Lucy O'Brien
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Up and Coming : Administrative & Public Law
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About
Provided by Lucy O'Brien
Practice Areas
Lucy is a Senior Associate in Watkins and Gunn’s award-winning public law team. Lucy specialises in Equality and Human Rights and acts for the majority of Welsh and Northern Irish victims in the ongoing UK Infected Blood Inquiry. Lucy represents campaigners and victims’ groups fighting closures and cuts to public services. She also advises children and young people with SEN on securing appropriate education and healthcare provision.
Lucy has been involved in some of the most high-profile Human Rights cases the UK has seen, representing 1200 Iraqi civilian victims in the multi-party action against the Ministry of Defence (2015) and representing victims in the News International Voicemail Interception ‘phone hacking’ litigation (2011).
Lucy also has significant experience acting for families in Coroner’s inquests and in actions against the police.
Career
Lucy graduated from Oxford University in 2005, qualified at Gateley Plc in 2009, Associate at Public Interest Lawyers 2015, Senior Official at NASUWT 2016, Senior Associate at Watkins and Gunn 2018 to date.
Personal
Saxophonist, DJ, and Star Trek aficionado.
Chambers Review
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Lucy O'Brien is a director at Watkins & Gunn. She has a wealth of experience in public law and is frequently sought after to represent claimants in challenges concerning human rights and civil liberties, as well as inquests and inquiries.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lucy is very supportive, very knowledgeable and clear on how the task at hand is to be managed."
"Lucy is very approachable and wants to do her best for clients."
"Lucy is very supportive, very knowledgeable and clear on how the task at hand is to be managed."
"Lucy is very approachable and wants to do her best for clients."
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