Carolin Ott
Carolin Ott is a senior associate solicitor at Leigh Day, specialising in public law with an emphasis on judicial review and public inquiries. Her expertise spans domestic and international human rights cases, in which she has consistently challenged public bodies on key issues such as social welfare, immigration, and national security. Carolin has acted in some of the most high-profile challenges to flagship government policies in recent years, including in the social security and asylum context and has experience acting on notable appellate cases, including in the Supreme Court for both individual and organisational clients.
She has been recognised as the Law Gazette’s ‘Lawyer in the News’ as a result of her work in relation to challenging discriminatory council tax schemes and as the ‘Times Lawyer of the Week’ for her work on behalf of single parents challenging the approach to childcare costs under Universal Credit. Carolin is ranked as a ‘Star Associate’ in public law by Chambers and Partners was listed as an ‘Associate to Know’ as a result of acting on behalf of Oxfam in Al Haq v Secretary of State for Business and Trade which was identified as one of the top cases of 2025.
Carolin graduated from the London School of Economics with a First Class degree in Law. She also holds a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School. She is a dual qualified lawyer, admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales and as an attorney to the New York State Bar.