Stephanie Harrison KC

Year of Call: 1991 | Year of Silk: 2013

"Stephanie is at the top of her game in terms of her knowledge of immigration law. She is one of the most formidable practitioners in this area, with excellent skills in written and oral advocacy."

Legal 500, 2024 (Immigration)

"She is someone who puts her clients first; a dedicated, hard-working and thorough opponent."

Chambers UK. 2024 (Administrative & Public Law)

"She just continues to be a total legend. She is brilliant at leading complex strategic litigation."

Chambers UK. 2024 (Civil Liberties & Human Rights)

"Stephanie is a formidable advocate on her feet, technically and strategically astute."

Chambers UK. 2024 (Administrative & Public Law)

"Stephanie is a good negotiator, and she is determined and good at the facts."

Chambers UK. 2024 (Administrative & Public Law)

"An excellent advocate who is assiduous about her cases."

Legal 500. 2024 (Administrative Law & Human Rights)

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Described as a "brilliant advocate", Stephanie is a leading public law practitioner who has appeared at all court levels. Her multi-disciplinary practice spans the breadth of public law and civil liberties.

Stephanie's cases include those arising from unlawful detention, national security, official misconduct, abuse of power, child sexual exploitation, equality and discrimination, minority rights and civil rights protest and injunctions.

She also has considerable expertise in cases involving closed material procedures.

Stephanie is regularly involved in test case litigation and has been instrumental in winning some of the most important cases within her areas of specialism in recent times. Much of her work is high profile and receives media coverage. She is passionate about upholding and advancing the rights of vulnerable, minority groups and children.

Stephanie was appointed as legal counsel to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in 2015.

Stephanie is ranked for Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights and Immigration in both the Legal 500 and Chambers UK Bar Guide. Stephanie was shortlisted for Civil Liberties & Human Rights Silk of the Year at Legal 500 UK Awards 2020. She was shortlisted for Human Rights and Public Law Silk of the Year by Chambers Bar Awards 2019. She won the Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award 2013, the Chambers UK Bar Human Rights and Public Law Junior of the Year award 2012, and was shortlisted for Public Law Silk of the Year at the Legal 500 Awards 2017.

Administrative and Public Law

Overview

Highly regarded as a leading and versatile public law practitioner, Stephanie has over twenty years' experience representing claimants in complex judicial review (JR). She has particular expertise in claims arising from unlawful detention, official misconduct, abuse of power, and discrimination and minority rights.

Her varied practice is evident from cases ranging from the constitutional right to JR, bail and national security and secret evidence procedures to discriminatory denial of healthcare on grounds of gender identity discrimination. Stephanie is the leading practitioner in JR challenges to the lawfulness of treatment and detention of vulnerable adults including those with serious mental illness, trafficking victims, pregnant women and children.

Stephanie has a truly strategic approach to cases and has a proven track record of bringing test case litigation in a wide variety of areas of public law. These include challenges relating to the rights of minorities, including the ban on gay and lesbians in the military and the Article 8 rights of transgender people.

She was one of the lead counsel in successfully challenging the legality of the Detained Fast Track Asylum system in the UK, leading to its suspension and the Government admitting the fast track process was unfair and breached the Equality Act 2010 and the UK's trafficking obligations.

She won the Chambers and Partners Human Rights and Public Law Award in 2013 and was shortlisted for the Legal 500 Public Law Silk of the Year 2017. Stephanie is ranked in Legal 500 2024 and Chambers UK 2024 for Administrative & Public Law.

Notable Cases

Past notable cases can be viewed below. Click here to see a list of recent notable cases.

R (Medical Justice and 7 Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017]
Stephanie was leading Counsel for the lead claimant, Medical Justice, and two individual claimants in a test case challenging the adoption by the Secretary of State of a more restrictive definition of torture in her new Adults at Risk statutory guidance issued under s. 59 Immigration Act 2016. As a result of this challenge, the Secretary of State was ordered to reissue guidance that protects torture victims from harm in detention.

B (Algeria)(Respondent) v SSHD [2018]
Stephanie was leading Counsel for the respondent in this major Supreme Court judgment which considered the correct approach to the availability of immigration bail when detention powers, in line with the Hardial Singh principles, are exhausted. Originally considered within SIAC, this case had a national security context. The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the SSHD's appeal.

VC v Home Secretary [2018]
Stephanie was leading Counsel in this test case concerning whether the Home Secretary had acted unlawfully and in breach of the Human Rights Act when she detained a severely mentally disordered offender who lacked mental capacity to take steps to challenge the legality of his detention. The case concerned whether the Home Secretary breached Article 3 ECHR, the Equality Act and her own detention policy. The case was successful in the Court of Appeal.

AM (Afghanistan) v SSHD [2017]
Widely reported guideline case in which Stephanie appeared as leading Counsel. The Court of Appeal provided guidance on the correct approach to be followed by all Tribunals determining asylum claims made by unaccompanied children and other vulnerable asylum seekers. The case was also very important in creating a right to a litigation friend in the Tribunals.

R (AJS and AJU) [2018]
Stephanie appeared as leading Counsel representing a detained father (AJS) and his daughter in their linked judicial review and civil damages challenges. The case was successful and father and daughter were reunited. The Home Office accepted that AJS was unlawfully detained for the entirety of his detention. There were multiple breaches of the Home Office's published policy relating to Detention and Family Separation and they agreed to pay the Claimants £50,000 in damages.

MA v SSHD [2018]
This case concerned a highly vulnerable victim of torture with serious mental ill health who was subject to repeated physical and mental ill treatment, including derogatory abuse by G4S guards at Brook House IRC, recorded in footage broadcast on the BBC's Panorama programme in September 2017. Stephanie appeared as leading Counsel and secured permission to seek an independent public inquiry into the evidence of systematic abuse that was taking place at the Immigration Removal centre.

Hussein & Ors v SSHD & G4S (Liberty intervening) [2018]
In this high-profile challenge, the Court held that the Secretary of State had interfered with and indirectly discriminated against the rights of Muslims protected under human rights and Equality Act 2010 duties, to properly observe their faith through prayer owing to the conditions of the Brook House detention centre, to include being forced to pray next to dirty, recently used, open toilet pans, in crowded rooms, while locked in overnight.

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Immigration Law

Overview

Stephanie has vast experience in the most complex immigration and asylum claims. Her expertise spans the areas of deprivation and refusals to citizenship and naturalization, fresh and certified claims for asylum, detention and conditions of detention, challenges to deportation and cases involving national security. Stephanie frequently appears in the highest courts in landmark cases.

Stephanie's recent immigration practice has focused more heavily on policy challenges and often have a large crossover with her other specialisms including public law, civil liberties and equality and discrimination. She has led a number of high-profile judicial review challenges to the lawfulness of policy and practice relating to the detention of vulnerable adults, families and children in the detained fast track and immigration detention generally.

She is highly committed to progressing the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers and has worked tirelessly to positively change the experiences of immigrants coming within the jurisdiction of the UK authorities.

Stephanie was awarded Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year 2013 for "her prowess as an advocate for human rights and commitment to progressing the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers and contesting oppressive anti-terrorism measures".

Stephanie is ranked as a Tier 1 Leading Silk in Legal 500 2024 and in Band 1 of Chambers UK 2024 for Immigration.

Notable Cases

Past notable cases can be viewed below. Click here to see a list of recent notable cases.

Stephanie's range is reflected in landmark cases such as: Shah and Islam (a Pakistani woman accused of adultery - ('women as a social group' - House of Lords); Adimi (the prosecution of asylum seekers for false documents); Baumbast, European Court of Justice (freedom of movement and enduring rights to education); Singh (Court of Appeal, family life and adopted children), Januzzi (internal flight alternative); EM Lebanon (House of Lords, rights of women, human rights and local law); A (House of Lords, indefinite detention of foreign nationals), W (Algeria, Supreme Court, confidentiality orders in Article 3 claims).

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Civil Liberties and Human Rights

Overview

Stephanie's multi-disciplinary practice has a strong emphasis on civil liberties, human rights and equality and anti-discrimination.

The use of international human rights law including the European Convention on Human Rights is integral to her practice, and she has considerable expertise in this area. Stephanie is sought after for her particular expertise in claims arising from unlawful detention, official misconduct, and discrimination and minority rights where she is a leader in the field of challenging the use of civil injunctions by public authorities and corporations to prevent and restrict the Article 10 and 11 ECHR rights of protesters and campaigners.

She has been involved in pioneering test case litigation relating to the rights of minorities including the ban on gay and lesbians in the military and the Article 8 rights of transgender people. She also has considerable experience in acting for victims of trafficking and modern slavery.

Stephanie has a wealth of experience in progressing the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers and contesting oppressive anti-terrorism measures. She is a pre-eminent practitioner in national security and counter terrorism cases, including challenges to the fairness of secret evidence procedures, and the human rights issues arising from deportation on national security grounds and the use of control orders/TPIMS relating to Article 2/3, 5 and 6 ECHR.

Stephanie is ranked in Legal 500 2024 and Chambers UK 2024 for Civil Liberties & Human Rights Law.

Notable Cases

Past notable cases can be viewed below. Click here to see a list of recent notable cases.

UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC & Ors v Persons Unknown & Ors [2018]
Stephanie appeared as lead Counsel for environmental campaigners Weald Action Group and Friends of the Earth in this high-profile challenge seeking to overturn a broad injunction being sought by UK Oil and Gas against "persons unknown", prohibiting lawful acts of protest against fracking activities.

VC v Home Secretary [2018]
Stephanie was leading Counsel in this test case concerning whether the Home Secretary had acted unlawfully and in breach of the Human Rights Act when she detained a severely mentally disordered offender who lacked mental capacity to take steps to challenge the legality of his detention. The case concerned whether the Home Secretary breached Article 3 ECHR, the Equality Act and her own detention policy. The case was successful in the Court of Appeal.

R (Medical Justice and 7 Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017]
Stephanie was leading Counsel for the lead claimant, Medical Justice, and two individual claimants in a test case challenging the adoption by the Secretary of State of a more restrictive definition of torture in her new Adults at Risk statutory guidance issued under s. 59 Immigration Act 2016. As a result of this challenge, the Secretary of State was ordered to reissue guidance that protects torture victims from harm in detention.

B (Algeria)(Respondent) v SSHD [2018]
Stephanie successfully represented the respondent, B, in his challenge against the Home Office/Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) and conflict with Article 5 ECHR. The Supreme Court rejected the Home Secretary's argument that strict conditions of bail under Schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 could be imposed indefinitely. This case led to a major ruling on powers to restrict the liberty and freedoms of those who cannot lawfully be detained.

MS v SSHD [2017]
Stephanie acted as leading counsel in this case challenging the limitations and conditions to the claimant's civil liberties of the SSHD's Restricted Leave Policy. The claimant, a Sikh Indian national who had resided in the UK for 20 years with his British family, had been refused indefinite leave due to his historical links to terrorist activities in India. He was not entitled to protection from the Refugee Convention; however, he could not be removed because to do so would breach his human rights due to the real risk of persecution. The court held that the restricted leave conditions restricted MS's liberty to live his life, there was no need for the conditions and it was irrational not to grant indefinite leave. A residence condition was ultra-vires of the powers under the 1971 Act.

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Notable Cases & News

Garden Court barristers appointed as panel counsel to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

We are delighted to announce that 12 members of Garden Court Chambers have been appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC) preferred panel of counsel.

12 June 2024

High Court rules Home Secretary acted unlawfully by failing to provide document to thousands of migrants with valid immigration status

Stephanie Harrison KC of Garden Court Chambers represented RAMFEL and Ms Adjei alongside Shu Shin Luh of Doughty Street Chambers, instructed by Janet Farrell and Christina Bodenes of Bhatt Murphy Solicitors.

7 June 2024

Friends of the Earth takes legal challenge against anti-protest injunctions to European Court of Human Rights

Friends of the Earth is represented in these proceedings by Stephanie Harrison KC, Stephen Clark and Fatima Jichi of Garden Court Chambers and by Wessen Jazrawi at the law firm Hausfeld.

24 May 2024

High Court hears landmark challenge to the lack of legal aid for school exclusion appeals

The Claimant is represented by Stephanie Harrison KC & Ollie Persey, both of Garden Court, instructed by Coram Children’s Legal Centre. The charity MIND is intervening. MIND is represented by Grace Brown & Nadia O’Mara, both of Garden Court.

21 May 2024

High Court finds Local Authority's housing policy to be discriminatory against women and girls escaping violence in successful judicial review challenge

Stephanie Harrison KC and Nadia O’Mara of the Garden Court Public Law Team successfully acted for the Claimant, instructed by Public Interest Law Centre.

10 April 2024

High Court rules Home Office use of hotels for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children unlawful

Stephanie Harrison KC, Gráinne Mellon and Ollie Persey, of the Garden Court Chambers Public Law team, are instructed by Bhatt Murphy.

30 November 2023

Supreme Court rules wide injunctions have negative impact on Gypsies and Travellers' ability to pursue traditional nomadic way of life

Marc Willers KC, Tessa Buchanan & Owen Greenhall represented London Gypsies and Travellers (LGT), Friends Families and Travellers (FFT) and the Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group (DGLG). Stephanie Harrison KC, Stephen Clark & Fatima Jichi represented FFT.

29 November 2023

High Court grants permission in test case challenging the lack of legal aid for school exclusion appeals

Stephanie Harrison KC and Ollie Persey of the Garden Court Chambers Education Law Team, instructed by Sabrina Simpson and Abigail Hands of Coram Children’s Legal Centre.

28 November 2023

Garden Court barristers contribute to Legal Action Magazine's Environmental Law Update (November 2023)

Members of the Garden Court Environmental Law and Climate Justice Team have written for Legal Action Magazine.

6 November 2023

Dangerous use of force, failure of safeguards and culture of dehumanisation - Brook House Inquiry report finds 19 instances of inhumane or degrading treatment

Stephanie Harrison KC leading Louise Hooper, Gordon Lee, Kirsten Heaven, Una Morris, and Alex Schymyck, of the Garden Court Chambers Inquests and Inquiries Team represented former detainees, instructed by Hamish Arnott of Bhatt Murphy.

19 September 2023

Stephanie Harrison KC guest-stars on The Landmark Listen podcast episode ‘Guerrilla Law - Abuse in Immigration Detention: the Brook House Inquiry'

Stephanie Harrison KC, Joint Head of Garden Court Chambers and member of the Inquests & Inquiries Team, speaks to Alex Goodman KC of Landmark Chambers, on the Brook House Inquiry in the latest episode of The Landmark Listen: Public Interest Law Podcast.

3 July 2023

Garden Court Chambers Brook House Inquiry Team jointly wins Highly Commended Halsbury Rule of Law Award at LexisNexis Legal Awards 2023

We are delighted to announce that the Garden Court Chambers Brook House Inquiry Team has jointly won 'Highly Commended' for the Halsbury Rule of Law Award at the Lexis Nexis UK 2023 Awards.

24 March 2023

Brook House Inquiry into mistreatment and abuse in immigration detention recognised in shortlist for Halsbury Rule of Law Award at LexisNexis Legal Awards 2023

Members of the Garden Court Chambers Inquiries Team jointly shortlisted for the Halsbury Rule of Law Award at LexisNexis Legal Awards 2023 for their vital work on the Brook House Inquiry.

23 March 2023

Asylos publishes new research on statelessness and Country of Origin Information

Asylos has conducted consultations with legal representatives, including Stephanie Harrison KC and David Neale of Garden Court Chambers, who have contributed to Asylos' work on statelessness and Country of Origin Information (COI).

9 March 2023

Garden Court Chambers Brook House Inquiry Team jointly shortlisted for Halsbury Rule of Law Award at Lexis Nexis 2023 Awards

We are delighted to announce the Brook House Inquiry Team at Garden Court Chambers has been shortlisted for the Halsbury Rule of Law Award at the Lexis Nexis UK 2023 Awards.

24 January 2023

Stephanie Harrison QC, Chair and Joint Head of Garden Court Chambers, comments on the Nationality and Borders Bill receiving Royal Assent

29 April 2022

The Nationality and Borders Bill - Legal Opinion prepared by Garden Court Barristers for Women for Refugee Women

In legal advice prepared for the charity Women for Refugee Women, Stephanie Harrison QC, Emma Fitzsimons, Ubah Dirie & Hannah Lynes of Garden Court Chambers state the Nationality & Borders Bill will “disproportionately adversely disadvantage women & girls

25 November 2021

Asylum appeals determined under ultra vires Detained Fast Track Procedure Rules are not automatically unfair - unfairness on individual facts of the case is required

TN was represented in the Supreme Court by David Pannick QC, Stephanie Harrison QC & Anthony Vaughan and before that by Stephanie Harrison QC & Louise Hooper in the High Court & Court of Appeal.

24 September 2021

In ‘unprecedented’ judgment President of SIAC strikes out Secretary of State’s Safety of Return Reply in protection appeal

The Appellant was represented by Stephanie Harrison QC and Ali Bandegani of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team, instructed by Dan Furner of Birnberg Peirce.

14 July 2021

Garden Court Immigration Team dedicate 10th Edition of Macdonald's Immigration Law & Practice to the life and legacy of Ian Macdonald QC

The General Editors, Stephanie Harrison QC, Ronan Toal & Sadat Sayeed, are leaders in the field & practice in the number one ranked Garden Court Immigration Team. David Neale is a legal researcher & former barrister

25 June 2021

Successful policy challenge: homeless women fleeing domestic violence

Stephanie Harrison QC and Nick Bano represented the Claimant. Sophie Caseley was instructed by Bhatt Murphy for Women’s Aid, who intervened in the case.

4 March 2021

High Court radically scales back UK Oil and Gas protest injunction

Stephanie Harrison QC, Stephen Simblet QC and Fatima Jichi represented Weald Action Group protestors. Stephen Clark also represented protestors.

9 February 2021

Home Office work policy declared unlawful

Stephanie Harrison QC and Ali Bandegani of the Garden Court Chambers Public Law Team represented C6, instructed by Daniel Furner of Birnberg Peirce.

14 January 2021

Court of Appeal provides important guidance as to the correct approach to be used by the Competent Authority when deciding whether an individual is a victim of trafficking

The Appellants were represented by Ronan Toal of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team. Our own Stephanie Harrison QC, Gemma Loughran, and Ella Gunn, instructed by Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, represented the AIRE Centre.

21 December 2020

Justice Committee call for evidence: The Future of Legal Aid - Response of Garden Court Chambers

Garden Court submission to Parliamentary Justice Committee Inquiry into future of legal aid. Legal Aid is at a critical point in its history and its future is beyond being described as a “crisis”. It needs urgent significant additional funding if it is to

19 October 2020

Home Office makes important concession in unlawful detention claim regarding interpretation of medico-legal reports and discloses unpublished guidance to caseworkers

Stephanie Harrison QC and Grace Capel of the Garden Court Chambers Public Law Team were instructed by Lewis Kett and Emma Dawson of Duncan Lewis solicitors.

29 September 2020

Application to end draconian UKOG injunction banning peaceful protest at oil sites in Surrey and Sussex

Stephanie Harrison QC, Joint Head of Chambers and a member of the Garden Court Chambers Civil Liberties Team is representing five protesters.

24 March 2020

Appellant’s appeal against removal from UK is allowed by consent in the Court of Appeal

Mr Khan was represented in the Court of Appeal by Stephanie Harrison QC leading David Sellwood of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team.

7 February 2020

Judy Khan QC, Stephanie Harrison QC and Liz Davies appointed as Joint Heads of Garden Court Chambers

Garden Court Chambers is pleased to announce that Stephanie Harrison QC and Liz Davies have been newly elected as Joint Heads of Chambers. They join Judy Khan QC who continues as Joint Head of Chambers.

27 January 2020

Home office admits unlawful detention of mentally ill man

Stephanie Harrison QC, Shu Shin Luh and Anthony Vaughan of the Garden Court Chambers Public Law and Immigration Teams instructed.

5 December 2019

Stephanie Harrison QC shortlisted for Civil Liberties & Human Rights Silk of the Year at Legal 500 UK Awards 2020

We are delighted to announce that Stephanie Harrison QC has been shortlisted for Civil Liberties and Human Rights Silk of the Year at the Legal 500 UK Awards 2020.

29 November 2019

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Publications

Co-author of Legal Action Magazine - Environmental Law: Update (October 2023)

Blake and Fransman's Immigration, Nationality and Asylum under the Human Rights Act: chapter on Article 14 discrimination and the ECHR; The Law and Practice in the Application of the Dublin Convention in the UK: European Institute of Public Administration.

Blackstone's Guide to the Domestic Abuse Act 2021: co-wrote chapter 'Homelessness, Charging' with Garden Court colleague Marina Sergides (Published 2023).

Contributor to 5th edition of Macdonald's Immigration Law and Practice.

Contributor to Halsbury's Laws of England: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum.

Contributor to Liberty's online service on discrimination law.

Has contributed articles to Legal Action and Socialist Lawyer.

Training and Seminars

06.12.23 [Hybrid] – Brook House Inquiry Conference
14.12.23 [Online] - ILPA Training – Challenging Detention under the Illegal Migration Act: Habeas Corpus
07.12.23 [In-Person] - RLI Refugee Law Seminar: Mandatory detention of asylum-seekers: legality and consequences
27.11.23 [In-Person] - Oxford Human Rights Student Society – Human Rights and Immigration Law Event
22.11.23 [Hybrid] – Children’s Rights Autumn Conference
6.10.23 – JUSTICE Human Rights Conference 2023
4.10.23 [Online] - Hans Albrecht Foundation Annual Lecture (Weiner Library)
 15.11.23[In-Person] - LAG Education Conference
27.09.23 [Hybrid] – Illegal Migration Act 2023 – Part One
03.07.23 [Online] - Landmark Chambers Podcast: Guerilla Law – Abuse in Immigration Detention: the Brook House Inquiry
21.06.23 - White Paper Judicial Review Conference
21.06.23 [Hybrid] – Refugee Week: Accommodating asylum seekers: Barracks, Barges & Hotels
20.03.23 [Webinar] – Implications of the Illegal Migration Bill – Part One  
23.03.23 [In-Person] - Lexis Nexis Legal Awards 2023 – Presented Pro Bono Award to DLA Piper
06.03.23 – [Online] Asylos Roundtable on COI Information
28.02.23 – [Online] PLP – Fairness in Welfare Benefits

2022
02.12.22 [Online] - School Inclusion Project (SIP) Meeting (Chair)
30.11.22 [Online] Online JR Academy – Public Law Project - Settlements & Costs (Speaker)
17.11.22 [In-Person] - The future of medical evidence in asylum cases (Speaker)
12.10.22 [In-Person] LAG Education Law Conference (Speaker)
8.06.22 [In-Person] Human Rights Joint Committee Meeting - The UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership and Human Rights (Speaker)
11.10.22 [Webinar] - Disrupting Rebellion: The Public Order Bill and the government's latest crackdown on protest
08.03.22 [Webinar] -  IWD 2022: Disproportionate and Discriminatory Impact of the Nationality & Borders Bill on Women (Chair)
11.02.22 [In-Person] RebLaw Conference (Speaker)
27.01.22 [Webinar] The Nationality and Borders Bill: charting a difficult course (Chair)

 

2021
20.07.21 – Launch: School Inclusion Project (Chair)
29.06.21/13.07.21 – The Public Sector Equality Duty (Chair)
23.02.21 – Protesting Deportations from Stansted 15 to Jamaica 50 (Speaker)
18.02.21 – LGBT+ History Month: Protecting asylum seekers and migrants with HIV/AIDS (Chair)
09.02.21 – Part 2: From Newbury to Extinction Rebellion Event Series - Protest Law: Then & Now (Speaker)
03.02.21 - Black Lives Matter Event Series – Part 2: Gang Mythologies and Deportation (Chair)

Awards

Stephanie was a member of the Garden Court Brook House Inquiry Team, which jointly won 'Highly Commended' for the Halsbury Rule of Law Award at the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2023.

Stephanie was shortlisted for Civil Liberties & Human Rights Silk of the Year at Legal 500 UK Awards 2020. She was shortlisted for Human Rights and Public Law Silk of the Year by Chambers Bar Awards 2019. 

Stephanie was shortlisted for Public Law Silk of the Year at the Legal 500 Awards 2017. Stephanie is convener of the Garden Court Public Law team. In 2016 Garden Court Chambers won the Human Rights and Public Law Set of the Year at the Chambers Bar Awards.

She won the Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award 2013 for her work as an advocate and for her commitment to progressing the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers and contesting oppressive anti-terrorism measures.

Stephanie won the Human Rights and Public Law Junior of the Year Award 2012, at the prestigious Chambers UK Bar Awards.

Jointly with other lawyers involved in legal cases seeking equality for lesbians and gay men, Stephanie was awarded the Stonewall Equality Award in 1997.

Appearances

 

Education

  • BSc Politics and Sociology (Bristol)
  • MSc International Relations and Economics (LSE)
  • CPE (Polytechnic of Central London)

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