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About
Provided by Jennifer MacLeod
Practice Areas
Jennifer is a leading junior practising in human rights, public and competition law, and a wide range of related fields. She has particular experience in managing complex, challenging and high-profile litigation, both led and unled.
She acts domestically, frequently appearing in the higher courts of England and Wales, as well internationally, at the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights, and UN treaty bodies. She is called to the Bar of Ireland.
Career
Recent cases include challenges to the policy of removing migrants to Rwanda (AAA v SSHD) and the charging of rape cases (EVAW v DPP); a number of inquests and inquiries (including into Harry Richford and the Post Office) the first excessive pricing infringements in the UK (phenytoin and liothyronine); the first cartel damages trial (BritNed v ABB); lengthy litigation involving three CJEU judgments and two UKSC judgments on unjust enrichment (the franked investment income litigation); class actions against facebook, Apple and Google; and cases for claimants in the UN treaty bodies (including on behalf of women interned in the Magdalene Laundries).
She is a member of the Attorney General’s B Panel. She is committed to undertaking pro bono work.