Garden Court barristers contribute to Legal Action Magazine’s Environmental Law Update (November 2023)
Monday 6 Nov 2023
Our Marc Willers KC, Jodie Blackstock and Ollie Persey follow up on climate change legal challenges at the international level. Our Stephanie Harrison KC, Owen Greenhall and Fatima Jichi consider some of the recent domestic law…
Marc Willers KC
Call: 1987 | Silk: 2014
Marc Willers KC specialises in the following areas: environmental law and climate justice; planning law; administrative and public law; civil liberties, human rights and discrimination law; and Gypsy, Roma and…
Amanda Weston KC
Call: 1995 | Silk: 2018
Amanda is a leading public and administrative law silk. She co-authors Judicial Review: A Practical Guide (Lexis Nexis) and is a member of the ‘A’ Panel of preferred Counsel who…
Legal team acting in landmark Court of Appeal tax credit case win Citizens Advice award
Thursday 25 Apr 2024
…took place in the Eastside Rooms, Birmingham. The team at Kirklees Citizens Advice & Law Centre, who instructed our barristers Desmond and Ollie, won the ‘Most Outstanding Impact Award’ for their…
Stephanie Harrison KC
Call: 1991 | Silk: 2013
Described as a “brilliant advocate”, Stephanie is a leading public law practitioner who has appeared at all court levels. Her multi-disciplinary practice spans the breadth of public law and civil…
Stephen Simblet KC
Call: 1991 | Silk: 2020
Stephen is Joint Head of Garden Court Chambers. Stephen’s practice focuses on individual rights in four discrete areas. These are civil claims against the police and public authorities; inquests; mental…
Suspension of DLA after 28 days in hospital did not violate Article 14 ECHR, in case of an adult patient with severe learning disabilities
Thursday 13 Jan 2022
The Appellant, MOC, born in 1961, had learning disabilities, Down’s syndrome and was deaf and blind. He also had a number of significant physical disabilities. MOC had been residing with…
Important High Court ruling paves way for legal aid for school exclusion appeals
Friday 14 Feb 2025
On 14 February 2025, the High Court recognised for the first time that the right to a fair hearing under Article 6 ECHR can be engaged in school exclusion appeals…
Social Welfare Update: Parental responsibility and access to puberty blockers for transgender children
Friday 30 Apr 2021
Facts The case concerned an application by AB, the mother of XY, for a declaration that she and XY’s father, CD, could consent to their child receiving ‘puberty blockers’. XY…
High Court rules Home Office ‘No recourse to public funds’ policy for migrants en route to settlement is unlawful
Thursday 7 May 2020
An 8-year-old British boy – supported by his migrant mother – has today won a ruling that the policy denying families like his access to the welfare safety net is unlawful….









