Meg Cochrane

Meg is a commercial and civil disputes barrister whose practice covers the full range of commercial and contract law disputes, from high-profile, million-pound matters involving complex questions of jurisdiction or enforcement, to more modest claims for SMEs. She acts for a broad spectrum of clients, including directors, shareholders and companies themselves.

Her practice also spans consumer rights, where she has successfully argued numerous claims for passengers against airlines and for consumers against businesses under the Consumer Rights Act 2015; insolvency, both corporate and personal, including statutory demands, winding-up petitions and bankruptcy petitions; intellectual property, with a particular focus on copyright (including music), trade mark infringement and the protection of image rights; and professional negligence, frequently in claims against solicitors, conveyancers, barristers and accountants.

Meg is also a sports lawyer, accepting instructions from clubs, businesses and individual athletes on matters including anti-doping, contracts, image rights and regulation. She writes regularly on sports law, with recent articles on anti-doping in tennis and multi-club ownership in football published on LawInSport.

My approach

Meg understands that legal cases can be costly, confusing and stressful. As your barrister, she will look to make the process run as smoothly as possible, whether you need legal advice, help drafting correspondence or pleadings, or representation in negotiations or in court. She offers new clients a free 10-minute phone consultation, with no pressure to instruct.

About me

Meg has represented clients ranging from individuals to sports clubs, political parties and FTSE 100 companies at interim hearings, trials and appeals. Alongside advocacy, she is well versed in advisory work and drafting pleadings. She has also worked as Junior Counsel to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, as a case investigator for the Financial Conduct Authority, and as a Junior Research Fellow at the UCL Centre for Law, Economics and Society.

Notable cases

• Mr Ndungu v SPG Limited & Others [2025] EWHC 3039 (Ch), representing a shareholder in the 15-day trial of his claim under ss.561-563 of the Companies Act 2006 concerning his diluted shareholding, and his unfair prejudice petition (led by Duncan Macpherson).
• (1) Ms Dore & (2) Ms Pistidda v easyJet Airline Company Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1553, acting as sole counsel in a dispute over air-passenger compensation forms and documentary evidence. Meg obtained permission to appeal from Nugee LJ, having drafted the grounds of appeal, the skeleton argument and the witness statement supporting the application to adduce fresh evidence.

Professional & academic

• Education: LL.M. in Law & Economics (UCL); LL.B. in Law & French Law (UCL)
• Publications: see