Meghann McTague

Practice Areas

Meghann McTague is a highly experienced senior junior instructed in complex, multi-party disputes. Group litigation has been the focus of Meghann’s practice for several years: the subject of which claims include product liability, mass torts, and personal injury claims, in particular those involving complex psychiatric injury.

The unitary claims in which Meghann is instructed involve a range of practice areas including cross-border claims, life sciences, product liability and catastrophic/ fatal personal injury claims, in particular involving TBI.

Meghann has been instructed by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea as junior counsel in relation to the civil claims arising out of the fire at Grenfell Tower since June 2020. Meghann has also been instructed in other high-profile group claims including: the Pan NOx Emissions Litigation, the Covid Care Homes claims and a group of claims involving allegations of modern slavery.

Meghann was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 2019 and is a recommended junior in Chambers and Partners for Group Litigation, Travel: International Personal Injury, and Personal Injury. She is described as being “an outstanding barrister”. Meghann was shortlisted by Chambers and Partners as Personal Injury Junior of the Year in 2023/2024.

In her cross-border practice, Meghann regularly advises clients on complex jurisdictional disputes and conflict of laws and has a wealth of experience of claims involving the Package Travel Regulations 1992, the Montreal Convention and the Athens Convention.

Career

Pan NOx Emissions Litigation

Grenfell Tower Litigation

Covid Care Homes Claims

Professional Memberships

Personal Injury Bar Association