Garden Court Chambers welcomes three new pupils

Maya Thomas Davis aims to build a broad practice across immigration, employment, civil liberties and crime, particularly at the intersections between these areas. Her first-six supervisor is Nicola Braganza KC and second-six supervisor is Tom Wainwright.

Frederick Legg is specialising in criminal defence law and has an interest in criminal youth justice. His first-six supervisor is Michael Goold and second-six supervisor is Lucie Wibberley.

Leanna Burnard looks to develop a broad public law and civil liberties practice. Her first-six supervisor is Amanda Weston KC and second-six supervisor is Gerwyn Wise.

Maya Thomas Davis
Before pupillage, Maya worked on corporate accountability for rights violations in the garment industry at Labour Behind The Label, as part of a global network of trade unions and human rights organisations. In the years prior to that she worked in the legal team of a grassroots trade union of predominantly migrant and precarious workers, representing members in all stages of Employment Tribunal proceedings.

Maya is a partner of the Legal Centre Lesvos, a Greek NGO working to defend migrants’ rights through free legal information and representation, advocacy, and strategic litigation. Before becoming a partner, she worked for LCL in various capacities, including on asylum claims, criminal defence, ECtHR applications concerning collective expulsions and inhumane conditions, and a range of publications.

Frederick Legg
Frederick holds a BA in Law from the University of Cambridge, a MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Oxford, and completed the Post-Graduate Diploma in Bar Practice at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy.

Prior to joining Chambers, Frederick worked for two years as a paralegal at Sonn Macmillan Walker, specialising in General Crime and the Youth Court. He has also previously volunteered at an immigration and asylum clinic operating out of HMP Huntercombe.

Leanna Burnard
Leanna has ten years’ experience working at legal charities. Most recently, she was a lawyer with the Global Legal Action Network, working on transnational litigation to address human rights violations and environmental harms. She was previously a Legal Adviser at REDRESS, an NGO that seeks justice and reparation for survivors of torture, where she led REDRESS’ work on securing the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from Iran.

Prior to this, Leanna was based in Iraq building prosecution cases against members of ISIS for the Yezidi genocide. Leanna began her career as a criminal defence solicitor advocate for Aboriginal people in the Australian outback.

Leanna has an LL.M. in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights from the Geneva Academy and bachelor’s degrees in law and journalism from Australia. She is a qualified solicitor in New South Wales.