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;…
Dangerous use of force, failure of safeguards and culture of dehumanisation – Brook House Inquiry report finds 19 instances of inhumane or degrading treatment
Tuesday 19 Sep 2023
Today the Brook House Inquiry (BHI) has published its report on its investigation into allegations that people held in immigration detention were subjected to torture, inhuman and degrading treatment following undercover footage…
Colston statue topplers acquitted
Wednesday 5 Jan 2022
Pulling down the statue was an act of protest and solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement which reverberated around the world. It has led to a number of local…
“The end did not justify the means” – Undercover Policing Inquiry Interim Report Released by Inquiry Chair Sir John Mitting
Thursday 29 Jun 2023
The Undercover Policing Inquiry’s Tranche 1 Interim Report has been published today by the Inquiry’s Chair Sir John Mitting. It marks an important milestone in the Inquiry’s mission to get to the…
