Law Pod UK Ep.221 Supreme Court upholds legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor - Jun 2025
Lucy has a busy practice across all of Chambers’ main areas, with particular expertise in public inquiries and inquests, clinical negligence, personal injury (including abuse), and public and human rights law. She was recently nominated as a Rising Star at the 2024 Inspirational Women in Law Awards.
Lucy has experience acting in high-value and complex cases both in her own right and led by silks. Lucy has appeared unled in the High Court, the County Court, the Upper Tribunal and the Coroner’s Court, and in planning inquiries, and has been led in cases up to the Court of Appeal.
Lucy is a member of the Attorney General’s Junior Junior Panel. She has been part of the Government Office for Science’s team on the Covid-19 Inquiry for a number of years.
Lucy is committed to pro bono representation and has been instructed on a pro-bono basis for Advocate and the Environmental Law Foundation. Lucy was previously nominated for Advocate’s Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year. Read about Lucy’s pro bono experience here.
Lucy is a co-presenter of Law Pod UK.
View full profile »John Whitting KC and Lucy McCann secure eight figure settlement for victim of neonatal injury - Mar 2025
Mrs. Justice Lambert yesterday approved settlement in KSS v Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Claimant had suffered permanent brain damage because of the Defendant Trust's...
Law Pod UK Ep.216 International Women’s Day series part 3: community and belonging at the Bar - Mar 2025
Law Pod UK is marking International Women’s Day by bringing you the final episode of its three-part series exploring gender at the Bar. In this episode, Lucy McCann and Rajkiran Arhestey speak to...
Law Pod UK Ep.211 The most significant cases of 2024 - Jan 2025
Join Rosalind English in Episode 211 as she discusses with Lucy McCann and Jonathan Metzer the cases that have been decided at all levels in the courts in 2024 that have had, or will have,...
Law Pod UK Ep.207: A Beginner’s Guide to Extradition - Nov 2024
Benjamin Seifert of 1 Crown Office Row joins Lucy McCann to introduce our listeners to extradition law. Listen to Episode 207 to find out about the statutory framework that governs extradition, the...
Neglect verdict in a prison inquest – Lucy McCann acts on behalf of the family - Oct 2024
Lucy McCann appeared on behalf of the family of Oliver Davies, who died by suicide on 31 December 2022 at HMP Hewell. The jury heard that Oliver had a long history of serious mental ill health, for...
Law Pod UK Ep. 198: Small Data: damage, distress and the development of a new type of claim - May 2024
Jasper Gold of 1 Crown Office Row joins Lucy McCann to explore “small data” claims, where data and personal injury law intersect. Law Pod UK is available on Spotify, Apple...
Law Pod UK Ep. 197: Negligence in football: A claim of two halves - Apr 2024
Football fans everywhere will be familiar with reckless tackles, whether from their own Sunday league experience or as followers of the professional game. But when will a tackle amount to negligence...
Law Pod UK Ep. 194: International Women’s Day series part 1: what’s the problem? - Mar 2024
LawPod UK is marking International Women’s Day with a three-part series exploring gender at the Bar. In this series, Lucy McCann and Rajkiran Barhey speak to Lady Justice Whipple, Sally Smith...
Law Pod UK Ep. 192: Scope of duty since Khan v Meadows - Jan 2024
Rachel Marcus and Marcus Coates-Walker of 1 Crown Office Row join Lucy McCann to explore the principle of the scope of duty in the context of clinical negligence claims. First by analysing the...
Law Pod UK Ep. 191: Significant Cases of 2023 - Jan 2024
Lucy McCann, Rosalind English and Jon Metzer discuss a selection of significant legal cases from the UK over the past year. Plus: we want your feedback! Please take a couple of minutes to fill in...
Rajkiran Barhey and Lucy McCann win pro bono planning appeal - Dec 2023
Rajkiran Barhey and Lucy McCann appeared successfully, pro bono, on behalf of The Isleworth Society at a five day planning inquiry examining a proposal to build 80 flats on a site which has been used...
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...
Law Pod UK Ep. 189: Best of Law Pod 2023 So Far - Sep 2023
Presenters Rosalind English and Lucy McCann reprise some of the leading episodes of Law Pod UK this year, ranging from the potential impact of AI on the legal professions, to the problem of...
Lucy McCann successful in multi-track personal injury claim - Aug 2023
Lucy McCann was instructed by Anthony Pownall from Bonallack & Bishop Solicitors to represent the Claimant in a personal injury claim. The Claimant was volunteering at a foodbank distribution...
Rajkiran Barhey and Lucy McCann represent Isleworth Society Pro Bono in Planning Inquiry - Aug 2023
Rajkiran Barhey and Lucy McCann, instructed pro bono by Emma Montlake of the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF), are representing the Isleworth Society, a local residents’ society, in this planning...
1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Spring 2023 – Issue 13 – July 2023 - Jul 2023
Welcome to the thirteenth issue of the QMLR, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. Download the Spring 2023 newsletter here: 1COR QMLR - Issue 13 - 2023 Spring ...
1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Winter 2022 – Issue 12 – May 2023 - May 2023
Welcome to the twelfth issue of the QMLR, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. This issue catches up on cases from early 2022. Download the Winter 2022 newsletter here: 1COR...
Law Pod UK Ep. 183: Multi-defendant cases: the more the merrier? - Apr 2023
Lucy McCann speaks to Cara Cuthrie and Matthew Flinn of 1 Crown Office Row, about multi-defendant litigation in the field of clinical negligence. The discussion covers who to sue, the costs...
Law Pod UK Ep. 180: The Environmental Minimum with Dr Stefan Theil - Mar 2023
In this episode, Lucy McCann speaks to Dr Stefan Theil, the John Thornley Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, about what role the law can play in...
Law Pod UK Ep. 176: Significant Cases of 2022 - Dec 2022
In this episode Rosalind English, Lucy McCann and Jon Metzer discuss a selection of significant legal cases from the UK over the past year. Law Pod UK is available on Spotify, Apple...
Law Pod UK Ep. 172: Advocacy in the Appellate Courts with Philip Havers KC - Nov 2022
In her Law Pod UK debut, Lucy McCann talks with Philip Havers KC about his experiences appearing in appellate courts. Containing practical tips for those making their first appearances in appellate...
The Changing Face of Judicial Review - Oct 2022
On 20th October 2022 The Hon Mr Justice Garnham will chair our seminar on ‘The Changing Face of Judicial Review’ with expert speakers Philip Havers KC, Marina Wheeler KC, Sarabjit Singh KC,...
Law Pod UK is back – and with new presenters! - Sep 2022
This year Law Pod UK celebrates its fifth birthday. In 2017 we were amongst the very first to roll out a specialised series of podcasts about the law in the United Kingdom. And after a brief hiatus...
Welcoming Thomas Hayes and Lucy McCann as new tenants - Sep 2022
We are pleased to welcome Thomas Hayes and Lucy McCann as full tenants today. Tom and Lucy are joining 1COR after successfully completing their pupillages with us, and are both building strong...
1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Winter 2021/2022 – Issue 11 - May 2022
Welcome to the eleventh issue of the QMLR, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row to update you on developments in Winter 2021/2022. Download the Winter 2021/2022 newsletter here:...
Welcoming our new pupils Lucy McCann and Thomas Hayes today - Sep 2021
