Emily Carter > Kingsley Napley LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Kingsley Napley LLP Offices

20 Bonhill Street
London
EC2A 4DN
England
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Emily Carter

Work Department
Public law, criminal litigation, regulatory and professional discipline.
Position
Emily is a partner within the public law team, specialising in representing clients in investigations, inquisitorial proceedings and information law. Her background within criminal and regulatory proceedings has provided her with a balance of defence and prosecution experience and a particular strength in dealing with complex, large-scale matters. Emily has been involved in a number of high-profile public inquiries and inquests. She has represented clients in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse, Northern Irish Inquiry into Renewable Heat Incentives, Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust public inquiry, Baha Mousa public inquiry and the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes. She has acted for a number of professional regulators in the healthcare, security and financial sectors. Emily advises in relation to judicial review and statutory appeal proceedings. She advises upon public law remedies across the areas of her work, including inquests, inquiries, misconduct and disciplinary proceedings. She advises individuals and organisations concerning compliance with data protection legislation, as well as the exercise of individual data protection rights and data breaches.
Career
Qualified as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand 1999; Kingsley Napley 2001 to date; qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales 2003.
Memberships
Constitutional and Administrative Bar Association; Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.
Education
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (1999 LLB; BA criminology).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
Kingsley Napley LLP is best known for its contentious focus, and this extends to the firm’s data protection and privacy offering, which is most lauded for its expertise in disputes and investigations, as well as representation of high-profile individuals in relation to their data rights. Emily Carter, noted for handling regulatory actions, and seasoned litigator Melanie Hart oversee the work.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Residential property
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Employers
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > ESG