Crime

Meghan has a busy criminal practice spanning the Crown, Magistrates’ and Youth Courts. She has experience in the full breadth of general crime work, including representing those charged with serious violence, sexual offences and drug-related crime.

She has particular experience in specialist protest cases in both the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts, and has represented individuals from Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion, Animal Rebellion and Palestine Action.

She also has experience representing vulnerable young people charged with serious offences in the Youth Court, including those accused of serious violence.

Inquests and Actions Against Public Authorities

Meghan represents bereaved families in Article 2 and non Article 2 inquests. She has experience representing families following deaths in care settings and in the community. As Meghan is also a criminal practitioner, she is particularly comfortable appearing in jury inquests.

She has additional experience in high-profile inquests involving high degrees of press interest following secondment to a leading civil law firm.

Meghan also accepts instructions in civil claims against the police and public authorities.

Previous Experience

Meghan joined Chambers as a tenant in October 2023.

Prior to the Bar, Meghan worked as a Civil Litigation paralegal at Hickman & Rose. She assisted on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and civil claims and worked closely with families of the bereaved and survivors. She also assisted in high-profile inquest cases, including the inquest into the death of Emiliano Sala.

Meghan has previously interned at the Metro Capital Defenders Office in Atlanta, working on death penalty appeals. In particular, she assisted attorneys in fact-finding and research to challenge established Prosecution narratives.

During the GDL and BPTC, she volunteered at the Centre for Women’s Justice assisting in research into how police conducted investigations of sexual offences. She was also a legal assistant at the Slough Immigration Aid Unit, a local immigration charity where she provided support to domestic abuse survivors with precarious immigration status.

Meghan is a legal observer with Black Protest Legal Support. She previously served on the executive of Legal Sector Workers United.