Lucy McCormick
Barrister
Lucy is a commercial barrister with a particular emphasis on product liability, property damage, property and related areas.
A substantial part of Lucy’s practice concerns group actions or other multi-party litigation. She has extensive experience in the procedure, tactics and reputational issues such cases raise, and is a contributor to the leading practitioner text, Hodge on Multi-Party Actions (2nd ed) (OUP, forthcoming 2023).
Lucy is particularly well known for her expertise in matters with a technology element. She has co-authored or contributed to The Law of Artificial Intelligence (1st ed) (Sweet & Maxwell; 2020), The Law and Autonomous Vehicles (1st ed) (Routledge; 2019), and An Introduction to Technology Law (1st ed) (Lexis Nexis; 2018). In 2021, Lucy co-authored the Bar Council response to the Law Commission’s third consultation paper on automated vehicle law. She is on the Consulting Editorial Board for Lexis Nexis Technology, Media and Telecoms. She lectures nationally and internationally, with recent engagements including the European Robotics Forum, the Future of Transportation World Congress, the Society for Computers and Law, the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, and the Government Legal Department.