5 Essex Chambers

Conor has a public and civil law practice.

He specialises in judicial reviews, information/ data law, public interest immunity/ firearms matters and police law (including human rights).

Conor has been appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel.

He is an Executive Committee member of the Human Rights Lawyers’ Association (“HRLA”) and the UK’s leading human rights blog has published over fifty of his articles.

Conor acts led, unled and (exceptionally for his year of call) as a leader in the higher courts.

Recent cases include:

• Z: Court of Appeal case re seizure powers (unled).
• X: High Court case re sex offenders (as leader)
• Kimber [2025] EWHC 1452 (Admin) (test for Public Interest Immunity vs Closed Material Proceedings)
• Morgan [2024] EWHC 2859 (Admin) (Crown Court’s power to suspend its own order pending an appeal)
• Scott [2023] EWHC 1938 (Admin) (availability of secret hearings in firearms appeals)
• Malik [2023] EWHC 3213 (Admin) (leading authority on costs awards against public bodies)
• Major public inquires including Post Office, Infected Blood, Grenfell etc.

Conor frequently writes about the latest information law cases for Chambers’ ‘Data Brief’ and provides articles for the UK Human Rights Blog.

Conor’s clients range from private clients to state bodies (including the police and the Government).

Clients say he has a “vast knowledge of the law” and “often gets results where others may not” (Legal 500).

Please visit the 5 Essex Chambers website for Conor’s profile, which sets out full details of his practice including relevant work of note.

Executive committee member of the Human Rights Lawyers’ Association (‘HRLA’), The Administrative Law Bar Association (‘ALBA’), Society for Computers and Law (‘SCL’) and the National Association of Data Protection Officers (‘NADPO’).