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Emma Hynes

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Gatehouse Chambers

Emma Hynes

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About Emma

Emma specialises in construction and commercial matters including professional negligence claims. Within those areas, she acts in complex dispute resolution, both as a junior and in her own right. She is known for her meticulous preparation and tenacity.

Emma is appointed to the Attorney-General’s C Panel. She is instructed as junior counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and for the Cabinet Office on the Covid Inquiry.

Before coming to the Bar, Emma had a successful career in business communications, working for organisations as diverse as Serco, the Carbon Trust and Microsoft. This experience has given her a particular understanding of multinational commercial clients as well as a practical and business-minded approach.

She currently sits on the board of AIM-listed fire safety products company, Lifesafe Holdings plc, as a non-executive director.

Before changing her career, Emma combined her work with fencing sabre at an international level. She represented Australia in five world championships and won two Commonwealth medals.

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