Emma Sutton KC > Chambers of Angus Moon KC and Michael Horne KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Angus Moon KC and Michael Horne KC
Serjeants' Inn Chambers
85 FLEET STREET
LONDON
EC4Y 1AE
England

Position

Emma is a recognised specialist in Public and Administrative law (including human rights and constitutional law) and the Court of Protection. She is instructed by a wide range of public bodies in complex and unusual cases including Local Authorities and NHS bodies in England and Wales, the Official Solicitor, the Public Guardian, CAFCASS, the Welsh Government, IMCA’s, professional RPR’s, Charities, and private individuals including Deputies and Attorneys. Emma is acknowledged for her meticulous approach to cases, her ability to present complex legal arguments in a straight forward manner, and highly regarded as a tenacious advocate who is exceptional with both professional and lay clients; particularly in sensitive and difficult cases.

Career

Call 2006

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Education

(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

Emma Sutton KCSerjeants’ Inn Chambers

(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

Emma Sutton KC – Serjeants’ Inn Chambers

London Bar > Court of Protection and community care

(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

Emma Sutton KCSerjeants’ Inn Chambers ‘Emma is a capable and in-demand barrister. She is always well-prepared, and her drafting is clear and persuasive. She knows the case like the back of her hand, offers helpful solutions and gets to the nub of the issues. Her advocacy is extremely effective.’

Serjeants’ Inn Chambers is ‘one of the strongest sets with excellent counsel at all levels’ who handle a range of Court of Protection work, often with a focus on medical treatment-related matters . Bridget Dolan KC has extensive experience of representing clients with limited capacity, while Bridget Dolan KC and Emma Sutton KC (the latter a 2023 silk appointment, alongside Neil Davy KC) represented the official solicitor in Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust v Verden, defeating an NHS trust’s objections to a media campaign seeking a live kidney donor for a seventeen-year-old boy with autism – weeks after the litigation, he successfully received the organ from the donor found. Turning to the set’s juniors, Rhys Hadden, in AH/HH v Hywel Dda Health Board & Carmarthenshire County Council, represented a woman who wanted to move to the same care home as her occasionally aggressive husband of over half a century who also lacked capacity – at issue was if the Mental Capacity Act allowed their cases to be considered together by the same judge. Nageena Khalique KC represented the official solicitor in University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust v Livewell CIC, successfully resisting an application to anaesthetise a pregnant young woman at her home and use forcible restraints owing to her diagnoses of anxiety and agoraphobia, which led her to miss antenatal appointments.