) Constitutional and Administrative Bar Association Young Legal Aid Lawyers Legal Sector Workers United The Howard League for Penal Reform

BPTC (Outstanding) – BPP GDL (Distinction, top of year) – Manchester Metropolitan University MPhil – University of Cambridge BSc (Hons) – Durham University.

Prior to her career at the bar, Lily worked in Parliament, providing research and policy advice for members of the opposition frontbench across a range of areas including home affairs, social welfare and human rights. She worked extensively on legislation, including drafting amendments on funding for legal aid at inquests and police accountability in the aftermath of the Hillsborough inquest findings. She was also a trade union representative.