Garden Court barristers contribute to Legal Action Magazine’s Environmental Law Update (Jul/Aug 2024)
Friday 7 Jun 2024
In the latest environment law update, Marc, Irena, Paul and Ella take an in-depth look at the Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment. Marc Willers KC and Richard Harvey,…
Garden Court barristers secure acquittals for clients in multi-million pound fraud
Thursday 16 May 2024
Following the success of Helen Butcher in an earlier trial concerning the £ Million banking fraud against NatWest Bank, Daniel Jameson and Alex Taylor-Camara secure acquittals for their clients. The…
Garden Court barristers win a reference to the CJEU in EU test case on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
Thursday 1 Dec 2011
Stephen Knafler QC, Kathryn Cronin and Bryony Poynor have succeeded in obtaining a reference to the CJEU, from the Court of Appeal, on the question of whether unaccompanied minor asylum…
Garden Court barristers speak at ‘Art Not Evidence: Issues and Implications of Prosecuting Rap’
Wednesday 1 May 2024
This event was jointly held by London School of Economics (LSE) Law School in partnership with Garden Court Chambers on 30 April 2024. It provided information and insight on the criminal justice…
Garden Court barristers contribute to Legal Action Magazine’s Environmental Law Update (Nov 2024)
Thursday 31 Oct 2024
In the latest environment law update, Marc, Abigail, Oscar and Acland report on recent important environmental decisions on inclusion of climate impact in environmental impact assessments, standing in judicial review,…
Garden Court barristers join the JUSTICE Working Party on Racial Disparity in Youth Justice
Wednesday 20 Nov 2019
The working party will examine the causes of the BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) disproportionality in the Youth Justice System of England and Wales. JUSTICE said: “At most stages of…
Garden Court barristers recover six figure damages in successful High Court claim against Metropolitan Police
Wednesday 21 Feb 2024
In Bell v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2024] EWHC 379, Mrs Justice Hill awarded nearly £140,000 in damages to a man whose former wife abducted their son to…
Garden Court barristers appointed to advise JUSTICE on reform of institutional responses to deaths or other serious incidents
Wednesday 7 Aug 2019
The working party aims to make informed recommendations to reform institutional responses to deaths or other serious incidents where a “systemic pattern of failure” is evident. The needs and experiences…
Education Law Barristers
Garden Court is the pre-eminent Claimant-focused set for Education Law, with sector-leading expertise in school exclusion, discrimination and special educational needs matters. Members of the team are instructed in much…
Garden Court barristers secure collapse of murder trial against UK Grime star CBiz
Wednesday 18 Jan 2017
Central to the decision was the detailed cross-examination of the police witnesses concerning misattributed social media evidence (now increasingly relied upon in cases) and analysis of the phone evidence which…








