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Chambers of Robert Jay QC and Stephen Tromans QC

LONDON, WC2R 3AT, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7832 1111
Fax:
Fax 020 7353 3978
DX:
298 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
Web:
www.39essex.com
Email:

Fenella Morris

Tel:
Work +44 20 7832 1111
Email:
Thirty Nine Essex Street (Chambers of Robert Jay QC and Stephen Tromans QC)

Position

Barrister specialising in public and administrative law and human rights, with a particular interest in health, education, commercial, professional discipline and regulation and local government. Cases include: Jones v Powys LHB [2008] EWHC 2562 (QB); R (Murphy) v Salford PCT [2008] EWHC 1908 (Admin); APCT v AH [2008] EWH C 1908 (Fam); Macleod v RCVS [2006] UKPC 39; R (Kemp) v Denbighshire LHB [2006] 3 All ER 141; Selvarajan v GMC [2008] EWH C 182 (Admin); R (Gwynn) v GMC [2007] EWH C 3145 (Admin); T v BBC [2007] EWHC 1683 (QB); JE v DE and Surrey County Council [2006] EWHC 3459 (FAM); Law Society v Adcock [2006] EWHC 3212 (Admin); R (M) v MHRT [2006] 90 BMLR 65; Kolanis v UK [2006] UKHRR 20; Ward v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2005] 2 WLR; Pretty v UK [2002] UK HRR 97: R (A) v NASS and a London Borough [2004] 1 WLR 752, CA; R (i-CD Publishing) v SoS and the Information Commissioner, ‘The Times’ 11 August 2003; R (IH) v SoS for the Home Department and others [2003] 3 WLR 1278, HL; R (Munjaz) v Merseycare NHS Trust and others [2006] 2 AC 148 HL; A v A Health Authority [2002] 3 WLR 24: R v Partnerships in Care Ltd exp A ‘The Times’ 23/05/02; R v LB Richmond and others ex p Watson [2002] 3 WLR 584, HL: Re F (adult patient) sub nom Re F (adult: court’s jurisdiction) [2000] 3 WLR 1740, CA: In Re F (a child) sub nom In Re F (MHA: Guardianship) [2000] 1 FLR 192, CA.

Career

Called 1990, Middle Temple; publications include: ‘The Mental Capacity Act: A guide to the New Law’ The Law Society, 2006 & 2008.

Languages

French.

Member

ARDL; ALBA; Council of Justice; CEDR-accredited mediator.

Education

Wadham College, Oxford (1987 BA Hons Politics, Philosophy and Economics); City University (1989 Dip Law); ICSL (1990 Bar finals).

Practice Areas

Administrative and public law; Local government; Professional disciplinary and regulatory law (including police law)

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