News & Views
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities | Monday 26 February 2018
DSD and the Article 3 investigative duty: the long road to justice
Stephen Clark discusses the recent Supreme Court judgment in DSD & NBV v. Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities | Friday 9 February 2018
Hill immunity revisited: The beginning of the end?
Stephen Clark, Laura Profumo and Camila Zapata Besso comment on the recent Supreme Court judgment in Robinson v Chief Constable for West Yorkshire Police [2018] UKSC 4.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities, Inquests and Inquiries | Wednesday 6 December 2017
High Court grants fresh inquest for Onese Power who was killed in 1997 following a police pursuit
Leslie Thomas QC of Garden Court Chambers represented the wife of Onese Power.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities, Inquests and Inquiries | Thursday 30 November 2017
Leslie Thomas QC wins Lifetime Achievement Award at UK Diversity Legal Awards 2017
We are delighted to announce that Leslie Thomas QC, Chair and Joint Head of Garden Court Chambers, has won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Diversity Legal Awards 2017.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities | Wednesday 8 November 2017
The primacy of EU law: asserting the right to equal treatment v judicial immunity
Maya Sikand and Laura Profumo discuss the impact of the recent Supreme Court decision.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities, Inquests and Inquiries | Wednesday 1 November 2017
Hillsborough Review backs ‘Hillsborough Law’
Seventeen barristers from Garden Court Chambers were involved in the Hillsborough inquests, representing 80 families of those who died.
Administrative and Public Law, Court of Protection, Housing Law | Wednesday 1 November 2017
Garden Court is delighted to announce that all four of the pupils who started in October 2016 have accepted offers of tenancy at the end of their pupillage
Stephen Clark, Tihomir Mak, Laura Profumo and Franck Magennis have joined Chambers as full members and have already started developing their practices.
Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Community Care Law | Friday 22 September 2017
Bach Commission report calls for Rights to Justice Act and far wider eligibility for legal aid
Garden Court Chambers contributed evidence to the Bach Commission.
