We are delighted to announce that Abby Buttle and Christopher Lambert have joined Garden Court Chambers as tenants, following the successful completion of their pupillage.
Abby Buttle (Year of call: 2022)
Abby is building a broad human rights, public law and civil liberties practice, specialising in immigration, education and community care. Abby successfully completed pupillage under the supervision of Greg Ó Ceallaigh KC and Lucie Wibberley.
Prior to pupillage, Abby worked at several human rights organisations. She was a Legal Officer at the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), where she led a team of caseworkers representing members in the gig economy. After completing her postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford and Harvard Law School – for which she was awarded full scholarships – she spent six months as the Oxford Human Rights Hub Fellow at the Legal Resources Centre in South Africa, working on constitutional law cases concerning the rights to education and housing.
Abby was also a Legal Fellow at JUSTICE and volunteered, or interned, at: the Howard League for Penal Reform; Prisoners Advice Service; the Free Representation Unit; Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law; Safe Passage; and Refugee Support Europe.
Christopher Lambert (Year of call: 2023)
Christopher looks to build a broad civil and public law practice, with a focus on housing, education and community care law, drawing on Christopher’s previous experience working in the advice and higher education sectors. Christopher successfully completed pupillage under the supervision of Nick Bano and Michael Goold.
Before joining Garden Court, Christopher was a housing advocate at Greenwich Housing Rights, where he advised over 400 defendants on the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme.
He also worked as a social welfare law caseworker for a law centre, providing welfare benefits representation up to the Upper Tribunal and employment law advice. Prior to this, he volunteered for three years as an advisor at Citizens Advice, advising on the full spectrum of social welfare law. Christopher also worked in the higher education sector. First, as a caseworker representing students in their academic disputes, and secondly, as a Service Manager, providing pastoral and disability support to students.
