Emily is a Partner in Mishcon Purpose. Her practice centres on environment and climate related claims and she acts for a wide range of clients including individuals, families, groups of individuals as well as NGOs and not for profit organisations in asserting their rights and pursuing bad actors. Her background is as a litigator of complex commercial disputes in a variety of forums, and she is accustomed to acting for international clients in complex and multi-faceted disputes. In particular, she has experience in breaches of contract, confidence and fiduciary duty, fraud claims and shareholder disputes.
Emily is also a member of Mishcon's Politics and Law group, and has significant experience in public law matters, as well as political disputes. Notably, she acted for Gina Miller in both of her successful landmark constitutional judicial review cases against the government – the first in 2016 in relation to parliamentary approval of the triggering of Article 50 and the second in 2019 in relation to the legality of the Prime Minister's prorogation of parliament.
Within Mishcon, Emily is co-chair of the Access to Law committee and a member of the Gender Steering group. She is a regular speaker on climate and environmental litigation at various international conferences.
Key Experience
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Acted for Gina Miller in two high profile and successful judicial review claims against the government – the first in 2016 in relation to parliamentary approval of the triggering of Article 50 and the second in 2019 in relation to the legality of the Prime Minister's prorogation of parliament Miller & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Rev 3) [2017] UKSC 5 and R (on the application of Miller) v The Prime Minister [2019] UKSC41)
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- Advised a multinational company in relation to a dispute with a former advisor concerning breach of confidence, breach of contract, defamation and conflicts of interest. The claim settled early on in proceedings and on favourable terms to the client.
- Represented an international mining company in relation to multiple cross jurisdictional disputes involving the expropriation of its assets, including advising in relation to arbitration (LCIA and ICSID) and judicial review proceedings.
- Advised a company shareholder and chairman in relation to a claim brought against him by a former shareholder and business partner. The complex claim, which involved Cypriot, Russian and English law elements, included claims for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.
- Represented a high profile politician in defending a defamation claim.
- Advised a private individual in relation to complex privacy and blackmail issues.
Career History
Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Legal Director, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Mishcon de Reya
Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya
Trainee, Mishcon de Reya
BPP Law School
Durham University, Politics and History BA (Hons)