News & Views
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 8 January 2015
Fraud trial collapses: Judge criticises prosecution team for ‘multiple and profound’ failures
Keir Monteith was leading counsel for the defendant who was on the first indictment.
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 7 January 2015
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce the success of the Freedom of Expression Law Clinic
Smita Shah works with law students to file petitions to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 7 January 2015
Young man cleared of murder whilst his co-defendant girlfriend is cleared of perverting the course of justice
The defendants were represented by Catherine Oborne, Nerida Harford-Bell and Sam Parham.
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 6 January 2015
Judge allows submission of no case to answer in fraud trial
Henry Blaxland QC represents a pension administrator in a three-month trial at Birmingham Crown Court.
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 11 December 2014
Pete Weatherby QC in landmark Supreme Court judgment on prisoners' right to rehabilitation
Supreme Court holds that all indeterminate sentence prisoners must be given chance to reform themselves.
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 25 November 2014
Young man with Asperger Syndrome acquitted of joint enterprise to shoot
The jury at Isleworth Crown Court acquitted the defendant, represented by Maya Sikand, after just eight minutes’ deliberation.
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 7 November 2014
Defendant acquitted of attempted murder in 'Breaking Bad' plot
The defendant, represented by Peter Rowlands, was accused of attempting to poison her mother with abrin.
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 5 November 2014
Inquest finds multiple failings caused death of vulnerable patient
Jury criticises the acts and omissions of a private hospital in a damning narrative verdict. Ifeanyi Odogwu represented the family.
