News & Views
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 19 November 2020
Michael Etienne wins 'Future Leader: Diversity and Inclusion' Award at Chambers UK Bar Awards 2020
Michael takes an active interest in issues of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. As such, he is a member of the Steering Committees for the Black Barristers' Network, Black Men in Law Network and recently launched Bridging The Bar initiative
Inquests and Inquiries, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Wednesday 25 May 2022
Coroner concludes death of Blessing Olusegun was accidental with no way of ruling out third-party involvement
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities | Thursday 1 September 2022
Metropolitan Police pays £10,000 following stop & search and handcuffing of a Black man inside his gated mews garden
Mr De La Kruz was represented by Michael Etienne of Garden Court Chambers and Sohini Mehta and Sophie Naftalin of Bhatt Murphy.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Friday 11 December 2020
Human Rights Act 1998: scope of potential claims for victims’ relatives
Michael Etienne of the Garden Court Chambers Civil Liberties & Human Rights Team represented the parents of a patient receiving care at a mental health hospital in circumstances where the common law of negligence appeared to offer no remedy to family
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities | Friday 30 July 2021
The Macpherson Report more than 20 years on - Home Affairs Committee calls for urgent action to tackle deep rooted racial disparities in policing
Professor Leslie Thomas QC, Una Morris and Michael Etienne provided evidence to the committee through the Police Action Lawyers Group.
