Kirsty Brimelow

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Kirsty Brimelow
Born (1969-08-05) 5 August 1969 (age 53)
Chorley, Lancashire, England
Education Birmingham University
OccupationBarrister
Years active1993–present

Kirsty Brimelow is a barrister of England and Wales and KC practising from Doughty Street Chambers. She practises in the national and international courts and tribunals in international human rights, criminal law and public law. She is a Bencher of Gray's Inn and elected member of its management committee. She was International Pro Bono Barrister of the Year in 2018 and was Chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee (2012–2018). [1] [2] [3] She obtained an LLB Hons from Birmingham University and then studied at the Inns of Court School of Law to be called to the Bar in 1991. She was a pupil at Littleton Chambers in 1993. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2011. In 2021 she was appointed trustee of WWF UK. In 2021, she was elected Vice-Chair of the Criminal Bar Association of England and Wales. She is incoming Chair in September 2022 and will be the 6th female Chair in the CBA's 53 year history. In 2021 Kirsty was appointed a Recorder (part-time Crown Court Judge) and a Deputy High Court Judge. Brimelow was the recipient of the First 100 years "inspirational Barrister of the year" award in 2018 [4] and then went on to judge the awards in 2019. [5] She presented the inaugural Heilbron lecture in 2020. [6] She is a frequent legal commentator in the media and a writer for The Times newspaper. [7] She has given expert evidence to parliamentary committees and provides expert opinions on bills of parliament. [8] She led the proposal for and advised on the groundbreaking FGM injunction law. [2] Kirsty also is an accredited mediator. She mediated a historic apology from the former President of Colombia President Santos to the peace community San José de Apartadó. [9] She was the only foreign barrister to attend the signing of the peace accord in Cartagena in 2016.

Brimelow has worked as a trainer in child rights with Unicef Nigeria for many years. She also has led training of the Nigerian Bar Association on environment law and international human rights and internally displaced persons and terrorism and rights. [10] [11] [12] She was allegedly a victim of the News International phone hacking scandal. [13] She is well known for her international human rights work as well as expertise in the law of peaceful protest. In international law, currently, she is heading a project as a consultant to Unicef Myanmar in child rights. She is also representing Mohamed Nasheed, former President of the Maldives. [14] [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ask Anything: Kirsty Brimelow QC".
  2. 1 2 "Column 1611". Hansard . 5 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kirsty Brimelow QC". Counsel Magazine.
  4. ↑ "First 100 Years: Inspirational Women in Law". 30 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Meet this year's judges! | First 100 Years".
  6. ↑ "Lecture Series".
  7. ↑ Qc, Kirsty Brimelow. "Our world is burning. An ecocide law could help to douse the flames".
  8. ↑ "Fixed Penalty Notices and Protest during long lockdown examined by MPS – Committees – UK Parliament".
  9. ↑ "Santos apologizes to peace community over unjust treatment". 11 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Taxi driver returned my lost bag on my first visit to Nigeria – Kirsty Brimelow". 24 February 2018.
  11. ↑ Qc, Kirsty Brimelow. "Theresa May is ignoring Nigeria's creeping authoritarianism".
  12. ↑ "UK Bar chair dissects Buhari's stance on rule of law". 18 September 2018.
  13. ↑ O'Carroll, Lisa & Josh Halliday (7 September 2012). "News International may face 230 new claims over alleged phone hacking". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  14. ↑ "May 6 blast: Nasheed appoints a British Queen's Counsel member to represent him".
  15. ↑ "Extraordinary day in the life: Kirsty Brimelow QC". Counsel Magazine.
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