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Children Law, British Citizenship and Naturalisation, Settlement (Indefinite Leave to Remain) | Thursday 21 October 2021

Garden Court secures number one rankings in Chambers UK Bar Guide 2022

Garden Court Chambers is recognised once again in Band 1 of Chambers & Partners for community care law, protest law, immigration law and social housing law.  We are ranked as a leading set in crime, inquests and public inquiries, police law, Court of Protection, Administrative & Public Law and Family: Children law. We are delighted […]

Environmental Law and Climate Justice, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Planning Law | Wednesday 24 March 2021

Campaign to stop oil drilling in Surrey will go to Court of Appeal

Sarah Finch is represented by Marc Willers QC of the Garden Court Chambers Environmental Law Team and Estelle Dehon of Cornerstone Chambers.

Marc Willers KC

Environmental Law and Climate Justice, International Environmental Law, International Human Rights | Friday 26 February 2021

Coordinated effort by 33 countries to overturn ‘urgent’ status of youth climate change case rejected by Strasbourg Court

Our Marc Willers QC, Irena Sabic, Richard Reynolds, Paul Clark and Ella Gunn of Garden Court Chambers represent the youth-applicants

Environmental Law and Climate Justice, International Environmental Law, International Human Rights | Monday 30 November 2020

European Court of Human Rights is fast-tracking a climate case against 33 European States brought by 6 Portuguese youth

Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) instructing Marc Willers QC, Irena Sabic, Richard Reynolds, Paul Clark and Ella Gunn of Garden Court Chambers.

Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Monday 16 November 2020

Net Zero and downstream emissions in court this week

The Claimant is represented by Marc Willers QC, of the Garden Court Environmental Law Team, leading Estelle Dehon of Cornerstone Chambers, instructed by Leigh Day.

Marc Willers KC

International Environmental Law, Environmental Law and Climate Justice, International Human Rights | Thursday 3 September 2020

Portuguese young people file ground-breaking climate case with European Court of Human Rights against 33 countries

Global Legal Action Network instructing Marc Willers QC, Irena Sabic, Richard Reynolds, Paul Clark and Ella Gunn of Garden Court Chambers.

Commercial and Business Ethics, Environmental Law and Climate Justice, Protest Rights | Tuesday 4 August 2020

Garden Court Chambers welcomes Paul Powlesland as a new tenant

Paul Powlesand was called to the Bar in 2009. Paul is passionate about protecting and representing the natural world and all who seek to defend it. He specialises in upholding the rights of environmental activists to protest and protect the natural world, and uses environmental law and regulations to defend trees, rivers and wildlife. Paul […]

Paul Powlesland

Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Wednesday 5 June 2019

Wales scraps £1.6 billion plan to build Gwent Levels M4 Relief road in south Wales

Grace Brown and Irena Sabic, both of Garden Court, represented Gwent Wildlife Trust, Woodland Trust and the Campaign for Protection of Rural Wales at the public inquiry.

Irena Sabic KCGrace Brown

Environmental Law and Climate Justice, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Administrative and Public Law | Thursday 17 January 2019

Oil and gas companies’ use of injunctions “a threat to our civil liberties”

Parliamentarians, lawyers and campaigners joined forces on 16 January to warn about the growing threat to civil liberties from injunctions against campaigners who protest against fracking, oil and gas companies.

Stephanie Harrison KC

Administrative and Public Law, Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Tuesday 6 November 2018

High Court rules that Mineral Planning Authorities are not bound by statutory definition of fracking and can apply their own wider definitions

Marc Willers QC represented Councillor Paul Andrews, Mayor of Malton, North Yorkshire. He led his colleague Tim Baldwin, and was instructed by Ricardo Gama of Town Legal LLP.

Marc Willers KCTim Baldwin

Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Tuesday 23 October 2018

Garden Court’s Marc Willers QC and David Neale respond to questions posed by APPG on the Impact of Shale Gas

The evidence, delivered today, was drafted by Marc Willers QC and David Neale.

Marc Willers KC

Administrative and Public Law, Environmental Law and Climate Justice, Garden Court International | Thursday 20 September 2018

CAN Europe is intervening in the People’s Climate Case

Marc Willers QC of the Garden Court Chambers Environmental and Planning Law Team is the leading barrister representing CAN Europe. Garden Court's Richard Reynolds, Paul Clark and Julia Lowis worked with Marc on the application to intervene. 

Marc Willers KCRichard ReynoldsPaul Clark

Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Garden Court International | Tuesday 11 September 2018

Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal to hear new arguments in Barbudans’ legal action against “unlawful” development of international airport

Leslie Thomas QC, Marc Willers QC, Thalia Maragh and Tihomir Mak are instructed in this case. 

Marc Willers KCLeslie Thomas KCThalia Maragh

Administrative and Public Law, Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Thursday 23 August 2018

The Mayor of Malton takes legal action against planned government changes to how fracking applications are handled

Marc Willers QC has been instructed to represent Paul Andrews, the Mayor of Malton in North Yorkshire, in the legal challenge.

Marc Willers KC

Garden Court International, Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Friday 3 August 2018

Work on Barbuda international airport halted by interim injunction

Leslie Thomas QC, Marc Willers QC, Thalia Maragh and Tihomir Mak of Garden Court Chambers are instructed on this case.

Marc Willers KCLeslie Thomas KCThalia Maragh

Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Garden Court International | Thursday 2 August 2018

Barbudans take legal action against Government of Antigua and Barbuda for unlawful development of an international airport

Legal action seeks injunction to immediately halt development; reveals government continued construction despite knowledge of major ecological, archaeological risks and damage to island

Marc Willers KCLeslie Thomas KCThalia Maragh

Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Wednesday 4 July 2018

Six environmental campaigners appear in High Court this week to challenge broad injunction sought by UK Oil and Gas (UKOG)

Garden Court's Stephanie Harrison QC, Tim Baldwin, Stephen Simblet and Owen Greenhall are instructed in the case by Michael Oswald of Bhatt Murphy Solicitors. 

Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Garden Court International | Tuesday 17 April 2018

Barbudans call on Commonwealth leaders to address human rights injustices, failing democracy in wake of Hurricane Irma

Leslie Thomas QC, Marc Willers QC, Thalia Maragh and Tihomir Mak are representing Barbudans in this case.

Marc Willers KCLeslie Thomas KCThalia Maragh

Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Tuesday 27 March 2018

‘We believe areas of community open space in London need to be protected from development’

Marc Willers QC and Justine Compton were instructed by Richard Buxton Environmental and Public Law for the appellant. 

Marc Willers KC

Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Friday 16 February 2018

High Court quashes decision to grant planning permission for a holiday park in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

The claimant was represented by Marc Willers QC and Richard Reynolds of Garden Court Chambers’ Environmental Team.

Marc Willers KCRichard Reynolds
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