Louise di Mambro OBE
Consultant
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Louise is a member of Blake Morgan’s Privy Council team advising on, and conducting, appeals and applications to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from jurisdictions such as the BVI, Cayman Islands and Mauritius.
Main areas of practice
As a Privy Council agent, Louise will conduct a wide variety of cases (including for example company and commercial cases) from those jurisdictions which have the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as their final court of appeal.
Clients
Her clients include overseas attorneys who wish to appoint a Privy Council agent.
Expertise
Career
Louise was called to the Bar in 1976 and spent the first 20 years of her career as a member of the Government Legal Service in the Treasury Solicitor’s Department and the Lord Chancellor’s Department. In 1997, Louise joined the court staff in the Court of Appeal, Civil Division and was subsequently appointed as a Deputy Master, a role which involved working in the Royal Courts of Justice. She then became Deputy Head of the Judicial Office of the House of Lords, before becoming Acting – and then permanently – Registrar of the Privy Council in 2009. Louise was also appointed as the first Registrar of the UK Supreme Court when it was established in 2009.
Louise received an OBE in the 2021 New Year’s honours list for services to the administration of justice.
She is a Bencher of the Middle Temple.
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Additional Expertise
Louise is a contributing editor to the Caribbean Civil Court Practice Third edition 2024 published by LexisNexis.
Insights by Louise
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Back in May 2024, we reported on the formal Consultation on sweeping changes to the Rules and procedures regarding Privy Council cases. The Response to the Consultation has now been...
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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has issued a formal consultation on sweeping changes to its Rules and procedures regarding Privy Council cases.
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Not all cases heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) Board are appeals 'as of right', where leave to appeal is granted by the court appealed from....
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