Katie Lines

Biography 

Katie Lines is the Research Leader for the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers  with the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.

Katie's previous work at the Bingham Centre has included scrutinising proposals to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and working on the Rule of Law Monitoring of Legislation Projec t, the aim of which is a systematic analysis of all Government Bills to assess whether they comply with Rule of Law principles. Katie worked on this project as the Research Fellow in Rule of Law Monitoring of Coronavirus Legislation.

Prior to joining the Bingham Centre, Katie was a human rights lawyer with the civil liberties organisation Liberty, where she conducted strategic litigation and scrutinised legislation from a human rights perspective. Katie's background is as a public law barrister specialising in housing and homelessness