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Damning essay on legality of UK drone killings wins Bar Council competition

updated on 04 January 2016

A pupil barrister has won first prize in the Bar Council’s essay competition with a damning dissection of the legality of the UK government’s use of drones to kill people.

Emma Jane Fitzsimons is a first-six pupil at Garden Court Chambers. Her essay won the competition’s first prize of £4,000 for its examination of the lack of transparency and due process in the government’s killing of two British citizens by drone strikes last summer. You can read her essay here.

Fitzsimons said: “The lack of transparency and the limited public debate that followed these lethal strikes was disturbingly casual and wholly unsatisfactory from a rule of law perspective. Lethal drone strikes are shrouded in secrecy, even after they have occurred, which represents an erosion of due process guarantees. I am very grateful to the Bar Council Scholarship Trust for funding the essay competition, which will help to cover the cost of my studies and alleviate some financial stress during pupillage. The money will allow me to concentrate on the work at hand.”

Information about the Bar Council’s essay competition for 2016 will be released soon. Look out for the details here on LawCareers.Net.  

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