Garden Court Chambers | Friday 31 May 2024
Garden Court Chambers celebrates 50th Anniversary
This year marks 50 years of Garden Court Chambers winning ground-breaking cases of constitutional importance.
This year marks 50 years of Garden Court Chambers winning ground-breaking cases of constitutional importance.
Jodie Blackstock of Garden Court Chambers, Treasurer of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”), drafted the amicus brief alongside Stephen Cragg KC.
We are delighted to announce that Amanda Meusz and Gráinne Mellon have been nominated for ‘Advocate of the Year’ at the Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2025.
We are delighted to announce that Sangeetha Iengar has joined Garden Court Chambers as a new tenant.
Marc Willers KC, Leslie Thomas KC, Stephen Cottle and Thalia Maragh, of the Garden Court Chambers Environmental Law and Climate Justice Team, represent John Mussington and Jacklyn Frank pro bono, instructed by Theo Solley of Sheridans. Global Legal Action
Friends of the Earth is represented in these proceedings by Stephanie Harrison KC, Stephen Clark and Fatima Jichi of Garden Court Chambers and by Wessen Jazrawi at the law firm Hausfeld.
Our Irena Sabic KC and Thalia Maragh volunteered with International Lawyers Project (ILP) to deliver training for the Ogiek community in Kenya.
The family of Nicolaou were represented in the third inquest by Leto Cariolou, Associate Member of Garden Court Chambers.
We are delighted to announce that Acland has joined Garden Court Chambers as a new tenant.
Marc Willers KC and Richard Harvey represent the Swiss Senior Women in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland. Richard Reynolds and Paul Clark represent the youth-applicants in Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others.
Marc Willers KC, Leslie Thomas KC, Stephen Cottle and Thalia Maragh, of Garden Court Chambers’ Environmental Law and Climate Justice Team, represent John Mussington and Jacklyn Frank pro bono, instructed by Theo Solley of Sheridans. Global Legal Action Ne
We are delighted to announce that Dr Susie Alegre has joined Garden Court Chambers as an associate tenant.
Garden Court's client Seán Binder interviewed in The Times and the Law Society Gazette on his ordeal of nearly being denied entry to the legal profession due to his ongoing prosecution in Greece for his humanitarian work.
Gráinne Mellon and Emma Fitzsimons acted for Seán Binder in fitness to practice matters pro bono, also led by Edward Fitzgerald KC. They are instructed by Andrew Katzen, Hickman and Rose.
Marc Willers KC, Leslie Thomas KC, Stephen Cottle and Thalia Maragh, of Garden Court Chambers’ Environmental Law and Climate Justice Team, represent John Mussington and Jacklyn Frank pro bono.
Richard Reynolds and Paul Clark are representing the youth-applicants, led by Alison Macdonald KC of Essex Court Chambers. Counsel are instructed by Global Legal Action Network.
The Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) has commissioned a legal opinion on the legality of ongoing passport/immigration checks on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland following Brexit.
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce that our colleague Irena Sabic KC has been appointed by the Lord Chief Justice as a Deputy King’s Bench Master, based at the Royal Courts of Justice.
Marc Willers KC of Garden Court Chambers represented the Swiss Senior Women as part of an international legal team.
Grainne Mellon of Garden Court Chambers acts for Sean Binder. She is led by Edward Fitzgerald KC of Doughty Street Chambers, instructed by Tessa Gregory and Carolin Ott of Leigh Day Solicitors London.