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Alison Gerry
Work Department
Position
From the beginning, Alison’s practice has had at its heart state accountability for those in detention, those who claim to have been abused, and those who have been discriminated against. This has seen her practice develop from mainly mental health and inquest work, to expand to include prison law, actions against the police and Court of Protection. She now has extensive experience of appearing in wide variety of jurisdictions, including civil, administrative, coronial and the Court of Protection.
Memberships
Chair of the Human Rights Lawyers Association
Education
LLM: International Human Rights Law (Distinction)
LLB: Law (First Class)
Princess Royal Scholarship Inner Temple
Personal
Alison plays the saxophone and when time allows she also sings in her community choir. She likes to keep fit and practices yoga as well as being a regular runner. Alison is also keen to keep learning and is currently studying part time for a degree at Birkbeck University in Politics, Philosophy and History.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Police law (claimant)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Alison Gerry – Doughty Street Chambers ‘Alison is incredibly knowledgeable, calm and considered and thorough. She has excellent attention to detail and a really good strategic vision. She is an excellent advocate; concise, eloquent and compelling.’
Doughty Street Chambers ‘needs no introduction in the world of police work,’ with ‘strength and depth across the board,’ specialising in judicial reviews, Human Rights Act claims, and other actions for damages. Nicholas Bowen KC represented the claimant in DEF v Kirklees MBC and Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, a case concerning a then twelve-year-old girl prostituted by a gang in Manchester. Jude Bunting KC appears on high-profile and high-value inquest and inquiry work, and instructs on a high number of Supreme Court appeals – he represents two women bringing damages claims against the Metropolitan Police concerning the force’s use of coronavirus regulations to break up vigils for Sarah Everard, who was murdered by one of the force’s officers. Alison Gerry is representing a schoolgirl and her mother who were arrested by the British Transport Police for taking photographs at Paddington station for a school project.
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Alison Gerry – Doughty Street Chambers ‘Alison’s client care skills are second to none. She is very committed and fights passionately for her clients.’
With vast experience in representing bereaved families, Doughty Street Chambers is widely recognised for its inquests and inquiries expertise. Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC is acting for the family of Steve Dymond, who took his own life after a polygraph test branded him a “love cheat” on The Jeremy Kyle Show, in the inquest into his death. Jude Bunting KC is active in a number of cases relating to Northern Ireland, including representing the widow of a member of the public killed when they drove into a security forces ambush of IRA members in 1987. Alison Gerry handles cases involving deaths following contact with the police, while Tom Stoate represented an eighteen-year-old woman, on remand awaiting sentencing for robbery at HMP Bronzefield, whose baby died after she gave birth alone in her cell. Fiona Murphy KC took silk in March 2023.