
Dr Peter Dunne
Peter is a lecturer at the University of Bristol Law School. He is an expert in the field of gender, sexuality and law. Peter regularly publishes in leading peer-reviewed journals…

Gerwyn Wise
Call: 2010
Gerwyn is a specialist criminal defence barrister with experience defending as leading counsel in the most serious cases of violence, organised crime, sexual offences and fraud and confiscation….

Ubah Dirie
Call: 2014
Ubah Dirie is recognised as a tenacious and client focused advocate who specialises in advice, representation and advocacy in all areas of immigration, asylum, nationality, EU free movement, deportation and…

Nick Bano
Call: 2013
Nick Bano specialises in representing homeless people, residential occupiers, and destitute & migrant households in both public law and private law disputes. He has acted in many of the most…

Paul Powlesland
Call: 2009
Paul is passionate about protecting and representing the natural world and all who seek to defend it. He specialises in upholding the rights of environmental activists to protest and protect…

Josephine Fathers
Call: 2022
Josephine joined Garden Court as a tenant in October 2023 after successfully completing pupillage under the supervision of Amanda Weston KC and Alex Taylor-Camara. She is building a broad human…

Marguerite Russell
Call: 1972
Marguerite Russell has a wide-ranging criminal practice and is regularly instructed to lead in complex criminal cases. She has built up considerable expertise in all current areas of expert evidence…

Administrative and Public Law
Our public law barristers specialise in bringing challenges that defend the rights of individuals and have a wider lasting and beneficial impact for society and affected groups. Public law challenges…

Criminal Appeals
We continue to work at the cutting-edge of appellate law. Two of our criminal appeals barristers were instructed in the momentous Supreme Court decision on joint enterprise (R v Jogee;…