Amelia Williams successfully represents the Respondent in a 15 day discrimination hearing - Jun 2025
Inquests
Amelia is regularly instructed in the Coroner’s Court to represent families and other interested persons in inquests involving a whole range of issues including persons in custody, police-related inquests, deaths in hospital and medical or psychiatric treatment.
She is recommended as a leading junior in this area by the Legal 500 and is described as “an excellent advocate, controlled, in command and persuasive.”
Selected Cases
- Acting for the family of Tom Sweeting, who took his own life days after being seen by a specialist NHS psychiatry service, following a rapid deterioration in his mental health. Senior Coroner Lydia Brown issued a detailed Prevention of Future Deaths Report.
- Acting for the family of a mother who died from complications arising from an infection following an elective incisional hernia repair. It was found that delayed transfer between two hospital sites contributed to her death.
- Acting for the MoD police in the preliminary hearings and witness preparation in a police shooting inquest before a period of maternity leave. Emma-Louise Fenelon represented the MoD Police in the final hearing.
Amelia Williams secures Extended Civil Restraint Order - May 2025
Amelia recently appeared on behalf of a Defendant in an application hearing before the Designated Civil Judge in the area and successfully obtained an order for strike out of the Claimant’s claim....
Congratulations to our seven members appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel - Sep 2024
Congratulations to Isabel McArdle, Alasdair Henderson, Edward Waldegrave and Dominic Ruck Keene on their promotions to the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel, effective from 1st September. We are...
Members of 1COR act in the Covid Inquiry - Dec 2023
Module 2 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry is drawing to a close, with evidence from the Prime Minister due to be heard on Monday 11 December, followed by closing submissions. This module considered core...
New 1COR appointments to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel - Aug 2023
We're delighted to announce that Paul Reynolds, Emma-Louise Fenelon and Jo Moore have been promoted to the Attorney General's B Panel of Counsel. Further congratulations to Amelia Williams, who has...
Amelia Williams completes Advocate’s Pro Bono Pledge 2023 - Jun 2023
We are delighted that Amelia Williams has completed Advocate’s Pro Bono Pledge and undertaken 25 hours of pro bono work in 2023. A large part of Amelia’s 25 hours of pro bono work was spent...
Welcoming Amelia Williams to 1COR as a new tenant - Apr 2023
