Suzanne Lambert

Public Law

Suzanne is a leading public law and human rights practitioner with particular expertise in immigration and asylum, unlawful detention, prisons, inquests, and mental health. She has a wealth of experience in judicial review, especially in immigration, prison law, and tax matters, and has appeared at every level of the UK court system, including the Supreme Court and the Privy Council. She has experience in relation to Tier 2 and Tier 4 immigration, as well as asylum, and has appeared in the High Court and the Upper Tribunal for judicial review challenges, as well as in the First Tier Tribunal (appeals).

Suzanne has gained experience and expertise as a former member of the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel (between 2007 and 2024) and is keen to build her Claimant public law practice in immigration, prisons and human rights more generally. She has a particular interest in equalities and the Public Sector Equality Duty as a result of her work on the Sheku Bayoh Public Inquiry.

Suzanne has significant experience with inquests and appears regularly in the Coroner’s Court. She is instructed by families as well as institutions and healthcare professionals. She has considerable experience of Article 2 inquests and jury inquests involving prisons, healthcare service and the police.

Selected Cases

• In the matter of an application by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for Judicial Review v Coroner Fee, Eugene Thompson, Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (UKSC/2024/0083): Represented PSNI in the appeal by the Secretary of State regarding the decision of the coroner to provide a gist of sensitive information over which public interest immunity has been asserted in a Ministerial Certificate. (Awaiting judgment)
• ARB v IVF Hammersmith Ltd & R [2018] EWCA Civ 2803: Successfully defended a claim for wronglful conception. Supreme Court refused to grant permission to appeal.
• Juman v The Attorney General of Trinidad & Tobago & Anor [2017] UKPC 3.
• R (ota Minister for Economic Development of Jersey and Guernsey) v HMRC [2012] EWHC  718 (Admin).
• R (ota UK Business Academy) v SSHD [2012] EWHC 2385 (Admin)
• R (on the application of Thurairasa) v SSHD [2012] EWHC 2412 (Admin)
• Massey v Governor of HM Prison Liverpool & Anor [2011] EWHC 2270 (Admin)
• R (on the application of Thamby) v SSHD [2011] EWHC 1763 (Admin)
• R (ota Mjemer) v SSHD [2011] EWHC 1514 (Admin)
• R (ota Gyamfi) v SS for Justice [2010] EWHC 349 (Admin).
• R (on the application of Gulzar) v SSHD [2010] EWHC 2138 (Admin) 
• R (ota Chester) v Parole Board & Anor [2008] EWHC 1318 (Admin)