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Emma Hynes

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Position

Emma specialises in construction and commercial matters including professional negligence claims. Within those areas, she acts in complex dispute resolution, both as a junior and in her own right. She is known for her meticulous preparation and tenacity.

Emma is appointed to the Attorney-General’s C Panel. She is instructed as junior counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and for the Cabinet Office on the Covid Inquiry.

Before coming to the Bar, Emma had a successful career in business communications, working for organisations as diverse as Serco, the Carbon Trust and Microsoft. This experience has given her a particular understanding of multinational commercial clients as well as a practical and business-minded approach.

She currently sits on the board of AIM-listed fire safety products company, Lifesafe Holdings plc, as a non-executive director.

Memberships

• Commercial Bar Association
• London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association
• National Association of Women in Construction
• Professional Negligence Bar Association
• Society of Construction Law
• TECBAR

Education

• LLM – King’s College London – (Distinction)
• BPTC – University of Law – (Outstanding)
• GDL – University of Law – (Distinction)
• BA in English and Ancient History, University of Queensland – (First Class Honours)
• L.LM – Georg Schwarzenberger Award for International Law
• L.LM – Prize for best student on Business Law programme
• BPTC – Inner Temple Exhibition Award
• BA – University Medal for Outstanding Scholarship

Leisure

Before changing career, Emma combined her work with fencing at an international level. She represented Australia in five world championships and has won two Commonwealth medals.