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.
Following eight days of deliberation the jury in the Hillsborough trial have delivered a guilty verdict against Graham Mackrell, the Sheffield Wednesday FC secretary and safety officer at the time of the disaster.
Garden Court's James Mehigan is on the Board of Directors of the UK branch of Front Line Defenders.
The trial of Mr Duckenfield is currently listed to start on 10 September.
In 2013 James Mehigan of Garden Court Chambers’ Inquests Team represented the daughter of Gladys Richards at the inquest .
Seventeen barristers from Garden Court Chambers were involved in the Hillsborough inquests, representing 80 families of those who died.
Seventeen barristers from Garden Court Chambers represented 80 families at the Hillsborough inquest.
The claimant was represented by James Mehigan, a member of the Garden Court Public and Prison Law Teams.
Garden Court has been shortlisted at the Chambers Bar Awards, whilst Stephanie and our Public Law Team are shortlisted at the Legal 500 Awards.
James Mehigan is a member of Garden Court International.
Garden Court Chambers Hillsborough inquest team wins Outstanding Achievement Award at Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2016.
Garden Court Chambers represented 77 families at the inquests.
Jo Cecil, for Just for Kids Law, and James Mehigan, for Ruddock, are both of Garden Court's Crime Team.
Joanne Cecil and James Mehigan are both members of Garden Court Chambers’ Crime Team.
The winners in these awards are chosen by the Legal 500 as a result of thousands of interviews with firms, sets and counsel.
Garden Court Chambers are pleased to announce that 18 Garden Court barristers have been instructed on the Hillsborough inquest.