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Emma McIlveen

Year of Call: 2016
Email Address: [email protected]
Telephone: 020 7583 8055

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Clerks Details

  • Clerk Name: Gemma Faulkner
  • Clerk Telephone: 020 7583 8055
  • Clerk Email: [email protected]
  • Clerk Name: Russell Porter
  • Clerk Telephone: 01865 793736
  • Clerk Email: [email protected]

Employment and discrimination

Emma McIlveen is regularly instructed by both claimants and respondents across the full range of employment law matters. She has particular expertise in complex and overlapping claims involving whistleblowing, trade union detriment, equal pay and discrimination, including disability, race and victimisation.

Her practice frequently involves cases at the intersection of employment law and public law, regulatory obligations or criminal allegations, requiring careful management of parallel proceedings and heightened standards of procedural fairness. She advises a wide range of clients, including charities, public bodies and churches, particularly in matters concerning governance, discipline, safeguarding, internal decision-making and compliance with equality legislation.

Emma is also experienced in employment disputes raising constitutional and public law issues, including proportionality, procedural fairness and the lawful exercise of statutory powers. In addition to Tribunal litigation, she is regularly instructed in employment-related civil proceedings, including contractual disputes, injunctive relief and professional negligence claims arising from failures to advise on limitation, appeal rights or statutory remedies.

She has represented claimants supported by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in discrimination proceedings before the County Court and is experienced in cases involving significant public interest or policy considerations. Emma has substantial appellate experience in employment law and has acted as sole junior counsel in a number of appeals before the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland. Most recently, she successfully represented the National Farmers鈥� Union in an appeal concerning employment status, securing a favourable outcome on issues of worker classification and contractual reality.

Emma has a specialist interest in sports law and has been appointed to sit on disciplinary and regulatory panels, including the Anti-Discrimination Panel for the Premier League. She has also served as Chair of the Appeals Committee of the Irish Football Association in Northern Ireland, and has represented a number of Irish League football clubs in disciplinary and regulatory matters.

Emma has experience advising on and appearing in urgent applications for interim relief across a range of practice areas. In the employment context, she has been instructed in interim relief hearings arising from automatically unfair dismissal claims, including whistleblowing and trade union cases. She is also experienced in applications for interim and injunctive relief in the civil courts, including urgent applications to preserve confidential information, enforce restrictive covenants and prevent ongoing commercial harm. In public law, Emma regularly acts in urgent and time-sensitive judicial review proceedings, including applications for interim and emergency relief, where the court must balance the public interest with the need to prevent irreparable prejudice pending determination.

She is the current Vice Chair of the Employment Lawyers Group in Northern Ireland and publishes a monthly employment law newsletter,聽McIlveen on Employment.

  • Articles

    • More than a pet: emotional support animals and the expanding boundaries of reasonable adjustment

      23rd Apr 2026

      Emma McIlveen examines how emotional support animals, once a personal coping mechanism, are finding their way into legal arguments and into the courtroom, carrying legal significance as part of the evolving duty to make reasonable adjustments.

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    • Eggspecting more: the legal risks of employer-backed egg freezing in the UK

      28th Feb 2026

      Following her recent attendance of the Dublin medico-legal conference, Emma McIlveen reflects on the unique legal and ethical minefields that the new perk of egg freezing can create for businesses who offer it to their employees.

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  • Recommendations

    "Excellent discrimination barrister. Hard working, skilful and a great person to instruct." Instructing solicitor

    "Very driven and successful in everything she does, yet she has a very personable nature and gets on well with clients in every walk of life."聽 Instructing solicitor

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