Garden Court Chambers is pleased to announce that Sonali Naik KC has been newly elected as Joint Head of Chambers. She joins Stephen Simblet KC and Grace Brown who continue as Joint Head of Chambers.
The article is co-written by Amanda Weston KC and Amanda Meusz of the Garden Court Chambers Family Law Team for Family Law, alongside Lucy Barnes, CEO and co-founder of Lawyers Who Care and a pupil barrister at East Anglian Chambers.
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Adrian Berry will be appointed King’s Counsel in 2025.
The tenants were represented by Tim Jones of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Law Team, alongside Matthew Lee and led by Martin Westgate KC of Doughty Street Chambers. Counsel were instructed by Manjinder Kaur Atwal and Vincent Davis of Duncan Lewis Solicitors.
The family is represented by Jodie Blackstock of Garden Court Chambers, instructed by Cyrilia Knight and Isabel Gregory of Saunders Law and supported by INQUEST Caseworker Jordan Ferdinand-Sargeant.
Our Leslie Thomas KC questioned Dame Kate Bingham (Former Chair of Vaccine Taskforce) on behalf of FEMHO and our Sonali Naik KC questioned witness Dr Mary Ramsay (Director of Public Health Programmes, UKHSA) on behalf of Migrant Primary Care Access Group.
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 Sophie Lucas has joined Garden Court Chambers as a new tenant.
Peter Wilcock KC, of the Garden Court Inquests & Inquiries team, represents Northern Ireland Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, instructed by Conal McGarrity of P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors.
Today, public hearings for the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4: Vaccines and Therapeutics continued.
We are delighted to announce that the School Inclusion Project has been shortlisted for The Halsbury Award for Rule of Law, the case of Finch v Surrey County Council [2024] UKSC 20 has been shortlisted for Case of the Year and Ollie Persey has been shortlisted for Legal Personality of the Year at the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025.
Today, public hearings for Module 4 of the the UK Covid-19 Inquiry continued. Our Leslie Thomas KC appeared at the Inquiry to question Matt Hancock on behalf of FEMHO.
Keir Monteith KC and Audrey Cherryl Mogan of Garden Court Chambers represented Ademola Adedeji, instructed by Zachary Whyte and Ruby Breward of Sperrin Law.
Paul Clark of the Garden Court Inquests and Inquiries Team represented the bereaved family in the Inquest, instructed by Daniel Cooper at Imran Khan & Partners Solicitors.
Public hearings for Module 4 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, 'Vaccines and Therapeutics' opened this week, with Chair Rt Hon Baroness Hallett DBE hearing opening submissions from core participants. A number of these were presented by members of Garden Court Chambers.
The article is co-written by James Holmes of the Garden Court Chambers Family Law Team for Family Law.
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce that door tenant Kamran Choudhry has been appointed as a Circuit Judge.
We are delighted to announce that Abigail Holt of Garden Court Chambers has been appointed leader of The European Circuit of the Bar for 2025.
IA was represented in criminal proceedings by Stephanie Harrison KC, Grainne Mellon and Nadia O’Mara of Garden Court Chambers, instructed by Lainy Snook of Bond Joseph Solicitors.
Stephanie Harrison KC, leading Tim Baldwin, were instructed by Swindon Borough Council, the Interested Party and prosecution authority in this case, which is of significant public importance concerning the enforcement of housing standard in Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMO).
