Garden Court Chambers is proud to be recognised yet again as a Top Tier set in the Legal 500 UK 2026 rankings.
Garden Court Chambers has again been ranked as a Tier 1 set in Immigration Law and Social Housing Law in the Legal 500 UK Bar directory for 2026.
Garden Court is the only set ranked in Tier 1 for Immigration Law.
Our Crime, Inquests and Inquiries, Police Law, Family Law, Court of Protection and Administrative Law teams all achieved Leading Set rankings.
This year, 178 of our barristers have been ranked across 15 areas of law. Over 20 barristers were newly ranked, 29 were promoted, 24 were ranked in Tier 1, and 18 as ‘Rising Stars’.
Congratulations to all our ranked, newly ranked, and promoted barristers. Huge thanks go out to our clients for their support.
Testimonials for our Top Tier and Leading Set practice areas:
Immigration – Top Tier Set
Considered a ‘powerhouse in the field of immigration and public law’, Garden Court Chambers has a longstanding reputation as the ‘go-to’ set for complex claimant immigration matters.
Social Housing – Top Tier Set
An ‘exceptional set’ Garden Court Chambers is recognised for having a housing law team with ’great depth’ in the social housing sector.
Crime – Leading Set
Garden Court Chambers fields strength in depth at every level, and is renowned for its ‘chambers renowned for its excellence in advocacy and legal expertise’. The set is known for its work for the defence, including in appeals.
Inquests & Inquiries – Leading Set
At Garden Court Chambers, the group draws on the set’s wider expertise in human rights and civil liberties law to handle high-profile, complex inquests and inquiries. Multiple members of the set continue to act in the Covid-19 inquiry.
Police Law – Leading Set
With a focus on representing vulnerable and marginalised clients, Garden Court Chambers is recommended for expertise in a variety of police law cases, including those related to false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and failure to investigate.
Administrative Law & Human Rights – Leading Set
Garden Court Chambers has been acclaimed as ‘outstanding in the field’ and for having ’a great range of barristers at all levels of experience’, and are known for representing claimants in complex administrative and human rights law cases.
Court of Protection & Health and Welfare – Leading Set
At Garden Court Chambers, the ‘diplomatic and highly experienced’ Bethan Harris brings extensive experience in handling cases concerning individuals who lack capacity, and routinely advises on health and welfare matters and deprivation of liberty issues.
Family: Children & Domestic Abuse – Leading Set
Garden Court Chambers is very highly regarded for handling a wide spectrum of public and private children law matters.
Our members have also been individually ranked in: Administrative Law & Human Rights, Court of Protection, Crime, Education, Employment, Family: Children and Domestic Abuse, Family: Divorce & Financial Remedy, Fraud, Immigration, Inquests and Inquiries, International Human Rights & Criminal Law, Personal Injury, Planning, Police Law, and Social Housing.
Our rankings are available in full on the Legal 500 website.
