Nicola Greaney KC

‘She is incredibly smart and quick. She assimilates a huge amount of information really quickly. She really retains it.’ Chambers and Partners 2026

‘She is exceptional. She is intelligent, sensible and commercially aware. She is excellent with clients and a very good advocate.’ Chambers and Partners 2026

‘Nicola has all the things you would look for in a KC. She is knowledgeable, very sensible, very well prepared, user-friendly and down to earth.’ Chambers and Partners 2026

Nicola acts for claimants and defendants in high value catastrophic personal injury claims including traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal injury, functional disorders and complex psychiatric injury. She is particularly valued for her COP expertise in cases raising difficult capacity or deputyship issues. She is known for her empathy and sensitivity to clients, combined with a forensic and rigorous approach to the law and fact heavy cases. She is extremely experienced in high-value quantum disputes. She is adept at dealing with technical expert evidence from a wide range of disciplines. She is experienced in sexual and physical abuse claims, often involving health or social care settings and is often instructed in unusual injury cases arising from deliberate torts or other public law wrongs (including human rights claims).

Cases of note:

• PC v Pengsheri [2026] – Acted for a pedestrian who sustained tetraplegia when hit by a cyclist, in a liability and quantum dispute. Settled at JSM.
• PMC v A Local Health Board [2025] EWCA Civ 1126 – Instructed as Advocate to the Court in the hearing before the Court of Appeal where the court gave important guidance about its inherent common law power to derogate from the principle of open justice in civil or family court proceedings by making anonymity orders.
• X (as administrator of the estate of XY) v MoD, Salisbury NHS FT [2025]. Successfully settled a complex liability disputed case against two defendants arising from a delay in diagnosing stomach cancer leading to the death of a high-ranking Army officer.
• X v Nay [Ongoing] – Instructed for the child claimants who sustained serious spinal injuries in a RTA.
• Adoo-Kissi-Debrah and ors v Department for Environment and ors [2024] – Acted for Transport for London and the Mayor of London in a claim for damages for breach of an EC Directive and the ECHR by the estate and family of a child who suffered a fatal asthma attack alleged to have been caused by unlawful levels of air pollutants in London. Claim settled.
• G v Ministry of Defence [2023] – Acted for MoD in high value stress at work claim in which liability and quantum were in dispute. Liability and quantum settled at two JSMs.
• PAA v Daralyn Williams [2022] – Acted for claimant in high-value TBI claim arising from road traffic accident. Contributory negligence and quantum in dispute. Dispute over 2:1 v 1:1 care and family as carers. Led by Stuart McKechnie QC, appeared alone at approval hearings. Settled for multi-million lump sum plus periodical payments order (PPO).
• PIV v Ministry of Defence [Ongoing] – Acting for defendant in sexual abuse claim brought by former RAF cadet against flying instructor. Vicarious liability and causation issue as to whether fibromyalgia triggered by sexual abuse.
• W v Ministry of Defence [Ongoing] – Instructed by defendant in TBI claim caused by helicopter accident in Afghanistan. High-value quantum dispute involving complex issues about accommodation (claim for two homes) and care regime.
• Gatland & ors v Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) [2022] – Acted for six police officers in claims for misfeasance in public office/breaches of ECHR against IPCC arising from police misconduct investigations causing psychiatric injury. Complex statutory regime, facts and law. Negotiated substantial settlements at mediation against QC for IPCC.
• A v Cygnet Health Care [2025] – Representing claimant in claim for abuse and resulting personal injury from treatment she suffered while a resident of Whorlton Hall care home, which was exposed in a Panorama documentary.
• AXB (by his litigation friend, AXC) v Thera South Midlands [2021] – Acted for learning disabled adult in claim for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by negligent care and treatment by a residential care provider. Settled out of court and approved.
• Phillips v Natural England [2021] – Acted for Natural England in stress at work claim arising from a high-profile investigation.

‘Nicola is just phenomenal in all aspects’ Legal 5o0 2026

Nicola acts for individuals, the NHS and private healthcare and social care providers and local authorities in a wide range of healthcare disputes involving public and private law issues. These claims frequently involve novel and complex issues of law and are heard in the Administrative Court or in High Court or County Court. The cases often involve public and private cross-over issues including NHS contract and service reconfiguration disputes. Nicola is a specialist in restitution claims in the health and social care sector and acts for individuals, deputies and public authorities. She has acted in a wide range of cases involving human rights, illegality and misuse of private information in the health care field. Current cases include alleged mismanagement of a child with anorexia and duty of care issues in relation to donor gametes. She is a specialist in liability and quantum issues in HRA healthcare claims. She is currently advising on a high profile HRA claim brought by the family of a patient who committed suicide whilst a hospital in-patient.

Cases of note:

• Numerous claimants v Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust [Ongoing] – Acting for the NHS in intimated claims brought by family members of deceased victims of David Fuller who sexually abused their bodies in a hospital mortuary. Complex liability issues and Nicola is instructed in respect of the compensation scheme.
• R (on the application of Megan Bacon-Evans, Whitney Bacon-Evans v NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group [Ongoing] – Acted for the CCG in discrimination/ECHR judicial review challenge to the criteria adopted by the CCG for same-sex couples accessing NHS funded IVF treatment. Wide press coverage.
• Brennan and ors v City of Bradford and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] 1 WLUK 429 – Acted for NHS in claims brought under Article 8 ECHR (A8) by family members in novel claim about decomposition of deceased’s body in hospital mortuary. Wide press coverage.
• Disabilities Trust v Slough Borough Council, North Lincolnshire Borough Council [2021] – Represented care services provider in claim for breach of contract and restitution against local authorities for non-payment of care home fees. Claim successfully settled at mediation for substantial sum.
• Bart’s Health NHS Trust v Yvonne Goodright [2021] – Represented NHS trust in claim in the Chancery Division for a declaration that it was lawful to make arrangements for the cremation of a body in the hospital’s mortuary in circumstances where the personal representatives had failed to do so.
• Inquest touching on the death of ME [2021] – Represented family at three-day inquest arising from a tragic suicide against a background of failings in mental health care where there was a disputed issue as to engagement of Article 2 and breach of the systemic duty.
• Dewhirst v South Tees Hospital NHFT [2019] – Consultation challenge to hospital re-configuration and cessation of core services at local hospital. Acted for claimant, led by Fenella Morris QC. Permission granted, contested costs hearing.
• Brenda Grant v George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust [2017] – Represented NHS in first damages claim brought for failure to follow an advance directive under the Mental Capacity Act stating that the patient did not wish to be artificially fed. Settlement agreed out of court at £45,000. Against QC. Press coverage.
• R v Bedford Primary Care Trust ex parte Watts (QBD) 21 October 2003 [2003] EWHC 2401 (Admin) – A claim for a hip operation carried out in France on the basis of EU law.

‘Her advocacy is clear and succinct. Nicola is a very experienced pair of hands.’ Legal 500 2026

Nicola represents the Official Solicitor (OS), private individuals, local authorities and health bodies in a wide range of Court of Protection (COP) cases involving adult health, welfare and finances in the inherent jurisdiction. Nicola has appeared in many medical treatment cases concerning adults, children and babies, including in end of life cases, drawing up her wide-ranging expertise as a clinical negligence practitioner. She acts for hospital trusts, the OS and family members. She is very experienced in claims raising Mental Health Act issues.

She is regularly instructed in property and affairs cases including challenges to deputyship appointments and/or claims brought against deputies or attorneys and/or issues arising in the management of large personal injury funds (including social care/funding).

She is frequently instructed in cases where there are concerns about physical and financial abuse and/or associated damages claims.

Cases of note:

• Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2025] UKSC 15 – Acted for Royal College of Paediatrics and Paediatric Critical Care Society as intervenors on the appeal. The SC gave important guidance on the court’s jurisdiction to make contra mundum injunctions and the procedure to be followed.
• Gloucestershire Health and Care NHSFT v FD (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) [2023] EWHC 2634 (Fam) – Acted for FD in an application brought by the Trust to prevent compulsory feeding or weight restoration of an anorexic woman who lacked capacity to make decisions concerning her nutrition and hydration.
• Re P (Discharge of a Party) [2019] – EWCOP 48, [2021] 1 WLR 3098 (CoA) – Nicola acted for the Mental Health Trust in long running proceedings in the High Court raising medical treatment and welfare issues in respect of a victim of sexual abuse diagnosed with atypical anorexia. The case went to the Court of Appeal following the discharge of P’s mother as a party without notice.
• Staffordshire County Council v DD & ors [2021] – COP case considering the capacity test under Schedule A1 Mental Capacity Act (MCA) to consent to care and treatment arrangements in the context of fluctuating capacity.
• Hwyel Dda University Health Board v EW (by her litigation friend, the OS) [2022] – Nicola represented the health board in an extremely urgent case about whether an elderly woman should be force fed while under restraint so as to avoid imminent death.
• Re PH [2022] – Nicola represented the Public Guardian in a contested property and affairs application to revoke lasting powers of attorney and replace with a deputy. Dispute over capacity to make gifts and whether attorneys acting in P’s best interests.
• An NHS Trust v A & B & C [2018] EWHC 2750 (Fam) – Nicola represented the family of an infant, C, with severe brain injury in a case about withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.
• Re D (Medical Treatment) [2017] EWCOP 15 – Nicola represented the Ministry of Defence in an unusual case concerning a former soldier who had sustained traumatic brain injury and wished to travel to Serbia to undergo experimental stem cell treatment.
• Re PV [2015] EWCOP 87, [2016] EWHC EWCOP 3707 (Mr Justice Charles on appeal) – COP case concerning trusts created for the purpose of administering awards made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. No involvement of the COP was required in the settlement of such trusts because the award was not ever P’s money. Guidance given by the Court of Protection in dealing with such cases.

Nicola acts for individuals, health and social care providers, local authorities and central government in a wide range of disputes about human rights and civil liberties. She appears in a range of different courts and is extremely experienced in acting in liability and quantum issues in HRA claims. She is currently advising on a high profile HRA claim brought by the family of a patient who committed suicide whilst a hospital in-patient.

Cases of note:

• Numerous claimants v Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust [Ongoing] – Acting for NHS in intimated claims brought by family members of deceased victims of David Fuller who sexually abused their bodies in hospital mortuary. Complex liability issues and instructed in respect of compensation scheme.
• Milner v Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited [2022] EWHC 593 (QB) – Acted for a care home in claims for breaches of Articles 2 and 3 ECHR arising from treatment of deceased at care home. Complex issues of liability and victim status. Article 2 claim struck out at preliminary hearing. Remainder of the claim was compromised.
• Adoo-Kissi-Debrah and ors v Department for Environment and ors [Ongoing] – Acting for Transport for London and the Mayor of London in a claim for damages for breach of an EC Air Quality Directive and the ECHR by the estate and family of a child who suffered a fatal asthma attack alleged to have been caused by unlawful levels of air pollutants in London
• R (on the application of Megan Bacon-Evans, Whitney Bacon-Evans v NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group [Ongoing] – Acting for CCG in discrimination/ECHR judicial review challenge to the criteria adopted by the CCG for same-sex couples accessing NHS funded IVF treatment. Wide press coverage
• A v Cygnet Health Care [Ongoing] -Representing claimant in claim for abuse and resulting personal injury from treatment she suffered while a resident of Whorlton Hall care home, which was exposed in a Panorama documentary
• Brennan and ors v City of Bradford and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] 1 WLUK 429 – Acted for NHS in claims brought under Article 8 ECHR (A8) by family members in novel claim about decomposition of deceased’s body in a hospital mortuary. Wide press coverage
• Phillips v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] – Acted for the Secretary of State in a claim about revocation of vehicle licence plate numbers and breach of Article 1 of the First Protocol ECHR. Strike out hearing

‘Nicola is an excellent barrister. She is so approachable and personable, and devotes time to clearly explaining complex issues to clients. She is also very flexible and has a natural ability to quickly develop rapports with opponents, judges and colleagues alike, inspiring confidence.’ Legal 500 2026

Nicola acts for individuals, health and social care providers, local authorities and central government in a wide range of public law disputes. She has particular expertise in healthcare cases concerning NHS procurement, NHS contract disputes (or partnership arrangements), restitution/vires claims, healthcare reconfiguration, commissioning disputes (including experimental treatments) and data protection/misuse of private information. She is instructed by a range of public bodies in cases involving vires issues, breaches of ECHR, the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), misfeasance in public office and misuse of private information/data protection breaches. She has acted in a number of challenges to elections conducted by public bodies. She has acted in a range of commercial public law cases in the transport and telecommunications sector.

Cases of note:

• Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2025] UKSC 15 – Acted for Royal College of Paediatrics and Paediatric Critical Care Society as intervenors on the appeal. The SC gave important guidance on the court’s jurisdiction to make contra mundum injunctions and the procedure to be followed.
• R (on the application of Sarah Leadbetter) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and NHS England [2023] – Acted for NHS England in a challenge alleging an alleged failure to make reasonable adjustments in the communications inviting eligible persons for Covid booster vaccinations.
• R (on the application of Hamilton) v Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT [2023] – Acted for claimants in judicial review challenge to reorganisation of mental health services.
• R (on the application of Megan Bacon-Evans, Whitney Bacon-Evans v NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group [Ongoing] – Acted for CCG in discrimination/ECHR judicial review challenge to the criteria adopted by the CCG for same-sex couples accessing NHS funded IVF treatment. Wide press coverage. Case withdrawn by claimants in light of CCG’s policy review.
• Gatland & ors v Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) [2022] – Acted for six police officers in claims for misfeasance in public office /breaches of ECHR against IPCC arising from police misconduct investigations causing psychiatric injury. Complex statutory regime, facts and law. Negotiated substantial settlements in mediation against QC for IPCC.
• Phillips v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] – Acted for the Secretary of State in a claim about revocation of vehicle licence plate numbers and breach of Article 1 of the First Protocol ECHR. Strike out hearing.
• R (on the application of Barking & Dagenham College) v Office for Students [2019] EWHC 2667 (Admin) – Higher education institution’s challenge to regulator’s algorithm-based decision.
• Dewhirst v South Tees Hospital NHFT [2019]– Consultation challenge to hospital re-configuration and cessation of core services at local hospital. Acted for claimant, led by Fenella Morris QC.
• R (on the application of Juttla & ors) v Hertfordshire Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group [2018] EWHC 267 (Admin) – Challenge to decision to cease commissioning a respite service for children
• RH v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (DLA) [2018] UKUT 48 Upper Tribunal case concerning the role of appointees and litigation friends in the Upper Tribunal.
• National Aids Trust v NHS Commissioning Board & Local Government Association & anr [2016] EWHC 2005 (Admin), [2016] EWCA Civ 1100 – Powers of NHS England to fund PrEP, an antiretroviral drug to be used preventively to prevent individuals contracting HIV.
• South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS FT & anr v The Hospital Managers of St George’s Hospital and AU [2016] EWHC 1196 – An NHS Trust had the power to judicially review a discharge decision of its own hospital managers.
• R (Buckinghamshire CC) v Kingston upon Thames RBC [2011] EWCA Civ 457 – Consideration of duty of consultation in a community care challenge.

‘Nicola Greaney KC really gets under the bonnet of the legal issues and also has a very calm, logical and clear manner with lay clients.’ Chambers and Partners 2026

‘Nicola has an eye for detail and processes complex points under time pressure.’ Chambers and Partners 2026

Nicola’s regulatory and disciplinary practice covers a wide field of regulation and discipline: health and social care professionals, arbitrators, financial service professionals, legal professionals, veterinary professionals and health, education and financial institutions. She represents individuals and regulators and often offers advice on difficult policy issues or unusual situations faced by regulators or those they regulate. She is regularly instructed in cases raising sexual misconduct and safeguarding issues. She appears before disciplinary tribunals and acts in High Court judicial review and appeal proceedings.

Cases of note:

• Gatland & ors v Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) [2022] – Acted for six police officers in claims for breach of Article 6 ECHR for substantial delay by IPCC in police misconduct investigation. Complex statutory regime, facts and law. Negotiated substantial financial settlements in mediation against QC for IPCC.
• Professional Standards Authority v (1) Social Work England (2) Bennett [2021] EWHC 3539 (Admin) – Represented Social Work England (SWE) in the first statutory appeal brought against the regulator. Whether SWE was required to remove a social worker guilty of serious and persistent dishonesty in respect of immigration offences.
• Re LM [2020] – Represented a psychologist in proceedings before the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) brought by a former patient alleging an inappropriate sexual relationship, which gave rise to a complicated interlocutory application for exclusion of hearsay evidence.
• R (on the application of Barking & Dagenham College) v Office for Students [2019] EWHC 2667 (Admin) – Higher education institution’s challenge to regulator’s algorithm-based decision.
• Uwen v General Medical Council [2018] EWHC 2484 (Admin) – Whether practising without professional indemnity insurance justified an interim suspension order.
• HA v University of Wolverhampton & General Pharmaceutical Council [2018] EWHC 144 – Represented General Pharmaceutical Council in case about whether a university was entitled to seek disclosure of a prospective student’s criminal record.
• Professional Standards Authority v (1) General Dental Council (2) AB [2016] EWHC 2154 – Represented General Dental Council in a statutory appeal brought by a dentist who had continued to practise while infected with hepatitis B.

‘A fantastic, punchy advocate, who is effective in court.’ Chambers and Partners 2026

‘She is alive to the issues that the Tribunal is considering and is able to assist with providing pragmatic solution.’ Chambers and Partners 2026

‘Nicola is an excellent costs silk: bright, thoughtful, thorough, sound judgment.’ Legal 500 2026

Nicola has considerable experience in dealing with group litigation costs (having been instructed to deal with costs matters in the Coal Coke Ovens Group Litigation). She is a specialistin litigation funding and regularly advises and acts funding disputes in the High Court and the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). including the first case in the Competition Appeal Tribunal dealing with the enforceability of funding arrangements post- PACCAR (Neill v Sony). She is currently acting for the Ford Defendants in the Pan-NOx Emissions group litigation as funding counsel. Nicola also advises on and appears at detailed assessment hearings and other costs cases in the Senior Court Costs Office and the County and High Courts on behalf of paying and receiving parties. She acts in costs cases arising from clinical negligence and personal injury litigation and Court of Protection cases. She has experience in damages-based agreements and the application of set-off in different contexts. She has acted in legal aid costs applications against the Lord Chancellor and wasted costs applications.  Nicola is one of the authors of the White Book Costs & Funding following the Civil Justice Reforms. Nicola is currently instructed as costs counsel in the Aercap Russian Airways litigation.

Cases of note:

• NOx Emissions Group Litigation – Nicola currently acts for Ford Motor Company in relation to costs and funding issues. She has represented Ford at a funding information hearing [2024] EWHC 1222 and at the two Pan-NOx costs budgeting hearing [2024] EWHC 1728, [2025] EWHC 2307 and at the hearing of applications for funding information disclosure in respect of third-party funding arrangements (where Nicola acted as the lead advocate for the Defendant group) [2025] EWHC 3116, [2025] EWHC 3198.
• Shotbolt Class Representative v Valve Corporation [Ongoing] – Instructed as funding counsel in the ongoing proceedings before the CAT.
• Alex Neill Class Representative Limited v Sony Interactive Entertainment Limited & Anr (CAT) [2023] CAT 73 – Acted for the Proposed Class Representative in the first judgment from the CAT dealing with the enforceability of litigation funding arrangements post-PACCAR. The CAT certified collective proceedings brought on behalf of 8.9 million Sony PlayStation UK customers for damages for breach of competition law.
• RPB v HMRC [2022] – Acted on behalf of HMRC in detailed assessment proceedings which raised points of principle about mixed claims in publication and privacy proceedings and the recoverability of success fees and after the event (ATE) insurance premiums.
• Dalia El-Demellawy v European Bank for Reconstruction and Redevelopment [2020] – Detailed assessment proceedings before Master Leonard. Interest ran at Judgments Act rate on the defendant’s costs despite an order for set-off against the claimants costs by the trial judge (application of Fearns v Anglo-Dutch Paint).
• Momonakaya v Ministry of Defence [2019] EWHC 480 (QB) – Whether a claim had been settled pursuant to Part 36 in circumstances where clarification of the offer following receipt of the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) certificate had not been provided.
• Dewhirst v South Tees Hospital NHFT [2019] – Represented claimants in contested High Court costs hearing in judicial review claim following a compromise agreement.
• Holmes v Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust [2020] – Appeal in refusal of an application to set aside a notice of discontinuance in a clinical negligence claim.
• Marsh v Ministry of Justice (Court of Appeal) [2018] – Acted for the Ministry of Justice in the appeal against the judge’s order that it would be unjust for the usual Part 36 consequences to apply due to the change in the personal injury discount rate. Appeal compromised.
• In the matter of AE, FW, SC and JB and ors [2017] COP – Costs dispute in the Court of Protection about costs sanctions for failure to give full and frank disclosure.
• Pearce v Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, Coal Products Limited, National Smokeless Fuels Limited [2016 – 1019, Turner J, Master Gordon Sakar) – Group litigation costs. Instructed as junior counsel to Alexander Hutton QC to deal with costs management and other costs issues for the defendants including an application for early disclosure of ATE policies.
• Bakhtiyar v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Upper Tribunal [2015] – Represented the SSHD in a challenge to the SSHD’s reliance on the Re Eastwood approach of assessing the costs of in-house lawyers.

Nicola is an experienced advocate in civil, public and regulatory law. She is a member of 39 Essex Sports group. She has a particular interest in safeguarding issues as a result of her involvement in historical abuse litigation in the civil field, as well as her public law work involving abuse of vulnerable adults and children. She works in the following areas:

• Safeguarding issues in sport whether in the context of sports arbitrations or civil claims
• Disciplinary cases including appeals in the sporting context
• Advising on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and confidentiality issues in the sporting context
• Acting in claims for damages for misuse of private information and/or breaches of the Data Protection Act and the Human Rights Act

Nicola has been appointed to Sport Resolution’s National Safeguarding Panel.

Recent highlights include:

• Sitting as an arbitrator on safeguarding cases in sport
• Representing a governing body in a long running dispute which successfully concluded at the appeal stage
• Advising in relation to a high profile, confidential investigation into safeguarding issues in the employment law context, in particular GDPR issues and disclosure obligations
• Acting in sexual abuse claims raising issues of consent, vicarious liability and limitation
• Acting in disciplinary cases where the allegations concern inappropriate sexual misconduct/abuse of position
• Acting as a special advocate before a sports safeguarding panel in circumstances where material had been withheld from the subject of the investigation

Nicola has acted in claims involving information rights including matters arising under the GDPR, Data Protection Act, as well as claims in tort for misuse of private information, claims for breach of confidence or under Articles 8 and10 ECHR. She is often instructed in claims for damages against public bodies for breach of information rights including claims against the police, health care bodies and central and local government. She advises on subject access requests and had advised bodies on Data Protection Act (DPA)/GDPR issues in the context of regulatory and disciplinary investigations.

Cases of note:

• F v Virgin Care Services Limited [2020] – Acted for the health care provider in a claim for breach of the DPA and a claim for misuse of private information arising out of the communication of information about appointments at a sexual health clinic.
• C1 and C2 v The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police [2018] – Acted for C1 and C2, undercover police officers, in a claim for misuse of private information/breach of confidence, breach of the DPA and Article 8 ECHR against the chief constable arising from the loss of information containing personal details C1 and C2 and their involvement in a covert operation.
• Advising in relation to a high-profile disciplinary investigation in the employment context given rise to DPA and disclosure issues [2019].

Nicola is instructed by Post Office on the Post Office Inquiry, chaired by Sr Wyn Williams. She has worked on all aspects of the Inquiry as the junior silk (overall leader is Kate Gallafent KC) including advisory work, representation at hearings, drafting of closing submissions, delivering the oral closing submissions on behalf of Post Office and supervising the work of a large team of junior barristers.