Anne-Marie Irwin

Founding partner Anne-Marie Irwin is a public law and human rights lawyer at Rook Irwin Sweeney. She frequently acts for individuals, charities and NGOs on a range of judicial review cases with particular expertise in health and social care.

Anne-Marie Irwin has considerable experience handling sensitive and complex health and welfare matters covering medical treatment and end-of-life disputes. She has further strength in issues surrounding assisted dying.

Anne-Marie Irwin is a public law specialist at Rook Irwin Sweeney in London. She is best known for her Court of Protection expertise and the extensive work she has done promoting disability rights. One example of her activity is acting in a judicial review seeking to change the law on assisted dying. She also represented the mother of a young adult with severe learning disabilities in a case regarding their right to be able to speak in their native language.