Ffyon Reilly was called to the Bar in 1999 and specialises in Public Law. Ffyon has a multidisciplinary background including significant experience in criminal law, both as a practitioner and as an academic. She was Assistant Dean Clinical Legal Education at City Law School, running the BVS LLM’s, including building partnerships and running clinics with organisations such as Appeal, the Environmental Law Foundation, FRU, Refuge Law Clinic and Reprieve. She retains a position as a Senior Lecturer. Ffyon is currently instructed on the Covid-19 Inquiry and has led teams of junior juniors conducting large scale e-disclosure exercises. She is committed to access to justice and widening access to the bar. She is establishing a broad public law practice including, education law, inquests and Court of Protection.
Christopher Coyle, is an experienced senior junior called in 2016 to practise in England and Wales, having been called to the Bar in Northern Ireland (2007) and the Republic of Ireland (2010). Christopher specialises in Education law with an emphasis on higher education, Administrative and Public law and Commercial work. His notable previous cases include R (Gallagher) v Department of Justice [2019] UKSC 3; R (Girgis) v Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examinations [2021] EWHC 2256 (Admin); and Laverty v Police Appeals Tribunal [2015] NICA 75, amongst others.
Rhia Abukhalil was called in 2019, and previously practised in Manchester. She is building a public law practice reflecting her principal interests in prison and police law, inquests and Court of Protection. Rhia gained her advocacy skills from previous years spent dealing in both criminal cases and civil practice, and possesses a good understanding of the criminal justice system.
Philip Rule KC, Head of the Public Law Group, stated:
“We are delighted to welcome three more talented barristers to our team. The Public Law group at No5 now numbers four silks and 25 junior tenants, offering to our clients expert advisory and advocacy services across a range of important administrative law areas. With several former members having recently joined the senior judiciary we are very pleased that we have recruited three such excellent new additions to our team as Ffyon, Chris and Rhia. We are confident that they will each quickly make their own mark in the work No5 does advancing justice for its clients and providing the highest standard of service to our professional clients”
