Garden Court's Ronan Toal and Ubah Dirie will be speaking in the CLIP programme.
Marc Willers KC has been instructed to represent four Ugandan farmers in an environmental case which has just been launched in the High Court of England and Wales against the UK registered company EACOP Ltd.
In our fourth and final #ClimateActionWeek blog, Frances Lawson explores a new frontier in environmental claims: fair share climate litigation.
In our third #ClimateActionWeek blog, Abigail Holt looks at how legal tests deployed in personal injury cases could be harnessed to hold to account those who damage the environment and drive climate change.
#ClimateActionWeek blog by Acland Bryant of the Garden Court Chambers Environmental Law & Climate Justice Team.
This the article in our #ClimateActionWeek blog series, pupil barrister Blánaid Ní Chearnaigh explores how courts are required to treat conscientious motivation at sentencing and traces the progressive narrowing of the legal defences available to climate protesters at trial.
Belfast eel fisherman Declan Conlon has brought a Judicial Review against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) over its duties to protect Loch Neagh from nutrient pollution and to protect his livelihood.
We are delighted to announce that four Garden Court barristers have been shortlisted at Advocate’s Bar Pro Bono Awards 2026.
We are delighted to announce that five Garden Court barristers have been nominated at Advocate’s Bar Pro Bono Awards 2026.
Acland Bryant of the Garden Court Environmental Law & Climate Justice Team acted Coalition Against Factory Farming, instructed by Matthew McFeeley at Richard Buxton Solicitors.
Ronan Toal of the Garden Court Immigration Team acted for a Filipino national (FA) and was instructed by Gamal Basha of Qore Legal.
Acland Bryant of Garden Court Chambers acted for Coalition Against Factory Farming (CAFF), with Alex Shattock of Landmark Chambers, instructed by Ricardo Gama and Lucia Saborio Perez at Leigh Day.
Marc Willers KC and Acland Bryant of the Garden Court Environmental Law & Climate Justice Team acted for Alternative A5 Alliance, instructed by Ciaran O’Hare at McIvor Farrell Solicitors.
We are delighted to announce that our Marc Willers KC was highly commended in the 'Pro Bono KC of the Year' category, and Acland Bryant was highly commended in the 'Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year' category at the Bar Pro Bono Awards 2025.
Audrey Cherryl Mogan of the Garden Court Protest Team represented one of the protestors, instructed by Laura O’Brien and Raj Chada of Hodge Jones & Allen.
Marc Willers KC and Acland Bryant of the Garden Court Environmental Law & Climate Justice Team act for the Alternative A5 Alliance group.
Marc Willers KC, of the Garden Court Chambers Environmental Law and Climate Justice Team, represented Sarah Finch in this landmark case. Congratulations to Marc, Sarah and the whole legal team.
Owen Greenhall, of the Garden Court Protest Team, was instructed by Raj Chada of Hodge, Jones and Allen Solicitors.
Audrey Cherryl Mogan of the Garden Court Chambers Protest Law Team represented the protestor, instructed by Rosie Worster of Commons Law.
The article is authored by Abigail Holt of the Garden Court Chambers Environmental Law & Climate Justice Team for the Hilary Term Issue of The Barrister Magazine.
