News & Views
Inquests and Inquiries, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Wednesday 21 February 2024
Garden Court barristers contribute to 'Achieving Racial Justice at Inquests' Guide
Achieving Racial Justice at Inquests is a joint guide developed by human rights charities JUSTICE and INQUEST together and in consultation with advisory group members, including our Allison Munroe KC, Leslie Thomas KC, and Thalia Maragh.
Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Wednesday 21 February 2024
Garden Court barristers recover six figure damages in successful High Court claim against Metropolitan Police
Stephen Simblet KC and Stephen Clark of the Garden Court Civil Liberties Team represented the claimant, instructed by Jules Carey of Bindmans.
Criminal Defence, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Thursday 15 February 2024
Keir Monteith KC appointed Honorary Senior Lecturer at University of Manchester
We are delighted to announce that Keir Monteith KC has been appointed as an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester within the School of Social Sciences.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Criminal Defence | Monday 5 February 2024
Marguerite Russell features in Channel 4 documentary on the Miners Strike and police brutality at Orgreave
Marguerite Russell is a founding member of Garden Court Chambers. Marguerite represented the miners in the Orgreave Miners Trial, a landmark case against the State in 1985.
Prisoners’ Rights, Inquests and Inquiries, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Monday 5 February 2024
Kane Boyce: Coroner raises serious concerns about risk of future deaths at HMP Lowdham Grange
Kane's fiancée, Kate, is represented by INQUEST Lawyers Group members Taimour Lay of Garden Court Chambers and Amalia King of Deighton Pierce Glynn.
Environmental Protest, Protest Rights, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Friday 2 February 2024
Greenpeace activists acquitted in trial alongside Greta Thunberg
Owen Greenhall, of the Garden Court Protest Team, was instructed be Mike Schwarz of Hodge Jones and Allen solicitors. Raj Chada also of Hodge Jones & Allen represented the co-defendants.
Immigration Law, Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Friday 12 January 2024
Garden Court responds to Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights' Call for Evidence on Safety in Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill
This consultation response is submitted by Garden Court Chambers, which is a multi-disciplinary Chambers based in London. It has over 190 barristers (including 30 King’s Counsel) and is one of the largest in the country with over 40 years of experience in
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Immigration Detention Civil Claims | Friday 12 January 2024
High Court finds detention to be unlawful with substantial and aggravated damages awarded for breach of Hardial Singh principles
The Claimant was represented by Greg Ó Ceallaigh of the Garden Court Chambers Civil Liberties Team and Irène Nembhard of Birnberg Peirce.
