Amy Clarke

Amy practices in Inquests and Inquiries, Police Law, Professional Discipline and Public and Administrative Law.

She is regularly instructed in complex and high profile cases such as the Gaia Pope-Sutherland inquest, one of the longest running individual inquests in recent history, and (on behalf of the charity GamCare) the Jack Ritchie inquest, which was one of the first inquests to examine the role of gambling in an individual’s death, and the provisional of support for gambling addiction. She has also been instructed on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry since 2017 and appeared at the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attack inquests.

She is currently instructed in a number of multi-track jury trials in claims for misfeasance, false imprisonment and assault, and regularly advises on claims arising from modern slavery investigations and alleged failures to investigate serious sexual offences.

She has particular expertise and interest in police misconduct cases involving sexual impropriety and abuse of position, and her public law practice includes a recent appearance in the Court of Appeal successfully defending a challenge to the retention of acquittal information and intelligence on PNC an local intelligence systems, (YZ v Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2022] EWCA Civ 68).

Before joining 5 Essex Chambers, Amy worked as a parliamentary researcher focussing on Home Affairs and Justice and was responsible for drafting restorative justice policy.

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