Landmark Chambers

Emily accepts instructions across Landmark’s specialist areas. She is particularly interested in public, planning, and environmental law. She also has experience in international law and commercial matters. Prior to coming to the Bar, Emily worked as a Judicial Assistant in the Court of Appeal and for several years for human rights NGOs.

Public: Emily has broad experience spanning asylum, nationality, inquiries, and sanctions. As a pupil, she assisted leading counsel in judicial review claims and statutory appeals, including Shvidler v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2025] UKSC 30 (Lord Anderson of Ipswich KC, Malcolm Birdling, and Alastair Richardson); R (UCPI Designated Lawyer Officers Core Participant Group) v Sir John Mitting, sitting as Chairman of the Undercover Policing Inquiry [2026] EWHC 1394 (Admin) (Fiona Scolding KC and Charles Bishop) and R (Alibiari) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 1623 (Admin) (Alex Goodman KC and Charles Bishop). She regularly appeals as sole counsel in protection appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration & Asylum Chamber).

Prior to coming to the Bar, Emily worked for NGO, Rights & Security International, where she drafted a third-party intervention and human rights report, both of which were referenced by the European Court of Human Rights in HF and MF v France [GC], apps nos 24384/19 and 44234/20, 14 September 2022.

Planning and environmental: Emily is developing a practice across the full range of planning issues, with a particular emphasis on energy and the environment. As a pupil, she assisted Neil Cameron KC and Matthew Dale-Harris advising a range of stakeholders concerning proposed developments. She is currently instructed in a case concerning environmental and human rights harms against a major multinational energy corporation, alongside a team of counsel from within and outside Chambers.

Property: As a pupil, Emily assisted leading counsel in judicial review claims and statutory appeals, including Avon Freeholds Limited v Cresta Court E RTM Company Limited [2026] UKSC 31 (Justin Bates KC and Sophie Gibson) and Adriatic Land 5 Ltd v Various Leaseholders of Hippersley Point [2025] EWCA Civ 856 (Simon Allison KC, Malcolm Birdling, and Mattie Green). She also assisted leading counsel in advising on issues including the management of Crown land and proposals to change inheritance tax on agricultural land. She has experience as sole counsel drafting pleadings in support of applications for possession orders and injunctions and accepts instructions to appear in County Court possession proceedings.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Emily worked as Judicial Assistant to Lady Justice Thirlwall and for several years for human rights NGOs in London and Bogotá. She volunteered for the National Council for Civil Liberties (Liberty) and, as a student, for an immigration and asylum law clinic.

She holds a First-Class BA in Jurisprudence (Law with Law Studies in Europe) and a Distinction in the BCL, both from Oxford University. She speaks advanced Spanish and basic Italian. She is learning Portuguese.