Barrister Profile

Main Areas of Practice

Administrative Law or Judicial Review
Coroners or Inquests
Employment Law
Personal Injury

Biography

Judith was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2019. During pupillage, Judith gained experience in Judicial Review, Inquests, Criminal Law, and Personal Injury

Appointments:

• Directorate of Legal Services - Junior Counsel.
• Government Legal Services NI - Civil Panel D.

Qualifications

• LLB (Hons) Law Queen’s University Belfast.
• LLM (Human Rights), Queen’s University Belfast
• Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University Belfast (IPLS)
• Degree of Barrister-at-Law, The Honourable Society of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland.

Experience

At the Bar, I have experience in inquests, public inquiries, employment, personal injury and social security matters.

Experience prior to the Bar:

Equality Commission NI (2020 - 2022). Specialising in employment, discrimination and equality law. Experience before the Industrial and Fair Employment tribunals and County Court.

Law Centre NI. Specialising in Social Security Law.

Migrant Centre NI. Specialising in Race Hate Crime.

Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid (Director) 2020 - 2021.