London Bar
Administrative law and human rights
LEADING JUNIORS1Eric Metcalfe –Monckton Chambers 'He is very knowledgeable of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights.'
Eric Metcalfe
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Position
Eric is a specialist in human rights, information law, public law and EU law.
He is direct access qualified.
He has advised and acted for a wide range of human rights organisations including the ACLU, the AIRE Centre, ARTICLE 19, the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Human Rights Watch, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Index on Censorship, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, JUSTICE (the UK section of the International Commission of Jurists), the Kurdish Human Rights Project, the Legal Resources Centre, Liberty, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, and Privacy International. He has carried out human rights work in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Russia, Rwanda, Taiwan and Turkey.
Education
BA, LLB (University of Canterbury, NZ), LL.M. (Queen’s University, Canada), D Phil (Oxon).
Mentions
London Bar
Data protection
LEADING JUNIORS3Eric Metcalfe – Monckton Chambers ‘He has expert knowledge of data protection law.’
London Bar
European Union law
LEADING JUNIORS3Eric Metcalfe –Monckton Chambers ‘Eric masters his brief with ease. He is an outstanding advocate with exceptional analytical skills.'