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39 Essex Chambers
81 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
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Emily Wilsdon
Position
Emily practices in administrative and public law, regulation, inquiries and inquests, and commercial and construction.
An experienced public lawyer, she acts for claimants (individual and representative bodies), central and local government, regulators and other public bodies across all areas of public law. She regularly appears in a wide range of courts and tribunals, including the High Court and Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC). She is a member of the Attorney General’s B Panel, and was a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission ‘B’ Panel.She represents the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, and the Home Office in the Brook House Inquiry. She advises and represents a range of interested parties at inquests, including Article 2 inquests with a jury.
She is recognised by the Legal 500 in the areas of administrative law and human rights, inquests and inquiries, and immigration (including business immigration).
Within commercial and construction disputes she has experience of arbitration, shipping disputes, construction adjudication and banking fraud. She has been admitted as a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb). She has been instructed as a member of the legal team from 39 Essex Chambers offering legal advice and support to the Foskett Panel.
Career
Called in 2011.
Education
- 2010 – 2011, Kaplan Law School, Bar Professional Training Course
- 2009 – 2010, New York University School of Law, LLM
- 2006 – 2009, Downing College, Cambridge University, MA Law
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Immigration (including business immigration)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Emily Wilsdon – 39 Essex Chambers ‘Emily has a wealth of experience in immigration law. She is razor-sharp and enthusiastically and effortlessly tackles even the most difficult legal issues. Her advice is confident, clear and pragmatic, and clients love her.’
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Emily Wilsdon – 39 Essex Chambers ‘Emily is massively bright, bold, and brilliant. She is extremely adaptable and knowledgeable. One to watch.’
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Emily Wilsdon – 39 Essex Chambers ‘Emily is extremely bright, bold, and brilliant. One to watch.’
39 Essex Chambers is very well known for acting in high-profile public inquiries. For example, Kate Grange KC is currently acting as one of three leading counsel in the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry, while Eleanor Grey KC is currently acting as lead senior counsel for the Department of Health and Social Care in the Infected Blood Inquiry. Among the juniors, Rachel Sullivan is acting as junior counsel to the Department of Education in the COVID-19 Inquiry; Emily Wilsdon is continuing to represent the Home Office in the Brook House Inquiry; and Samantha Jones focuses on high-profile and complex cases of deaths in which medical negligence is alleged.