Francis Taylor Building

Planning and Environment Public Law, Human Rights and EU Highways, Village Greens and Commons Infrastructure Local Government Compulsory Purchase and Compensation Licensing Education

Merrow is ranked by Legal 500 as a leading junior at the London Planning Bar (2024), London Environment Bar (2024) and the Local Government Bar (2024), and by Chambers and Partners as an “up and coming” barrister in Planning (2023, 2022).  She has also been ranked as one of the top rated planning juniors under 35 (Planning Magazine 2023, 2020, 2019).  Merrow is nominated as Planning and Land Use Junior of the Year, Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024. She was also nominated in the same category in 2023.

Merrow joined Chambers in 2017 and has built up an impressive practice across Chambers’ practice areas, with a particular focus in environmental, planning, public and highways law.  She has acted on behalf of local authorities, non-governmental organisations and private developers and welcomes instructions to act individually or as part of a team.

Merrow studied Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge before going on to study law.  She has a First Class law degree from City Law School, London, and a masters degree from Columbia Law School, New York.  Prior to starting her pupillage, Merrow worked as a Foreign Law Clerk for Justice Edwin Cameron at the Constitutional Court of South Africa and she is a qualified attorney in the state of New York.

Called 2014.

Merrow is a member of the following associations:

Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA) The Planning & Environmental Bar Association (PEBA) UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA) Bar Admission: New York

Columbia Law School, LLM (2014-2015) City Law School, BPTC (Very Competent) (2013-2014) City Law School, Graduate Entry LLB (First Class – top of the year) (2011-2013) St. John's College, University of Cambridge, BA(Hons) Social and Political Sciences (Second Class, Upper Division) (2007-2010) Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia Law School (2015) Parker School Recognition of Achievement, Columbia Law School (2015) McMahon Law Studentship, St. John’s College, Cambridge (2013) The City Lawyer Excellence Award, City Law School (2013) The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple BPTC Exhibition Award (2013) Allen & Overy Prize for International Economic Law (2013) City Law School Home Student Scholarship (2012)

Merrow is a British/American who was born and raised in London with a strong connection to the North Cornish coast. She has a passion for travel and for experiencing different cultures (and cuisines!) but most of all she enjoys spending time with family and friends from all over the world.