Katie Lines

Biography

Katie Lines is a Research Leader with the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. She co-ordinates the Centre's work on emergencies and the Rule of Law.

Katie's work has included leading the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers  project. The Independent Commission was chaired by The Rt. Hon. Sir Jack Beatson FBA and considered how far current UK legal frameworks and parliamentary procedures protect the Rule of Law and human rights in public health emergencies, and how far they promote accountability, transparency and parliamentary control of executive action. Its final report  and recommendations were published in May 2024. Katie also worked on the Rule of Law Monitoring of Legislation project, the aim of which is a systematic analysis of all government Bills to assess whether they comply with rule of law principles.

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 social housing and homelessness.