News & Views
Community Care Law | Wednesday 6 March 2024
High Court grants permission for asylum seeker to challenge age assessment by judicial review
Helen Foot and Ubah Dirie of the Garden Court Community Care Law Team represented the Claimant.
![Helen Foot](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/962.jpg)
Mediation | Monday 4 March 2024
Mediation Blog: Mediation in the Middle Ages
Blog by David Watkinson of the Garden Court Mediation Team. Two years ago, David wrote about mediation in the Anglo-Saxon period. Now, he considers mediation in a different historical context and highlights some comparisons between mediation then and now.
![David Watkinson](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1408.jpg)
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 1 March 2024
Ollie Persey, Oscar Davies and Nadia O'Mara nominated for Bar Pro Bono Awards 2024
We are delighted to announce that Ollie Persey, Oscar Davies and Nadia O'Mara of Garden Court Chambers have been nominated at the Bar Pro Bono Awards 2024.
![Nadia O'Mara](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/2510.jpg)
![Oscar Davies](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/3652.jpg)
![Ollie Persey](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/2227.jpg)
Protest Rights, Protest Rights, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Thursday 29 February 2024
Protestor at Palestine march arrested for wearing Keffiyah scarf wins case
Audrey Cherryl Mogan of the Garden Court Protest Law Team represented the protestor, instructed by Sarah Robertson of Birnberg Peirce.
![Audrey Cherryl Mogan](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/790.jpg)
Immigration Law, Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation, Administrative and Public Law | Thursday 29 February 2024
Foreign Office grants Indefinite Leave to Remain to mother of British Embassy workers in Kabul and agrees to pay indemnity costs
Our Helen Foot and Emma Fitzsimons successfully represented the Claimants in R (AA and RA) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs AC-2023-LON-002498, instructed by Tori Sicher of Bhatt Murphy Solicitors.
![Emma Fitzsimons](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/899.jpg)
![Helen Foot](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/962.jpg)
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Tuesday 27 February 2024
UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 2B commences today in Wales - Opening statement on behalf of Core Participants
Bethan Harris and Kirsten Heaven represent the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice for Cymru Wales, instructed by Harding Evans Solicitors.
Environmental Law and Climate Justice, International Environmental Law, International Human Rights | Tuesday 27 February 2024
Privy Council holds that islanders have standing to challenge construction of runway on Barbuda
Marc Willers KC, Leslie Thomas KC, Stephen Cottle and Thalia Maragh, of 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 Ne
![David Watkinson](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1408.jpg)
![Thalia Maragh](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1271.jpg)
![Stephen Cottle](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1245.jpg)
![Leslie Thomas KC](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/2078.jpg)
![Marc Willers KC](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/448.jpg)
Children Law, Family Law | Friday 23 February 2024
Judge issues 'barring order' to protect children at risk of abduction from father
James Holmes of the Garden Court Family Team represented the Mother of the children, instructed by Cris McCurley of Ben Hoare Bell.
![James Holmes](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1003.jpg)