News & Views
International Human Rights, Garden Court International | Friday 14 May 2021
Garden Court barristers appointed Legal Counsel to CEDAW People's Tribunal
Sonali Naik QC, Amanda Weston QC, Nicola Braganza, Grace Brown, Louise Hooper and Maria Moodie, all of Garden Court Chambers, are instructed pro bono to represent the CEDAW People's Tribunal.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Criminal Defence, Protest Rights | Wednesday 12 May 2021
XR protestor acquitted following Tube shut down
Susan Wright of the Garden Court Protest Team represented the protestor, instructed by Lydia Dagostino of Kellys Solicitors.
Romani Gypsy and Traveller Rights, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Administrative and Public Law | Wednesday 12 May 2021
Gypsy and Traveller injunctions against 'newcomers’ ruled unlawful
Marc Willers QC, Tessa Buchanan, and Owen Greenhall, of the Garden Court Chambers Romani Gypsy and Traveller Rights Team, acted for the three Interveners, instructed by Chris Johnson of the Community Law Partnership.
International Human Rights, Garden Court International, Migration and Asylum Law | Monday 10 May 2021
Maria Moodie co-drafted GREVIO's mid-term report that launched today, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the opening for signature of the Istanbul Convention
Maria Moodie of Garden Court Chambers co-drafted the report, 'Mid-term Horizontal Review of Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) baseline evaluation reports'
Criminal Defence | Monday 10 May 2021
Rap and the State’s double whammy: Lack of expert challenge to racist stereotyping
Keir Monteith QC is a member of the Garden Court Chambers Criminal Defence Team and Chair of the Garden Court webinars on prosecuting rap.
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 10 May 2021
Ali Bajwa QC represents former Sri Lanka cricketer Nuwan Zoysa cleared of corruption charges
Ali Bajwa QC, together with Manoj Rupasinghe and a team of lawyers at Lloyds PR Solicitors acted for Mr Zoysa.
Administrative and Public Law | Thursday 6 May 2021
High Court finds colossal interference in Windrush rights by Home Office
Ali Bandegani of the Garden Court Chambers Public Law Team, led by Chris Buttler QC at Matrix Chambers, represented the Claimants. They were instructed by Toufique Hossain, Jeremy Bloom, Jonah Mendelsohn and Nina Kamp of Duncan Lewis Solicitors.
Family Law | Wednesday 5 May 2021
Naomi Wiseman of Garden Court Chambers Family Team Shortlisted at True Honour Awards
We are delighted to announce Naomi Wiseman of Garden Court Chambers Family Team has been shortlisted at the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO)'s True Honour Awards.