Obtaining compensation for state wrong-doing: winning tactics and the changing legal landscape
…different specialisms. Our barrister speakers are drawn from the four specialist areas of our Civil Liberties and Human Rights Team: Claims against the police and public authorities; Immigration detention civil…
Making SEND mediation work for families
…in accessing education. Gráinne is frequently instructed in public law cases which involve overlapping issues of education, community care law and immigration law including for leading children’s charities. She is frequently instructed…
Kevin Gannon
Call: 1993
…Benefit Law Update in the Legal Action journal. He also contributed to the Housing Law Handbook: A Practical Guide (The Law Society, 2020) along with other members of the team….
Leanna Burnard
Call: 2024
Leanna joined Garden Court as a tenant in September 2025. Leanna has a broad practice encompassing international human rights law, public law, immigration and asylum law, prison law, extradition, and…
Free Webinar – The National Age Assessment Board: Law, Practice and Problems
…a Tier 1 Rising Star in Administrative Law and Human Rights and Immigration Law. She is also ranked by Chambers and Partners in Immigration Law. Lisa Matthews, Policy and Campaigns…
Fracking and fossil fuel extraction: protest rights vs corporate interests
…operations. Stephanie is Joint Head of the Garden Court Public Law team, she was Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year in 2013 and was shortlisted for Public Law Silk…
Access to Support for Persons from Abroad
…all areas of immigration, asylum and human rights law. He also practises in public law and social welfare law. Shu Shin Luh is a public law and community care law…
Paul Powlesland
Call: 2009
…the public who need assistance with the law most. Paul is the founder of Lawyers for Nature and regularly gives talks and workshops on the rights of nature, the relationship…
Free Webinar – Disabled Children’s Social Care: How Should the Law Be Reformed?
The Law Commission recently consulted on restructuring the law for disabled children’s social care. This webinar discussed various perspectives on potential changes, including whether there should be a distinct legal…
Nicola Braganza KC
Call: 1992 | Silk: 2022
Nicola is recognised as a leading barrister specialising in Equality and Discrimination Law, Public Law and Human Rights. Her broad practice spans the areas of Employment, Education, Community Care, Immigration…








