Emma Dowden-Teale
PartnerEXPERIENCE
- English
- Oxford University, MA (Oxon) Jurisprudence 2002
- BPP Law School, Legal Practice Course 2003
Awards
Publications
- OJEU Notices Practical Law (PLC), 2017 - 2020
- Supreme Court rules Wikileaks cable document should have been admitted into evidence LexisNexis, 2018
- Making misogyny a hate crime LexisNexis, December 2018
- Safeguarding in charities: After the storm Charity Finance, February 2019
- A “phenomenon of our time”: when are intelligence leaks admissible in court? Law of Nations, February 2018
- Responding to a crisis Civil Society, October 2019
- Universal Credit ‘migration’ arrangements discriminatory LexisNexis, February 2020
Seminars
- Expert panellist at a digital Skills Town Hall in June 2021 regarding the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill at a digital Town Hall, together with the Shadow Minister for Further Education and Skills and Baroness Garden of Frognal and sector leaders.
Prior Experience
- 2016 – 2022, Senior Associate and subsequently Partner (2017) in the Public Law and Regulatory department at London firm including roles as Head of Safeguarding Group and Head of Equalities Group.
- 2008 – 2016, Associate in Public Law group at UK-based international firm, including secondments into various government departments.
- 2004 – 2008, Training contract at Magic Circle law firm (London and Beijing offices), qualifying into International Dispute Resolution Department (Public Law and International Arbitration groups).
Additional Qualifications
- Independent Reviewer, variously appointed in connection with reviews of serious domestic and international safeguarding incidents
- Steering Committee of the working group commissioned by (what is now) the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) to prepare domestically and internationally compliant guidance to international NGOs, following the House of Commons International Development Committee’s inquiry into exploitation, abuse and harassment in the aid sector. See here
Memberships And Affiliations
- Member of the Public Law Solicitors Association
- Member of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
- Associate Member of the Administrative Law Bar Association