Mariel Irvine Solicitors

Mariel Irvine is a boutique law firm based in London, established in 2002 by founder and sole principal Mariel Irvine. The firm has developed into a small practice handling high-profile cases and providing responsive, dedicated service to both organisations and individuals.

The firm’s specialist areas include employment, inquests and inquiries, data protection, insurance, metal recycling, and police-related matters. These complementary disciplines enable its lawyers to address disputes and issues from multiple perspectives. Clients include police and prison staff associations and their members, online retailers, metal recycling companies, executives in banking, financial, diamond, consulting and other business sectors, insurers and Lloyd’s syndicates, and security guard companies.

In employment law, the firm has acted on significant cases involving police pension issues arising from the Court of Appeal’s decision in McCloud, including judicial review proceedings against Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Secretary of State for the Home Department. It has represented staff associations in judicial review proceedings against the Police Remuneration Review Board and the Home Secretary, and regularly handles Employment Tribunal matters involving sex or race discrimination, whistleblower protection, and trade union membership disputes. The firm also represents clients in civil claims for psychiatric injury due to workplace stress and bullying, and advises corporate executives on exit negotiations, redundancy situations, and settlement agreements.

Inquests and inquiries work includes long-term representation of a police force at the Manchester Arena Inquiry and involvement in the London Bombings Inquests. The firm is currently retained by a police staff association and its member in the McGrail Inquiry in Gibraltar and is regularly instructed in inquests related to deaths in prisons.

Data protection services are led by Mariel Irvine, a qualified data protection practitioner. Clients include insurers, Lloyd’s syndicates, a large teaching hospital, a regulatory body, and online businesses. The firm provides outsourced data protection officer services, compliance advice for digital platforms, and training packages for expert witnesses. Mariel Irvine is the author of A Practical Guide to Enforcing Data Protection Rights and Compensation for Data Breaches (2023).

Insurance work involves defending security guard policyholders in assault claims and advising on policy wordings covering assault and deliberate acts. Mariel Irvine has presented seminars for the Chartered Insurance Institute on vicarious liability, the new protect duty, and claims for compensation for data breaches.

In the metal recycling sector, the firm advised on the drafting of the Scrap Metal Dealers’ Bill and has since represented the British Metal Recycling Association and its members. Mariel Irvine authored A Practical Guide to the Scrap Metal Dealers’ Act 2013 and regularly delivers seminars and training on the legislation.

Throughout her career, Mariel Irvine has acted for the police and frequently provides training through external conferences, seminars, and in-house client sessions.

Languages
French

Memberships
Law Society