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Doughty Street Chambers Offices
53-54 DOUGHTY STREET
LONDON
WC1N 2LS
England
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Leonie Hirst
Position
Leonie has a broad-based civil practice covering a range of areas including public law, immigration, Court of Protection, prison law, inquests, mental health, community care, and discrimination law. Her work has a particular focus on deprivation of liberty, mental capacity and equality issues. She is a strong technical lawyer noted for her oral and written advocacy and client skills.
She is on the Equality and Human Rights Commission ‘B’ panel of counsel, and is ranked as a leading junior by Chambers & Partners in Court of Protection, Immigration, and Civil Liberties, and by the Legal 500 in Civil Liberties.
Career
2006
What others say
“A really excellent technical lawyer who is extremely pleasant to work with and very experienced.” – Chambers & Partners 2020
“She gets to the heart of the case very quickly.” – Chambers & Partners 2020
“She’s extremely effective on her feet and drafts concise, compelling pleadings.”
– Chambers & Partners 2020
Memberships
Civil Mediation Council
Administrative Law Bar Association
Immigration Law Practitioners Association
Court of Protection Bar Association
Governing Bencher of Inner Temple
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Leonie Hirst – Doughty Street Chambers ‘Leonie is a very strong barrister. She provides very clear and straightforward advice. She is able to think on her feet in oral submissions and prepare very detailed and thorough written submissions.’
Doughty Street Chambers is ‘an excellent chamber with good strength in depth in the various areas of law.’ The core areas of focus for the team are serious medical treatment, health and welfare cases, as well as matters crossing over with human rights issues. Ulele Burnham represented a woman with a learning disability who was found by an independent expert to lack capacity to engage in sexual relations, while Leonie Hirst acted on behalf of MR in London Borough of X v MR & Ors; the man’s family successfully argued that it was in his best interests to move to a Jewish care home from a secular one, despite the risks of a transfer.
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Leonie Hirst –Doughty Street Chambers ‘She is a formidable court advocate.’