Olivia Percival Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Promoted to manage Liberty's Advice and Information team; responsible for providing strategic direction to Liberty's public advice service and expanding Liberty's profile as a leader in the field of human rights advice provision and access to justice work. This includes developing innovative approaches for delivering legal advice and information e.g..

London, United Kingdom

• As one of Liberty’s two Advice & Information Officers, I was responsible for:
• Providing legal advice and practical assistance to thousands of members of the public who contact Liberty for help each year. This advice spanned diverse areas of law including human rights law, public law.
• Recruiting, training and supervising a team of up to 20 in-house volunteers at a time, as well as training and supervising remote volunteers, and developing and maintaining pro bono partnerships with law firms and.
• Leading on a project to overhaul Liberty’s online advice and information resources, including detailed scoping work, consultations with stakeholders, mapping user journeys and briefing consultants;
• Monitoring developments and engaging in policy discussions in the fields of human rights education and public legal education more broadly.

London, United Kingdom

• Providing research and project support to research fellows in the Bingham Centre on a number of different projects relating broadly to the rule of law. Particular achievements include:
• Collating and analysing responses to an international consultation on best practices in legal aid, including qualitative and quantitative data analysis and assistance with drafting the analysis report for the.
• Co-authoring a report of a roundtable event organised by the Bingham Centre on Brexit, Human Rights and Devolution;
• Preparing bulletins for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Rule of Law, as part of the Bingham Centre’s secretariat function for that group;
• Supporting the Expert Working Group on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill and the Rule of Law set up by the Bingham Centre together with the UCL Constitution Unit and attending Working Group meetings in Parliament;
• Preparing briefing for a senior staff member giving evidence before a parliamentary committee.

Strasbourg Area, France

• Directorate of Legal Advice & Public International Law (DLAPIL)Providing legal advice to colleagues involved in the implementation of the Council’s human rights programmes and projects, in particular:
• Undertaking legal research and preparing legal opinions on a range of issues, including the interpretation of internal rules, the privileges and immunities of the organisation and questions of public international law;
• Drafting and reviewing contracts, agreements, and other legal documents including those in relation to co-operation with member and non-member states and the European Union;
• Advising on public procurement and grant-making procedures, including assisting with contractual strategy, overseeing the conduct of the procedures and responding to complaints;
• Assisting with the review, drafting and updating of internal rules, templates and guidance documents.

London, United Kingdom

• Providing advice to civil servants and ministers in the Department of Health and its executive agencies in relation to health legislation and the legal implications of health policy proposals, with a particular focus.
• Advising in relation to risk of judicial review, compliance with human rights law, equality and non-discrimination law, information law, EU law, international law and specific health legislation;
• Drafting secondary legislation and non-legislative instruments to implement policy proposals;
• Contributing to briefing for ministers, and responding to Parliamentary Questions.

Heathrow Airport, London

• A six-month secondment to the Legal Department at Heathrow. Principal tasks included:
• Responding to passenger complaint letters; reviewing evidence and correspondence;
• Conducting case analysis and writing letters before action;
• Drafting discrete pieces of advice on diverse topics, including environment, health and safety, and the provision of assistance to disabled passengers;
• Representing Heathrow in court proceedings and mediation proceedings;
• Managing the litigation/procedural process in relation to a number of different claims.

London, United Kingdom

• Four training “seats” as part of a training contract, in the following departments of the firm: Real Estate, Corporate (Technology, Media and Telecoms), EU & Competition, and Litigation (on secondment at Heathrow.
• Drafting, reviewing and amending contractual documents;
• Liaising with clients to obtain instructions, update on progress and advise at a high level;
• Conducting legal research and analysis, and producing notes of advice for clients;
• Assisting with preparing merger filings before the UK and EU Competition authorities;
• Reviewing evidence and correspondence, conducting case analysis; and

DG Competition

• A four-month internship within the Communications and Inter-Institutional Relations Unit of DG Competition. Principal tasks included:
• Helping to prepare and edit briefings and speeches for the Commissioner and Director General;
• Preparing research memos on legal and non-legal issues;
• Commenting on internal policy documents and analysing institution-specific documents; and
• Attending and taking notes of various high level meetings.

Master’S Degree, Human Rights And Democratisation

• First semester: human rights mechanisms, democratisation, human rights and security (including international humanitarian law and.

Master'S Degree, European Law

o European law, particular focus on European competition law

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb), Law With French Law

o General English law topics o Public international law / Private international law o EU law / EU competition law

Diplôme D’Etudes Juridiques Françaises, French Law