During pupillage, Olivia was supervised by Philip Coppel QC, Ed Grant, Emmaline Lambert and Rob Williams. She carried out work for her supervisors, members of Chambers and her own clients in a range of areas including public, housing, commercial, and data protection law, and assisted in cases such as the SNP's judicial review challenge of its exclusion from the leaders' debate by ITV.
Before coming to the Bar, Olivia had both private and public sector legal experience. In the private sector, Olivia worked in the Brussels office of an international law firm, drafting EU merger filings.
In the public sector, Olivia has worked as a Legal Intern at the Competition & Markets Authority on competition and consumer law enforcement cases, and as a Research Assistant in the commercial and common law team at the Law Commission.
At the Law Commission, Olivia worked on the Goods Mortgages Bill and Report, and co-authored the "Right to Manage" consultation paper, part of MHCLG's leasehold reform programme.
Olivia has a degree in law from St. Peter's College, Oxford and a Competition Law LLM from King's College, London for which she received a Distinction. Olivia read for the Bar at City Law School, with the benefit of an Exhibition from Inner Temple. She was graded Outstanding. During her studies, she volunteered with the Citizens Advice Bureau and Free Representation Unit, achieving a successful outcome in social security appeals for all her clients.
Housing
Events – Zoom webinar – the lifting of the possession stay.
Recent instructions include:
While a pupil, Olivia gained experience of a range of housing matters, including:
Anti-Social behaviour
Recent instructions include:
Information Law
Events – Zoom webinar - GDPR 2 years on - Lessons learned and practical tips for compliance
22.06.2020
Recent instructions include:
As a pupil, Olivia gained the following information law expertise:
Public Law and judicial review
Olivia was recently instructed as junior to draft the Statement of Facts of Grounds in support of an application for permission for judicial review of a grant of planning permission.
As a pupil, Olivia gained the following experience:
Commercial
Recent instructions include:
As a pupil, Olivia's experience included:
Planning and Environment
Recent experience includes:
As a pupil, Olivia's experience included:
Licensing
Zoom webinar: Licensing in the COVID-19 Era. Date 15.10.2020.
Recent experience includes:
• Advising on the prospects of success of an application to vary a premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003.
Case: Public Law and Judicial Review
Electoral Commission defeats Labour Party's claim for judicial review
31st March 2021
Philip Coppel QC and Olivia Davies successfully defended the Electoral Commission against the Labour Party's claim for judicial review. The claim concerned registered descriptions – phrases that political parties can apply....Case: Commercial and Regulatory
Court of Appeal hears appeals on behalf of 42 former Post Office workers convicted
29th March 2021
Last week the Court of Appeal heard appeals on behalf of 42 former post office workers convicted, between 2000 and 2013 of various counts of theft, fraud, and false accounting,....News:
Top tips to pupillage interview success
2nd March 2021
Olivia Davies - who joined Cornerstone Barristers as a tenant in October 2020 after successful completion of pupillage - shares her top five tips on how to master pupillage interviews: 1) ....Court of Appeal hears appeals on behalf of 42 former Post Office workers convicted
29th March 2021
Last week the Court of Appeal heard appeals on behalf of 42 former post office workers convicted, between 2000 and 2013 of various counts of theft, fraud, and false accounting,....