Gatehouse Chambers

Emma is a highly experienced and well-respected barrister who has always successfully balanced a practice acting for both claimants and defendants in all types of personal injury and clinical negligence cases.  She is also a highly specialist inquest advocate, dealing with the most complex of inquest cases.

Consistently ranked  since 2008 by both Chambers UK and The Legal 500 for clinical negligence, personal injury and inquests and inquiries, she is known for her user friendly yet no-nonsense approach and is a fierce and fearless advocate who is always meticulously prepared.

Emma has experience and expertise in all types of personal injury work (including all procedural and costs matters) but her seniority and ability particularly lends her to work at the complex and high value end of personal injury litigation including fatality cases.  She deals with all types of clinical negligence claims with particular experience in pressure sore cases and delayed cancer diagnosis cases.

She is a sought after and very experienced inquest advocate and regularly represents the interests of the bereaved family as well as public/private bodies and state agencies.   Her experience in and understanding of cases engaging Article 2 and often before a jury is first class both for the purposes of the inquest itself and any related litigation thereafter, including claims under the Human Rights Act.  She has been instructed in a number of high profile cases with related public inquiries and often stretching to many weeks. Emma is part of the Counsel team instructed by the Cabinet Office on the national Covid-19 Inquiry.

Emma is a qualified mediator (see separate profile) and her experience in this regard complements and enhances her approach to litigation through all forms of ADR as she recognises the importance of a practical and commercial approach.

Emma sits as a Recorder in both civil and criminal jurisdictions.  She has been appointed junior counsel to the crown and undertakes complex inquest and high value personal injury and clinical negligence work for the prison estate, probation service and MOD.

Emma is a seasoned seminar speaker, both in person and online, and also produces articles on her areas of expertise.

Emma is an experienced and well respected personal injury, clinical negligence and complex inquest barrister dealing with high value catastrophic injury claims and inquests of the upmost complexity before juries and invoking Article 2 of the ECHR.

She is also a trained mediator and Recorder.

Call: 1998