The Board of Directors of Hostage Aid Worldwide has selected Adam Wagner KC (@adamwagner1.bsky.social) as a joint recipient of the Hostage Aid “Breaking the Chain” Award 2025 for Exceptional Hostage Release Efforts. Read more here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/adam-wa...

Erimnaz Mushtaq and Gemma Daly Appointed as Fee-paid Judges of the First-tier Tribunal. Read more here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/erimnaz...

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 Thursday, 18 September, 2025 | 17:00 Online via Zoom After another busy 6 months for COP practitioners, join Sophy Miles, Nancy Williams and Rachel Woodward in the next of our regular webinars to get to date with the key recent caselaw. Register now!🔽

Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to announce that Markus Findlay has been selected to participate in the 2025 Paris Bar Exchange. This prestigious initiative offers four French-speaking barristers the opportunity to spend September with a host firm in the French capital.

High Court orders Local Authority to exercise its direction and provide asylum-seeking young person with leaving care support. The Claimant was represented by Donnchadh Greene, instructed by Rahul Kanani of Osbornes Law, supervised by Alex McMahon. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/high-co...

In a joint letter, Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC, Steven Powles KC, Juan Mendez and other legal experts, have called for the immediate release of prominent Qatari Baha’i citizen Remy Rowhani, and for the conviction to be quashed. Read here: www.ibanet.org/Qatar-IBAHRI...

Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to welcome Kirsten Heaven who joins our Inquests and Public Inquiries team from Garden Court Chambers. Kirsten practises in human rights, public law and civil claims against public authorities. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/kirsten...

⚖️ “Every war is a war against children” DSC’s Annual Children’s Rights Lecture 2025 🗓 29 Oct | 17:30 GMT Keynote: Professor Ben Saul Panel: Maryam Mir, Dr Fatima Mohamed Ahdash, @leo-ratledge.bsky.social Chair: Professor @aoifenolan.bsky.social 🎟 Free to attend 🔽

Four Landmark Cases on AI Chatbot Harm to Children and the Vulnerable: Updates on Garcia v Character AI and Who Is Responsible? | Passle article by Matthew Lee insights.doughtystreet.co.uk/post/102l3bt...

Anonymity and reporting restriction orders: PMC (a child by his mother and litigation friend FLR) v A Local Health Board [2025] EWCA Civ 1126 | Passle article by Frederick Powell insights.doughtystreet.co.uk/post/102l2zx...

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 Thursday, 18 September, 2025 | 17:00 Online via Zoom After another busy 6 months for COP practitioners, join Sophy Miles, Nancy Williams and Rachel Woodward in the next of our regular webinars to get to date with the key recent caselaw. Register now!🔽

Victory for Gazan students: Home Secretary commits to expediting biometrics deferrals and student visa applications - Finnian Clarke was instructed by Nazia Khan, Raman Kumar, Jessie Shepherd, and Auhona Majumdar of @duncanlewiss.bsky.social.

Doughty Street Chambers is pleased to share that the Lady Chief Justice has appointed Daniel Clarke as a Deputy District Judge (DDJ) on the South Eastern Circuit to sit within the Civil Jurisdiction.

Join us on 11 December to celebrate Barbara Mills KC’s Chairship of the Bar Council and to consider the structural issues as to why there is an under-representation of people from minority ethnic backgrounds and women at the Bar. Register your free place now: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/event/reflec...

Doughty Street's Court of Protection & Mental Health Team is seeking to recruit experienced barristers of 8 years call and above. Candidates must intend to practise principally in Court of Protection. Apply by 5pm on 19 September: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/join-us/tena...

Doughty Street Chambers is pleased to share that the Lady Chief Justice has appointed Erimnaz Mushtaq as a Deputy District Judge (DDJ) on the North Eastern Circuit to sit within the Civil and Family (Private Law) Jurisdiction. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/erimnaz...

Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to have been shortlisted at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2025 for Human Rights and Public Law - Set of the Year and Media, Privacy, Information Law - Set of the Year!

We are delighted to announce that Doughty Street Chambers has been validated as a ‘Disability Confident Leader’. We are proud to be the first barristers chambers to achieve this status. Read here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/doughty...

We're proud to announce that Baroness Helena Kennedy of the Shaws LT KC, Director of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) & a founding member of Doughty Street Chambers, has been awarded the Order of Merit of Ukraine of the III degree by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission to Intervene in Judicial Review of Met Police’s Use of Live Facial Recognition Technology. Joshua Jackson is instructed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, along with Dee Masters of Cloisters Chambers. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/equalit...

How do you solve a problem like manifestation of belief? | Passle article by Simon Bennett insights.doughtystreet.co.uk/post/102l02j...

12 False Citations/AI hallucinations Incidents in UK Courts: The Complete Legal Timeline Before and After Ayinde and How Pervasive is the Problem? | Passle article by Matthew Lee insights.doughtystreet.co.uk/post/102l04p...

Jury finds systemic failings and unlawful killing in the inquest of 14-year-old Ruth Szymankiewicz detained under Mental Health Act. Tim Moloney KC and Alison Seaman represented Ruth's family in the inquest instructed by Charlotte Haworth Hird at @bhattmurphy.bsky.social.

Cara Hall secures damages of £12,100 for her vulnerable client for disability discrimination. Cara Hall was instructed by Laura Coyle at Turpin Miller. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/cara-ha...

Settlement of Grenfell police claims. Christopher Johnson, Frederick Powell, and Michael Spencer of DSC acted on behalf of the claimants, led by Theo Huckle KC, and instructed by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/settlem...

Steven Powles KC and Alex Tinsley have submitted a Request for Urgent Action on behalf of Sheikh Hasina, President of the Bangladesh Awami League, to the UN Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic International Order and other UN Special Rapporteurs.

Rajwinder Singh: Jury Finds Neglect Contributed to the Death of Father of Three at HMP Wandsworth Maya Sikand KC (@mayasikand.bsky.social)‬ was instructed by Christina Juman, partner at @dpglaw.co.uk. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/rajwind...

Claudette Williams was a 69-year-old woman who had been admitted to Chase Farm Hospital as a psychiatric patient on 13 September 2024. Abimbola Johnson was instructed by Jo Eggleton and Rachel Tribble of Deighton Pierce Glynn Ltd Solicitors. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/inquest...

Andrea Saccucci scores again in Strasbourg Court over large-scale industrial pollution - the claim was brought on behalf of 153 citizens residing in Irno Valley, Campania, concerning the severe pollution caused by the “Fonderie Pisano” industrial plant.

On 23 April 2020, Margaret Medlicott was pushed three times by another resident at Haresbrook Park Care Home. Margaret fell and sustained an unsurvivable head injury. Mrs Medlicott’s family are represented by Angela Patrick, instructed by @leigh-day.bsky.social.

Public hearings in Module 6 of the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry completed on Thursday 31 July 2025, with closing statements delivered by core participants. The evidence spanned five weeks of public hearings. A number of Doughty Street barristers are instructed for Core Participants in Module 6.

Published in Counsel Magazine, Sean Summerfield discusses the possibility of domestic war crimes trials for British-Israelis accused of committing atrocities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲-𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 - @droliverlewis.bsky.social represented the family on a direct access and pro bono basis, spending over 150 hours on the case since March 2025.

A Deep Dive into the Mental Health Bill 2024 – Changes to the Mental Health Tribunal and after-care | by Jordan Briggs

Notice of disrepair: the exception, not the rule | Passle by Cara Hall Read here: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk/post/102kv7s...

Inquest finds Nimroy Hendricks unlawfully killed following police and social services failings. Frederick Powell, acted for Nim’s family, instructed by Megan Phillips of @bhattmurphy.bsky.social. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/inquest...

Matthew Turner (@matthewturnerlaw.bsky.social) has been instructed to represent Sara Sharif’s mother, Olga Domin, in the inquest into Sara’s death. Ms Domin is also represented by Juliet Spender of Irwin Mitchell, and being supported by the team at INQUEST. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/matthew...

Family Court permits publication of judgments concerning children of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon. Sarah Palin instructed by the BBC, acted for the BBC, Times Media Group, Telegraph Media Group, and Associated Newspapers. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/family-...

Melissa Mathieson – coroner finds Melissa Mathieson was unlawfully killed by Alexandra Homes. Mr Mathieson was represented by Joseph Morgan of @bindmans.com as solicitor, and Sam Jacobs of Doughty Street Chambers as Counsel. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/melissa...

A Judge yesterday discharged IK, an Albanian citizen, from extradition proceedings. Abigail advised on all aspects of the negotiations and agreement with the Prosecutor. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/dischar...

On 15 and 16 July 2025, the Supreme Court heard the appeal in the case of Lewis-Ranwell v G4S (and Others). Oral argument on behalf of the Claimant was shared between Leading Counsel, Selena Plowden KC of Guildhall Chambers, and Christopher Johnson.

Court Lifts super-injunction over Afghan data breach - Jude Bunting KC, instructed by Pia Sarma of Times Media Limited, act for the First to Sixth Defendants.

On 15 and 16 July 2025, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal in the case of Lewis-Ranwell v G4S (and Others). Christopher and Rachel are instructed on behalf of the Claimant/Respondent, Alexander Lewis-Ranwell, led by Selena Plowden KC of Guildhall Chambers. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/christo...

New Vision TV apologises to singer, actor and campaigner Meesha Shafi in settlement of Defamation case - David Lemer represented Ms Shafi and was instructed by Ushrat Sultana and Tanzila Ayyaz of Stone White Solicitors. Jonathan Barnes KC, instructed by Gresham Law, represented NVTV.

Chambers is delighted that four King's Counsel and three junior counsel have been recognised in the Doyle’s Guide 2025 as leading barristers in crime: - Tim Moloney KC - Liam Walker KC - Richard Thomas KC - Ben Newton KC - Piers Marquis - Kate O’Raghallaigh - Rabah Kherbane

Major International Initiative on Addressing UK Atrocity Prevention and Response Launched: Baroness Kennedy acts as the Chair of the Executive Committee. Wayne Jordash KC is a Committee Member. @aarifabraham.bsky.social acts as Convener and Committee Member.

Omran Belhadi represented AP, a young man of good character charged with several offences of dealing Class A drugs. Omran was instructed and expertly assisted by Ellie Bird at HJA Solicitors (@hodgejonesallen.bsky.social) incorporating Birds Solicitors. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/prosecu...

Laura Stockdale successfully defended a man who stood trial at Harrow Crown Court on a charge of attempting to enter the UK illegally. Laura Stockdale was instructed by Jonathan Black (@jonblackbsb.bsky.social) at BSB Solicitors. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/laura-s...

Unfortunately, this event, originally scheduled for Tuesday 15th July 2025, will be postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. We are working to confirm a new date that works for all involved and will share an update in due course.