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STEVEN MCQUITTY KC

Year of Call: 2005

KC: 2024

Main Areas of Practice

Administrative Law or Judicial Review
Coroners or Inquests
Human Rights
Public Inquiries

Biography

Steven McQuitty KC is a judicial review barrister with expertise in human rights law, albeit accepting instructions across the entire range of public law work.

Steven was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2005, taking Silk in 2024. Steven has considerable experience both in bringing and defending judicial review applications across a wide range of different legal contexts. Steven is regularly instructed in contentious inquests and has also been instructed in a number of public inquiries.

Steven is currently the Vice-Chair of the Public Law Bar Association.

Qualifications

2004; First class degree in Law LLB (Hons), University of Ulster

2005; Certificate in Professional Legal Studies, Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University, Belfast

2022; Masters in Applied Psychology (MSc) with Distinction