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Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Production, Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Thursday 20 June 2024

Supreme Court rules downstream greenhouse gas emissions must be assessed before decision to grant planning permission for fossil fuel extraction

Marc Willers KC of the Garden Court Chambers Environmental Law & Climate Justice Team is acting for Sarah Finch, alongside Estelle Dehon KC and Ruchi Parekh, both of Cornerstone Chambers, instructed by Rowan Smith of Leigh Day.

Marc Willers KC

Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Production, Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Wednesday 19 June 2024

Supreme Court to deliver ruling in groundbreaking challenge to grant of planning permission for oil production in Surrey

Marc Willers KC of the Garden Court Chambers Environmental Law & Climate Justice Team is acting for Sarah Finch, alongside Estelle Dehon KC and Ruchi Parekh, both of Cornerstone Chambers, instructed by Rowan Smith of Leigh Day.

Marc Willers KC

Environmental Law and Climate Justice, Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Production | Wednesday 19 June 2024

Court of Appeal challenge against Larne Lough gas cavern construction plans successful

Acland Bryant, of the Garden Court Chambers Environmental Law & Climate Justice Team, was part of the legal team.

Acland Bryant

Environmental Law and Climate Justice, International Environmental Law, International Human Rights | Thursday 30 May 2024

Appellant in Barbuda Runway Challenge delivers statement at 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States Civil Society Forum

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

Protest Rights, Environmental Protest, Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Friday 24 May 2024

Friends of the Earth takes legal challenge against anti-protest injunctions to European Court of Human Rights

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.

Fatima Jichi Stephen Clark Stephanie Harrison KC

Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Wednesday 22 May 2024

Marc Willers KC and Acland Bryant co-author climate justice article in Writ Magazine Spring 2024 Issue

Marc Willers KC and Acland Bryant of the Garden Court Environmental Law & Climate Justice Team have co-written an article featured in The Writ Magazine, published by the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

Acland Bryant Marc Willers KC

International Human Rights, Garden Court International, Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Tuesday 21 May 2024

Irena Sabic KC and Thalia Maragh conduct legal empowerment training for Ogiek community in Kenya

Our Irena Sabic KC and Thalia Maragh volunteered with International Lawyers Project (ILP) to deliver training for the Ogiek community in Kenya.

Thalia Maragh Irena Sabic KC

Environmental Law and Climate Justice, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Tuesday 9 April 2024

European Court of Human Rights finds Swiss government violated Convention rights in a landmark climate justice ruling

Marc Willers KC and Richard Harvey, both of the Garden Court Chambers Environmental Law and Climate Justice Team, represent the Swiss Senior Women in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland as part of an international legal team.

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