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Emma Hilliard
Work Department
Litigation.
Position
Barrister specialising in all areas of commercial law, including insurance and reinsurance, shipping, aviation, conflict of laws, sale of goods, professional negligence, banking and arbitration.
Career
Called 2006, Lincoln’s Inn. Supervisor in contract law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University 2005-06.
Memberships
COMBAR.
Education
King Edward VI School, Southampton; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (MA Law; LLM).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Aviation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Emma Hilliard – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘Excellent in terms of research and writing and analysis.’
Regarded as a “go-to set” for aviation insurance matters, 7 King’s Bench Walk‘s barristers are instructed by global insurers and lessors on major disputes, most notably on several disputes arising out of the re-registration of aircraft leased to Russian carriers. Head of chambers Gavin Kealey acts for several insurers defending claims totalling in the billions of dollars for aircraft seized in Russia, and his practice further encompasses claims for hull damage and loss. Emma Hilliard is also noted for her aviation insurance practice, while Harry Wright has a broad commercial practice that includes disputes between airlines and lessors and hull damage claims. Elizabeth Lindesay represents clients in insurance and reinsurance disputes, including in cases involving fatalities and maintenance issues.