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Crime Public Law Civil Law Civil Actions Against Public Authorities

Call: 2022

Meghan is a criminal practitioner who further accepts instructions in public and civil law, particularly inquests and in civil claims against the police and prisons.

Crime

Meghan has experience across the full breadth of criminal work, with a busy practice in the Crown, Magistrates’ and Youth Courts. She has experience representing vulnerable young people in the youth courts, and in protest law.

Civil

Meghan has experience advising on civil claims, including actions against the police.

Inquests

Meghan accepts instructions in Article 2 and non-Article 2 inquests, including deaths following contact with the police and custodial settings.

Previous Experience

Meghan joined Chambers as a tenant in October 2023.

Prior to the Bar, Meghan worked as a Civil Litigation paralegal at Hickman & Rose. She assisted on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and civil claims and worked closely with families of the bereaved and survivors. She also assisted in high-profile inquest cases, including the inquest into the death of Emiliano Sala.

Meghan has previously interned at the Metro Capital Defenders Office in Atlanta, working on death penalty appeals. In particular, she assisted attorneys in fact-finding and research to challenge established Prosecution narratives.

During the GDL and BPTC, she volunteered at the Centre for Women’s Justice assisting in research into how police conducted investigations of sexual offences. She was also a legal assistant at the Slough Immigration Aid Unit, a local immigration charity where she provided support to domestic abuse survivors with precarious immigration status.

Meghan is a legal observer with Black Protest Legal Support. She previously served on the executive of Legal Sector Workers United.

Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers LSWU WICL CBA

BTC, BPP Law School GDL, BPP Law School BA History, First Class, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge