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About
Provided by Tessa Gregory
Practice Areas
Tessa is a Partner and an experienced litigator specialising in international and domestic human rights and environmental law. She conducts challenging high profile public law cases across diverse areas such as social welfare, human rights, refugee, wildlife and environmental law. She represents a wide variety of clients including individuals, MPs and NGOs. Tessa has been at the forefront of challenges to the Government’s welfare reforms and refugee policies and she currently represents a number of Afghans seeking an Article 2 compliant investigation into the deaths of their family members who they allege were murdered by British Special Forces.
Career
Tessa joined Leigh Day in 2014 from another human rights firm. In 2011 Tessa was shortlisted for the Peter Duffy Young Human Rights Lawyer of the Year award; in 2013 she was named The Times' Lawyer of the Week; and in 2014 she featured in The Lawyer’s annual Hot 100 list. In 2018 she was named Times Lawyer of the Week again for her work obtaining six refugee families’ entry to the UK after having been stuck on a British military base in Cyprus for 20 years.
Chambers Review
UK
Tessa Gregory is a partner at Leigh Day who advises clients across the full range of public law matters. She is well regarded for her experience in high-profile cases which draw upon her expertise of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Equality Act 2010.
Tessa Gregory represents a range of clients in challenges to the state, including acting for individuals, campaign groups and politicians. She has particular expertise in relation to social welfare and national security issues.
Tessa Gregory focuses her environmental law practice on matters pertaining to wildlife and habitats. Her clients include NGOs and campaigners, as well as local residents' groups.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tessa is a great strategic thinker, often seeing the big picture and having the genius ideas when others are stuck in the detail. She is always good humoured and delightful. She is a true leader!"
"Tessa is a star and we adore working with her. She is smart, fun, dynamic and determined."
"Tessa is a phenomenal public lawyer. She is wonderful to work with, she has fantastic understanding and insight."
"Tessa Gregory is detail-oriented and can see the big strategic picture. She is also very nice to work with."
"Tessa is a fantastic lawyer. She is knowledgeable and creative."
"Tessa is very strategically savvy and has really good instincts for what will play well with the court. She also has just really good legal skills."
"Tessa is extremely competent, determined and resilient."
"Tessa has a great grasp of strategy and is able to really see the wood for the trees on complex and important litigation. She has really excellent judgement and builds a great team around her."
"Tessa is a great strategic thinker, often seeing the big picture and having the genius ideas when others are stuck in the detail. She is always good humoured and delightful. She is a true leader!"
"Tessa is a star and we adore working with her. She is smart, fun, dynamic and determined."
"Tessa is a phenomenal public lawyer. She is wonderful to work with, she has fantastic understanding and insight."
"Tessa Gregory is detail-oriented and can see the big strategic picture. She is also very nice to work with."
"Tessa is a fantastic lawyer. She is knowledgeable and creative."
"Tessa is very strategically savvy and has really good instincts for what will play well with the court. She also has just really good legal skills."
"Tessa is extremely competent, determined and resilient."
"Tessa has a great grasp of strategy and is able to really see the wood for the trees on complex and important litigation. She has really excellent judgement and builds a great team around her."
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